2025-09-23: Russia Roundup

So far today: 2025-09-23 09:03am GMT

Reuters (2025-09-23). US says Russia's nuclear arms treaty extension offer sounds 'pretty good'. scmp.com Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday offered to voluntarily maintain the limits on deployed strategic nuclear weapons set in the 2010 New START accord after it expires in February if the US agreed to do the same. | White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Putin's proposal sounded "pretty good", but she added that US President Donald Trump would address the offer himself.

| Reuters | (2025-09-23). West, Russia clash over air space violations. tribune.com.pk NATO allies accused Russia at the United Nations on Monday of violating the alliance's air space in Estonia and Poland ⚪ actions that Britain said risked triggering an armed conflict. | Confronting Russia at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said: "Your reckless actions risk direct armed confrontation between NATO and Russia. Our alliance is defensive but be under no illusion we stand ready to defend NATO's skies and NATO's territory." | "If we need to confront planes operating in NATO space without permission then we will do so," she said. | Estonia sai…

WSWS (2025-09-23). Escalation in the Baltics: NATO exploits alleged airspace violation by Russian jets for new war escalation. wsws.org With relentless war propaganda and anti-Russian agitation, the population is to be step by step accustomed to the idea that shooting down Russian aircraft in European airspace—i.e., a direct entry into the war—is an "option."

Tribune News Service (2025-09-23). Lured by US$2,000 pay, Cubans dying for Russia in Ukraine: official. scmp.com More than a thousand Cubans have signed contracts to fight for Russia against Ukraine, and 39 have been confirmed dead, a spokesman for Ukraine's military intelligence said in a press briefing convened by Cuban-American Republican lawmakers from South Florida. | Citing intelligence sources, Andriy Yusov, a spokesman for the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence, said the number of Cubans hired by the Russian military to fight in its war against Ukraine could be as…

newarab (2025-09-23). Which countries do and do not recognise a Palestinian state. newarab.com Britain, Australia, Canada, and Portugal on Sunday Including the four Western nations who announced their decision on Sunday, at least 145 countries out of 193 UN members now recognise the Russia, alongside all Arab countrie…

newarab (2025-09-23). Russia, Ukraine trade blame for deadly overnight strikes. newarab.com The head of the Kremlin-backed government in annexed Crimea blamed Ukraine on Monday for a deadly Sergey Aksyonov said the

newarab (2025-09-23). Iran's nuclear chief in Moscow to sign power plants deal. newarab.com

eng.belta.by (2025-09-22). Expert explains reasoning behind Trump's visit to the UK. eng.belta.by The UK leadership is attempting to draw U.S. President Donald Trump into Europe's pro-war camp, Head of the Russian Center for Military and Political Conflict Studies Andrei Klintsevich said in a recent episode of the V Teme [On Point] project on BelTA's YouTube channel.

geo.tv (2025-09-22). West, Russia clash at UN after incidents in Nato air space. geo.tv NEW YORK: British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper speaks at a Security Council emergency meeting to discuss Russian fighter jet incursions into NATO member Estonia's airspace at the United Nations as world leaders arrive for the 80th session of the UN General Assembly on September…

geo.tv (2025-09-22). Russia offers to extend nuclear arms limits with US. geo.tv Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia September 22, 2025.— ReutersNew START treaty set to expire on Feb 5, 2026.Putin says step viable only if US follows similarly.Warns against moves undermining…

tn.ai (2025-09-22). Iran, Russia to Sign Cooperation Documents on Nuclear Projects: Eslami. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran unveiled plans for Tehran and Moscow to sign documents aimed at expanding bilateral cooperation on the sidelines of the World Atomic Week forum.

eng.belta.by (2025-09-22). MFA keeps tabs on situation with Belarusians injured in Crimea. eng.belta.by "According to updated information, two individuals sustained wounds of moderate severity. Belarusian diplomats are in constant contact with law enforcement agencies and medical institutions," the statement said.

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