Source link Estonia wants domestic religious leaders to sever ties with the Moscow Patriarchate over the Ukraine conflict Estonia’s plans to label the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) as a “terrorist” organization are reminiscent of a medieval witch hunt, church spokesman Vladimir Legoyda has said. Earlier this week, Estonian Interior Minister Lauri Laanemets revealed that he […]
Source link The West must accommodate Kiev’s membership aspirations to prove it’s not “afraid of itself,” the Ukrainian president has said Western nations must accelerate Ukraine’s accession to the EU and NATO or Russian President Vladimir Putin will consider them weak, Vladimir Zelensky has claimed. Kiev is hoping to join both the European Union and […]
Source link Roscosmos is investigating the possibility of building a nuclear power plant on the Moon in cooperation with China Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the country’s authorities to allocate funds for projects that would allow the country to create nuclear energy facilities in space. In a statement on Wednesday, the Kremlin said Putin […]
Source link Moscow is ready for a peaceful solution, but will not accept imposed agreements, the Russian president has said Russian President Vladimir Putin has mocked a planned Ukraine peace conference in Switzerland, saying that Moscow is ready for a diplomatic solution but that holding negotiations without it is “nonsense.” Russia has not been invited […]
Source link The Russian military conducted a wave of attacks on targets across the country on Thursday Russia has been forced to repel attacks on its energy facilities in recent months and must retaliate, President Vladimir Putin told his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, during talks in Moscow on Thursday. Since Kiev launched its drone campaign […]
Source link Swiss activists backed by the country’s top political party have filed a petition with enough signatures to trigger a referendum that could enshrine Bern’s neutrality in the constitution and potentially restore the country’s economic ties with Moscow. The so-called “Neutrality Initiative” signed by over 130,000 residents was officially filed on Thursday, according to […]
Source link Russian security operatives have “neutralized” a terrorist suspect, who responded with armed resistance during detention A terrorist attack targeting a synagogue in Moscow has been prevented, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) announced on Thursday. The suspect was shot and killed during a standoff with security operatives, the FSB told Russian media in […]
Source link Ukraine’s previous attempt at beating Russia on the battlefield has been a total disaster and Kiev should not expect anything different the next time, a highly positioned official at the Russian Ministry of Defense told reporters on Thursday. In an exclusive interview published by German newspaper Bild earlier this week, Zelensky revealed that […]
Source link The Russian Ministry of Defense on Thursday released a video showing an UAV destroying one of the Bradley infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) the US has provided to Ukraine, somewhere near Avdeevka. The ten-second clip shows the Russian first-person view (FPV) drone diving into the side of the vehicle, which had stopped along a […]
Source link The Angara-A5 is designed to deliver equipment into space, according to Roscosmos Russia has launched its Angara-A5 heavy-lift rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Far East for the first time, the country’s space agency Roscosmos announced on Thursday. The previous three Angara-A5 launches took place at Russia’s Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The launch was […]
Source link Lawmakers in Kiev rejected a provision that would allow conscripts serving for three years to return home The Ukrainian parliament has voted against demobilizing the country’s longest-serving conscripts, forcing them to stay on the front indefinitely. The vote came as lawmakers passed a broad mobilization bill imposing new restrictions on draft-dodgers, and potentially […]
Source link Moscow’s lobby has pierced American politics, the Ukrainian president has claimed Russian influence has penetrated the US political system and warped the information field around the world, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky claimed in an interview with Politico on Tuesday. Zelensky was asked to comment on recent statements made by two Republican lawmakers: Mike […]
Source link The Ukrainian leader has expressed his intention of destroying Russian civilian infrastructure Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s threat to destroy Russian civilian infrastructure demonstrates that his government is using terrorist tactics, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday. Earlier this week, Zelensky said he and his government “really want to destroy Russian infrastructure,” including […]
Source link Three-quarters of respondents say the existence of sentient life forms on other planets is possible Three-quarters of Russians believe the existence of sentient life forms on other planets is possible, a survey by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTSIOM) has revealed ahead of International Day of Human Space Flight on April 12. […]
Source link Moscow has refused to take part in a planned international peace conference in Switzerland Any negotiations to settle the conflict in Ukraine would have no value without Russia’s participation, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said, commenting on a conference scheduled to be held in Switzerland in June. The talks will reportedly be based […]