Kremlin Threatens Bigger Ukraine Buffer Zone Over Refinery Strikes
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday that Ukraine's deep-strike campaign will force Moscow to carve out a larger buffer zone inside Ukraine, rejecting Trump's suggestion that Western pressure could speed a peace deal. Peskov called that idea a mistake, warning that continued escalation would prolong the war and that "it will force us to create a larger security zone,…
US Strikes Reach Bushehr as Iran Ceasefire Collapses
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