Ukrainian women should prepare for conscription – top Kiev official — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

Ukrainian women should prepare for conscription – top Kiev official — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

Source link The Ukrainian government must get rid of the “old-school mentality” and implement true equality in the armed forces, Kiev’s chief military adviser for gender issues, Oksana Grigorieva, has claimed. Kiev is currently in the process of overhauling its military service system, with Ukrainian lawmakers, debating increasingly harsh proposals to amend the country’s mobilization […]

201 Russian civilians killed by Ukraine in 2024 – official — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

201 Russian civilians killed by Ukraine in 2024 – official — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

Source link Kiev has fired more than 22,000 shells at non-military Russian facilities this year, a senior diplomat has said Indiscriminate Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory have killed more than 200 civilians, including almost a dozen children, since the start of 2024, with hundreds of others injured, a senior Foreign Ministry official has said. Speaking […]

Official death toll in Moscow terror attack climbs to 139 — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

Official death toll in Moscow terror attack climbs to 139 — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

Source link 75 of the Crocus City fatalities have already been identified, according to the senior investigator The death toll in last Friday’s terrorist attack on Crocus City Hall in Moscow Region has grown to 139, after two more victims died in hospital, the chair of the Russian Investigative Committee Aleksandr Bastrykin has said. DETAILS […]

Russia trained 70% of former French colony’s researchers – official — RT Africa

Russia trained 70% of former French colony’s researchers – official — RT Africa

Source link Students from Guinea continue to receive scholarships from Moscow, Sekou Traore has said Guinea’s teaching and research sector is dominated by professionals who received their training from Russia, a senior official from the West African nation’s Ministry of Higher Education, Sekou Traore, told Sputnik in an interview published on Friday. Traore lauded Russia’s […]

Russian champion wrestler barred from Olympics qualifier – sport official — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

Russian champion wrestler barred from Olympics qualifier – sport official — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

Source link The decision was reportedly made over a picture of Musa Evloev with a “No to Nazism” poster Russian wrestler and Olympic champion Musa Evloev has been barred from qualifying for the upcoming Paris 2024 games reportedly due to a complaint over him posing with an anti-Nazism poster, according to the president of the […]

Putin scores historic win in Russian presidential election – official results — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

Putin scores historic win in Russian presidential election – official results — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

Source link The incumbent head of state has also attracted a record share of the total poll, securing a fifth term in office Vladimir Putin has been re-elected as Russia’s president, according to the official results of the country’s presidential vote, published on Monday by its Central Election Commission (CEC). Putin has claimed 87.28% of the […]

11 dead after week of Ukrainian strikes on Russian region – official — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

11 dead after week of Ukrainian strikes on Russian region – official — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

Source link Another 82 persons, including children, have sustained injuries, health minister of Belgorod Region Andrey Ikonnikov said Over the past week, Kiev’s attacks on Russia’s Belgorod Region, which borders Ukraine, have resulted in the deaths of 11 civilians, including children, while 82 more have been injured, regional health minister Andrey Ikonnikov reported on Monday. […]

Ukraine won’t extend Russian gas transit deal – official    — RT Business News

Ukraine won’t extend Russian gas transit deal – official    — RT Business News

Source link Kiev has no plans to prolong the current contract with Russia on gas transit to the EU when it expires this year, Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko said on Sunday. Brokered by the EU, the current five-year deal was signed in 2019. Under the agreement, Russian energy giant Gazprom agreed to transit 65 […]

South Africa will arrest citizens fighting for Israel – official — RT Africa

South Africa will arrest citizens fighting for Israel – official — RT Africa

Source link Pretoria’s foreign minister says combatants in the Gaza war have been warned about the consequences of their actions South Africans fighting alongside the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in Gaza, where thousands of civilians have been killed since October, will be arrested when they return home, Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor has warned. She reportedly […]

No Ramadan truce in war-torn African state – army official — RT Africa

No Ramadan truce in war-torn African state – army official — RT Africa

Source link The UN Security Council had called for a halt in fighting to allow humanitarian access to millions of people trapped across Sudan The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) will not agree to a ceasefire in an ongoing armed conflict, even during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, unless the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) […]

Opposition party’s letter to US ‘undermines institutions’ – South African official — RT Africa

Opposition party’s letter to US ‘undermines institutions’ – South African official — RT Africa

Source link Pretoria will block any attempts at interfering in the upcoming elections, Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri has told RT South Africa will protect its hard-won democracy despite any attempts at meddling, the spokesperson for the ruling African National Congress (ANC), Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri, told RT in an exclusive interview. Bhengu-Motsiri said she believes that South Africans will […]

NATO rehearsing conflict with Moscow – top security official — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

NATO rehearsing conflict with Moscow – top security official — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

Source link The US-led bloc is becoming “increasingly aggressive” in nature, Secretary of Russian Security Council Nikolay Patrushev has said NATO’s ongoing ‘Steadfast Defender 2024’ maneuvers are heightening tensions globally by enacting a military confrontation with Moscow, the secretary of the Security Council of Russia has said. Nikolay Patrushev also cited the alliance’s growing military […]

Ukraine may get bodies of soldiers it killed in plane attack – Russian official — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

Ukraine may get bodies of soldiers it killed in plane attack – Russian official — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

Source link Ombudswoman Tatyana Moskalkova has stated that all the necessary procedures are already in place from previous prisoner swaps Russia is willing to hand over the remains of the Ukrainian prisoners of war from the Russian Il-76 transport plane downed back in January, according to Russian human rights ombudswoman Tatyana Moskalkova. The aircraft was […]

Russia should stop hostile EU countries from cashing in on sanctions – official — RT Business News

Russia should stop hostile EU countries from cashing in on sanctions – official — RT Business News

Source link Baltic ports in Latvia and Lithuania have become a gateway for wine and whisky imports to the sanctioned country There is no need for Russia to impose an embargo on wine and whisky imports from ‘unfriendly’ countries, but deliveries via the ‘hostile’ Baltic nations must be stopped, Sergey Ivanov, a special representative to […]