U.S. says Russia launched space weapon in path of American satellite

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : On Tuesday, his defense ministry said it had begun the first phase of the drills on the preparation and use of non-strategic nuclear weapons in its Southern military district, which borders Ukraine.
45% : "Russia's state space agency, Roscosmos, said in a statement in the early morning hours of May 17 local time that a Soyuz launch vehicle with "spacecraft on board" took off from its Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia "in the interests of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation."
42% : Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a daily news briefing that Russia has been acting in accordance with international law and has repeatedly called for a ban on any weapons in space, but those initiatives have been turned down, including by the U.S.Washington and Moscow have clashed over the space weapons issue at the United Nations in recent weeks.

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