Governments have increasingly viewed satellites in Earth’s orbit as crucial assets that enable an array of military capabilities on Earth, with space-based communications and satellite-connected drones in the war in Ukraine serving as recent examples of space’s outsized role in modern warfare.
Switzerland will host a peace conference in mid-June as the first step towards ending the Russia-Ukraine war. The Swiss have an old reputation for mediation, but the challenges for peace are formidable. Both Switzerland and Ukraine have said they consider India’s presence at the peace conference as critical
Russia has demanded that Ukraine hand over its head of the SBU Security Service. On Sunday (Mar 31), the Russian foreign ministry demanded that Kyiv must surrender all individuals linked to terrorist activities carried out in Russia, including Vasyl Maliuk, the security service chief.
Dismissing the demand as "pointless," the SBU, as per a Reuters report, reminded the Russian ministry that the nation's President Vladimir Putin has an international arrest warrant pending against him.
Nepal government is now engaged in diplomatic talks with the Russian government over the compensation to the families of the deceased, and the safe return of those still serving in the Russian army.