WW4 File: Russian State Duma passes bill to REVOKE country’s 1996 ratification of Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, shift in nuclear posture occurs amid Kremlin’s showdown with NATO over annexation of SE Ukraine, Kiev responds: “Ukraine condemns Russia’s steps to withdraw ratification of the treaty and calls on the international community to respond accordingly to Moscow’s provocations aimed at harming the object and purpose of the CTBT”; meanwhile UNGA rejects draft proposal submitted by Moscow that calls for immediate cease-fire between Israel and Palestinians, but fails to mention Hamas; Russian dictator announces that MiG-31 fighter jets armed with hypersonic, nuclear-capable Kinzhal missiles will patrol skies over Black Sea on permanent basis even as two US Navy carrier strike groups sail into E. Med–within range of Kinzhals–to bolster Israel’s expected ground offensive against Gaza Strip, Putin: “I stressed that this is not a threat, but we will exercise visual control, control with weapons of what is happening in the Mediterranean Sea”

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