Daily Memo: Russia Launches Nuclear Drill, Myanmar Destabilizes

Moscow gave Washington a heads-up about the exercises.

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Russian claims. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke separately with the Chinese and Indian defense ministers on Wednesday. They discussed the situation in Ukraine and Russia’s purported concerns about Kyiv using a “dirty bomb.” Shoigu expressed the same concerns in calls to Western defense chiefs last weekend, though they have since rejected Russia’s allegations. China […]

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