Satellite imagery shows new air defence installations, a new loading platform for rail-based logistics, and high security fencing.

Nine countries possess nuclear weapons, with Russia having the largest stockpile of military nuclear warheads.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that special attention in the country's new arms programme should be paid to the nuclear triad - land-based, sea-based and aircraft-launched weapons.

China has an estimated 600 nuclear warheads—an increase of 100 in just one year—the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute reported.

The Ukrainian operation was “grounds for a nuclear attack,” declared Vladmir Solovyov, a firebrand host on Russian state TV, calling for strikes on the Ukrainian presidential office in Kyiv, and beyond.

Kazakhstan has awarded contracts to both Russia's Rosatom and China's National Nuclear Corporation for the construction of two separate nuclear power plants, demonstrating a multi-vector approach to foreign policy.

A top Russian security official traveled to Pyongyang for the second time this month for another meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Russian state media reported Tuesday, the latest display of the countries’ deepening ties amid President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine.

The European Commission will not propose measures to limit the EU's reliance on Russian nuclear fuel this week alongside its proposals to ban Russian gas, EU energy commissioner Dan Jorgensen said on Monday.

Swedish broadcaster SVT has obtained new satellite images showing that russia is modernizing its nuclear bases near Europe - one of them is located 270 km from