Russia believes that the Ukrainian side should follow this example. In the event of violations of the truce by the Ukrainian side, the Russian armed forces will give an adequate and effective response,” the Kremlin said. Russia said on Monday it was ready to negotiate directly with Ukraine, but that recognition of its claims over […]
The victorious end of the battle to liberate Russia’s Kursk region showed the “highest strategic level of the firm militant friendship” between North Korea and Russia, the KCNA state news agency cited the North’s ruling party as saying. Russia said last week that Ukrainian forces had been expelled from the last Russian village they had […]
It named the officer as Yaroslav Moskalik, deputy head of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, and said it had opened a criminal case into the incident. “According to available data, the explosion occurred as a result of the detonation of a homemade explosive device filled with destructive […]
Ukrainian authorities issued an alert for a missile attack, and AFP journalists heard explosions across the capital. “Russia has launched a massive combined strike on Kyiv,” Ukraine’s state emergency service said on Telegram, updating the toll. “According to preliminary data, nine people were killed, 63 injured,” it said, adding that among the 42 people hospitalised, […]
The world’s largest importer of weapons after Ukraine is expanding the ability of the state-owned Export-Import Bank (EXIM) to offer long-term, low-cost loans to clients, including those whose political or credit risk profiles may limit their access to conventional financing, according to two Indian officials and three industry sources. New Delhi will also sharply increase […]
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy demanded a tough international response against Moscow over the attack, which came with U.S. President Donald Trump’s push to rapidly end the war, struggling to make a breakthrough. The leaders of Britain, Germany, and Italy condemned the attack. Trump, when asked about the Russian strike, said that it was terrible. “And I […]
US officials had expressed optimism Sunday that a Ukraine-Russia ceasefire deal could be reached in weeks after Washington proposed a halt in fighting in the three-year war after talks in Saudi Arabia, which Kyiv accepted. “I think we’ll be talking about land… we’ll be talking about power plants,” Trump said aboard Air Force One. “I […]
In a joint statement issued after talks with Iran in Beijing, Beijing and Moscow also said they welcomed Iran’s reiteration that its nuclear programme was exclusively for peaceful purposes and that Iran’s right to peaceful uses of nuclear energy should be “fully” respected. In 2015, Iran agreed to curb its nuclear programme in exchange for […]
Sudzha, home to around 5,000 people before the fighting, was the largest settlement Kyiv seized after it launched its cross-border assault into Russia last year. Ukraine now risks losing its grip on the border region entirely, ceding dozens of square kilometers in the past seven days, according to military bloggers. The Kursk region was one […]
Moscow’s forces have also entered Sudzha, the largest town that fell under Kyiv’s control, and were conducting “assault operations” there, the state TASS news agency reported. Kyiv launched its surprise assault on the Kursk region in August but has steadily lost ground as Moscow deploys thousands of reinforcements including North Korean soldiers. Ukraine now risks […]
