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Kremlin Declines Comment on Report US Prepared for Russian Nuclear Strike in Ukraine 

26 July 2023, Russia, Saint Petersburg: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a meeting between Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Konstantinovsky Palace. (Kremlin/dpa)
26 July 2023, Russia, Saint Petersburg: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a meeting between Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Konstantinovsky Palace. (Kremlin/dpa)
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Kremlin Declines Comment on Report US Prepared for Russian Nuclear Strike in Ukraine 

26 July 2023, Russia, Saint Petersburg: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a meeting between Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Konstantinovsky Palace. (Kremlin/dpa)
26 July 2023, Russia, Saint Petersburg: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a meeting between Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Konstantinovsky Palace. (Kremlin/dpa)

The Kremlin on Monday declined to comment on a CNN report that the United States began preparing rigorously in late 2022 for Russia potentially striking Ukraine with a nuclear weapon.

CNN reported on Saturday that the administration of US President Joe Biden was specifically concerned Russia might use a tactical or battlefield nuclear weapon in Ukraine.

CNN said that US intelligence agencies received information that there were communications among Russian officials explicitly discussing a nuclear strike in 2022.

"This is the type of speculation that is published in various newspapers," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. "I don't think it merits any comment."

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China, Russia Militaries Conduct Joint Air Patrol over Sea of Japan

Flags of China and Russia are displayed in this illustration picture taken March 24, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo
Flags of China and Russia are displayed in this illustration picture taken March 24, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo
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China, Russia Militaries Conduct Joint Air Patrol over Sea of Japan

Flags of China and Russia are displayed in this illustration picture taken March 24, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo
Flags of China and Russia are displayed in this illustration picture taken March 24, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo

Chinese and Russian militaries have organized and carried out the ninth joint strategic air patrol in "relevant airspace" over the Sea of Japan on Friday, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said.
The air patrol was part of an annual cooperation plan between the countries since 2019, Reuters said.
CCTV said the air patrol aims to effectively test and enhance the joint training and operational capabilities of the two air forces.
South Korea's military said it launched fighter jets after 11 Chinese and Russian military aircraft entered the country's air defense identification zone (ADIZ). The aircraft lingered over a period of four hours before exiting without incident.
South Korea has protested to China and Russia that the air patrol was conducted without notice.
Countries demand that foreign aircraft entering their ADIZ identify themselves for security reasons. Such zones however do not refer to territorial airspace of a sovereign state, and often overlap with ADIZs of other countries.
In July, both militaries conducted a joint air patrol using nuclear-capable strategic bombers near the US state of Alaska in the North Pacific and Arctic, prompting the United States and Canada to scramble fighter jets.