U.S. European Command is assessing potential health risks for American forces along NATO’s eastern flank as international fears of a far-reaching radiation disaster soar amid fighting near a Ukrainian nuclear power plant.
Russian authorities have warned that the country could turn to nuclear forces if Finland and Sweden continue to pursue NATO memberships. The situation comes as the two Nordic regions have expressedw plans to join the alliance over Moscow's unprovoked war in Ukraine.
On February 27, Russia sent shock waves across the world as Putin ordered his defence minister and the chief of the military’s general staff to put the nuclear deterrent forces in a “special regime of combat duty.”
The ICC prosecutor`s office said it would start collecting evidence for "any past and present allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide committed on any part of the territory of Ukraine by any person".