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Denmark Plans to Boost Military Presence in Greenland
6 January 2026 @ 6:18 pm
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Denmark plans to strengthen its military presence in Greenland while also placing even greater emphasis on NATO exercises, Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said on Tuesday.
Many, Mostly Cubans, Killed in US Military Operation in Venezuela - Trump
6 January 2026 @ 4:08 pm
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump on Tuesday acknowledged that many people were killed by US forces during the military operation in Venezuela, adding that most of them were Cubans.
Russia Lends Support to Venezuelan Vice-President
6 January 2026 @ 3:09 pm
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia welcomes the efforts undertaken by the Venezuelan government to protect state sovereignty and national interests, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
Tanks Remain Primary Assault Force for Breakthrough in Battlefield - Rostec
6 January 2026 @ 1:49 pm
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Modern main battle tanks have undergone significant changes in their protection and application, retaining their role as the primary assault force for breakthroughs on the battlefield, Russian state corporation Rostec said on Tuesday.
Recession-Hit Europe to Harm Own People by Giving Ukraine €800 Billion - Orban
6 January 2026 @ 1:41 pm
Europe, which is currently in recession, will harm its own population if it provides Ukraine with the €800 billion demanded by the country, and European citizens will begin to resist such a policy, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said.
Real Counter to US Nabbing Maduro: Quit Buying American Arms
6 January 2026 @ 11:43 am
On January 3, the US launched a massive attack on Venezuela, capturing Maduro and his wife and taking them to New York. US President Donald Trump announced that Maduro and Flores would face trial for allegedly being involved in "narco-terrorism" and posing a threat, including to the US.
Finding Judas: Anglo-Saxons’ Go-To Modus Operandi in Latin American Regime Change Ops
6 January 2026 @ 11:12 am
“Traitors can always be found in every country, but the Anglo-Saxon modus operandi of foreign policy allows them to have a much greater chance of success,” geopolitical analyst Nicolas Takayama Constantini told Sputnik, commenting on the history of US meddling in the region amid the slow-motion coup attempt in Venezuela.
US Undermines Global Stability by Capturing Maduro - Chinese Foreign Ministry
6 January 2026 @ 10:28 am
BEIJING (Sputnik) - The United States has undermined the stability of international relations by capturing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Tuesday.
Russia's Battlegroup Tsentr Improves Positions, Ukraine Loses Up to 380 Soldiers - MoD
6 January 2026 @ 10:10 am
Russia's Battlegroup Tsentr has eliminated up to 380 Ukrainian military personnel in the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
North Korea's Kim Inspects Construction Site of Museum Honoring Combat Feats
6 January 2026 @ 9:37 am
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has visited the construction site of a museum dedicated to the heroic deeds of Korean People's Army (KPA) soldiers who participated in the liberation and demining of Russia's Kursk Region, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Tuesday.