Russia Tests Nuclear-Capable ICBM As Putin Warns Enemies It's "Food For Thought"

"In a new 'message' aimed at the West, Russia on Wednesday test launched a new intercontinental ballistic missile, the Sarmat, according to Interfax citing the Russian defense ministry.President Vladimir Putin said in a statement which accompanied the announcement that the new Sarmat missile will provide "food for thought for those who try to threaten Russia." ZH

Russia Thanks Ethiopia for Support of Ukraine War

"The Russian Embassy in Ethiopia’s official Twitter page issued a statement Tuesday thanking Ethiopia’s government and its citizens for their “solidarity and support” of Russia’s latest war with Ukraine. Continuing, the embassy expressed gratitude toward Ethiopia’s federal government for its recent “support” of Russia “at the United Nations during voting on Ukraine-related resolutions.” Breitbart

Kiev Plans to Shell Churches on Orthodox Easter to Accuse Russian Forces of War Crimes – Russian MoD

"Orthodox Christians will celebrate Easter on Sunday 24 April this year. Eastern Orthodoxy is
the predominant Christian denomination in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and southeastern Europe, as well as some parts of the Middle East.

Russia’s Defence Ministry has information that Ukrainian authorities are planning to carry out a “terrible” provocation on Orthodox Easter, and is appealing to Western governments, the United Nations and the Organisation for Security Co-operation in Europe to prevent it from taking place, Col. Gen. Mikhail Mizintsev, the head of the National Defence Control Centre, has announced.

“We are warning countries of the ‘Civilised West’ led by the United States ahead of time that the Russian Federation has an operational base of evidence about terrible crimes plannedby the Kiev regime,” Mizintsev said in a briefing in Moscow on Monday." IW

US, Allies Huddle to Strategise Pacific Stakes as China Fills Security Gaps in Solomon Islands

"China announced the signing of a security pact with the Solomon Islands on Tuesday amid
serious concerns raised by the US and its allies. But the Islands assured other Pacific nations that the agreement would not hamper regional security dynamics.

White House National Security Council Indo-Pacific Coordinator Kurt Campbell and other senior officials convened a meeting in Honolulu with the naval command and senior officials from Australia, Japan, and New Zealand on developments in the Pacific Islands." Sputnik