Moscow doesn’t want the world slipping into a global war, the Russian leader said Russia has no intention of attacking NATO member states and will retaliate only if attacked first, President Vladimir Putin told American journalist Tucker Carlson in an interview aired on Thursday.

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Singapore’s defense chief earlier claimed that Washington had used the jets to spy on Russian surface-to-air missile sites The US has denied flying F-35s over Ukraine after Singapore’s Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen claimed that the advanced fighter jets were being used to monitor Russian troops in the region.