Ukraine war latest: Armed ‘anti-Putin’ groups storm villages inside Russia – but ‘it could help his war narrative’

Moscow says G7 nuclear ‘rhetoric’ intended to put ‘psychological and military-political’ pressure on Russia and China Russia’s foreign ministry has said Group of Seven (G7) nuclear “rhetoric” has the sole aim of exerting “psychological and military-political” pressure on Russia and China. In its first-ever communique on nuclear disarmament issued at its summit last week, the G7 called on Russia and China to show greater transparency about their nuclear arsenals, similar to steps taken by Britain, France and the US. Russia’s deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov, the ministry’s point man for arms control, said the statement reflects the group’s anti-Russian and…