Belarus warns of high chance of armed provocation from Ukraine

Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said on Friday that there was a high probability of an armed provocation from neighboring Ukraine, the state-run Belta news agency reported.

Kim Jong Un Vows Nuclear Retaliation if Provoked with Nukes

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has held a meeting with the military who participated in the test launch of the Hwasong-18 ballistic missile, saying that North Korea will respond with a nuclear strike to any nuclear "provocations," the state news agency KCNA reported.

US expects to shift blame for using chemical weapons in Ukraine on Russia

The United States is hoping to avoid an effective probe into a provocation with the use of chemical weapons in Ukraine that it has been preparing and is planning to shift the blame for the incident on Russia, Lieutenant-General Igor Kirillov, the chief of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defense Forces of the Russian Armed Forces, said on Tuesday.

Minsk Says Fallen Ukraine Missile Needs Investigation To Determine Case Of Provocation

It is necessary to wait for the end of the investigation of the fallen Ukrainian missile on the territory of Belarus to determine if it was a case of a deliberate provocation, Belarusian foreign ministry spokesman Anatoly Glaz said on Thursday.

Russia not deploying heavy firepower at or near Zaporozhye plant, says top brass - TASS

 

 No heavy Russian weapons are being deployed at or near the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov reported on Thursday.

Russia Not Ruling Out West Preparing Provocation In Donbas - Deputy Envoy To UN - UrduPoint

 Russian Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dmitry Polyanskiy said he does not rule out that the West is preparing to stage a provocation in Donbas to use as a pretext to accuse Russia of an invasion, but hopes it will have enough prudence to avoid taking this step.

Russia Rejects 'Nonsense' US Claim of False Flag Plot to Attack Ukraine - Other Media news - Tasnim News Agency

(Tasnim) - Russia rejected on Friday the United States' claims that it is plotting a false flag operation to justify an attack on Ukraine.

HMS Defender: Russia's Putin accuses UK and US of military provocation - BBC News

Russia's Vladimir Putin has accused the UK and US military of staging a "complex provocation," after British warship HMS Defender sailed near the coast of Russian-annexed Crimea.

Macron: "Francia atacará si hay pruebas del uso armas químicas en Siria". - Los terroristas del Frente Al Nusra preparan una "provocación"

El presidente francés, Emmanuel Macron, ha afirmado que Francia atacaría a Siria si hubiera pruebas del uso de armas químicas contra civiles en el país, informa la agencia Reuters.

Iran says US Navy fires warning shots near its vessels

Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard said Saturday a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier fired a warning shot in an "unprofessional" confrontation with Iranian vessels, the official IRNA news agency reported.

IRGC foils US warship's provocative move in Persian Gulf

Third Naval Region of Islamic Revolution Guard Corps' public relations office said it has foiled the US warship's provocative move against an Iranian Navy patrol boat in the Persian Gulf.

Russian FM warns of chemical provocations by terrorists in Syria for grounding US strikes

Syrian terrorists are preparing provocations with the use of chemical weapons in Eastern Ghouta to ground the US airstrikes on the positions of Syria’s pro-government forces, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.

Russia Has Irrefutable Proof Syria’s Chemical Weapons Disaster Was a Provocation

Delegation head at Astana talks and Special Presidential Representative for Syria said that Russia has irrefutable evidence indicating that the events in Khan Sheikhoun were a provocation, and Moscow will continue convincing the West to change the position in this matter.

Lavrov tells Ayrault Moscow insists on probe into Khan Shaykhun incident

Moscow insists on a truly independent, impartial investigation into the incident in the Syrian town of Khan Shaykhun, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in a telephone conversation with French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault.

La Corée du Nord promet une "réponse sans pitié" à toute provocation américaine

L'armée de Pyongyang a promis une "réponse sans pitié" à toute provocation américaine, dans une déclaration publiée vendredi par KCNA, l'agence de presse officielle de la Corée du Nord, soupçonnée de vouloir mener ce week-end un essai nucléaire.

Russia calls on Kiev to immediately stop armed provocations in Donbass

Russia calls on the Ukrainian authorities to immediately stop armed provocations in Donbass, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday over the recent aggravation of the situation in eastern Ukraine.

South Korea on alert for North Korea provocations after impeachment decision

South Korea's military is keeping a close watch of the heavily fortified border between North and South following a parliamentary decision to impeach President Park Geun-hye.

US destroyer sails through the South China Sea

A US Navy warship on Friday passed through waters claimed by China near disputed islands in the South China Sea - a move that Beijing called "illegal" and "provocative".

Ukraine Says Moscow May Stand Behind Attack on Russian Embassy in Kiev

Russian special services may stand behind the events at the Russian embassy in Kiev, Ukraine’s Interior Ministry said Monday.

"We believe that the result of these events could also be a clever provocation by Russian special services," the adviser to the Ukraine’s Interior Minister Anton Gerashchenko said at a briefing in Kiev.

"We do not rule out that the very idea of protesting in front of the Russian embassy was planted by the Russian special services," Gerashchenko added.

Ukrainian forces prepare provocation against Russia in Donetsk

Russian military uniforms and fake IDs of Russian officers have been taken to the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk to stage an attack on Ukrainian border guards, a Ukrainian law enforcement official told RIA Novosti Tuesday on condition of anonymity. "The task is to stage an attack on Ukrainian border guards by people dressed in Russian military uniforms and make a video of it," he said.

"The SBU [Ukraine's security service] has transferred about 20 personal bodyguards of Dnepropetrovsk Region governor [Igor] Kolomoisky from Kiev to Donetsk.