Russia’s Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov warned that a military alliance similar to NATO is being established in the Asia-Pacific region, with the US, Japan, and South Korea as the key players.

Russia's top general, Gen. Valery Gerasimov, called his U.S. counterpart, Gen. CQ Brown, last Wednesday to warn the United States about upcoming test launches of hypersonic missiles in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Sergei Shoigu, the former Russian defence minister, and leading Russian general Valery Gerasimov on Tuesday for alleged crimes committed during Russia's invasion of Ukraine, News.Az reports citing Reuters.