Ukraine ups security as Russia holds nuclear strike drills with Belarus
Russia says "nuclear munitions" sent to Belarus for joint drills in the country that Moscow used as a launchpad for its 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
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Russia says "nuclear munitions" sent to Belarus for joint drills in the country that Moscow used as a launchpad for its 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
For 13 days in October of 1962, the world stood on the brink of nuclear war as the U.S. and the Soviet Union feuded over Soviet missiles stored in Cuba, just off the coast of Florida. Caitlin Huey-Burns introduces a special bulletin that interrupted CBS News Radio's programming.
Vladimir Putin says "sending a NATO contingent to Ukraine" would risk "a nuclear conflict that will mean the destruction of our civilization."
Ukraine relied for decades on Russia to fuel its vital nuclear power plants, but now there's fear Moscow could use the facilities as a weapon of war.
Military analysts are dubious of the latest wild claims from Kim Jong Un's regime, which is furious over the latest U.S.-South Korean joint military exercises.
"China is not our adversary," Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said, "but we must understand the scale of the challenge and work together to address it."
"We were fortunate a potentially serious nuclear incident did not happen. Next time, we may not be so lucky," the IAEA chief warned.
With the tide of war in Ukraine turning against Putin and Russia, worries about a nuclear attack have increased interest in a fixture of the Cold War: underground bunkers.
A team of international inspectors is set to visit a huge Russian-occupied nuclear plant on the front line, as Ukraine's emboldened forces try to retake lost territory.
Just the soot from a week-long nuclear war would cause a "global catastrophe," researchers said.
Ukraine says Russia is using the Zaporizhzhia nuclear facility as a base to launch attacks on civilians, bringing heartache, and risking catastrophe.
Shaky deal keeps grain moving from Ukraine's ports as farmers work under fire, and U.N. warns against "suicidal" attacks on atomic facilities.
But after Biden reaffirmed to Israel that the U.S. wouldn't let that happen, an advisor to the supreme leader says Tehran still hasn't "made a decision" to build one.
The PSA caught many in the city off-guard and left many wondering why it was put out now. The city assured New Yorkers there was a low likelihood of an attack.