Source link Moscow is serious about its commitments, including a non-binding pledge against tests, spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has told RT Russia will not break its moratorium on nuclear tests unless the US does so first, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has told RT, reiterating Moscow’s pledge on the issue. Earlier this month, Russia revoked […]
Source link The concerns reportedly come amid heavy losses for Kiev’s troops during its counteroffensive EU officials fear that Ukraine’s position in its conflict with Russia could “unravel” this winter, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. This comes, according to the article, amid heavy losses for Kiev’s troops during their counteroffensive which was launched […]
Source link Washington is ultimately responsible for Kiev’s attacks on civilians, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has said The US created the “regime” of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, meaning it is natural for Washington to ignore Kiev’s use of terrorist tactics in the conflict with Moscow, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has claimed in […]
Source link The Ukrainian president’s namesake is a clueless housekeeper in a comedy by playwright Ivan Karpenko-Karyi from 1900 A character in a classic play who shares his surname with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has been renamed in a production by a popular Kiev theater, local media have reported. Zelensky is among the personages of […]
Source link Kiev’s forces have revived the use of the Maxim machine gun for air defense purposes A Ukrainian military unit has shared photos on social media of a mobile drone hunting vehicle – an old ZAZ Tavria pickup with a pair of World War I-era machine guns mounted in the back. Images of the […]
Source link A young man with a leg injury was pulled out of a danger zone near a key Donbass city, according to a new video Russian service members have rescued an injured Ukrainian soldier who got stuck in the no-man’s-land in Donbass, according to a new video circulating on social media. A nearly two-minute […]
Source link Russia will not agree to ‘unilateral concessions’, a senior diplomat has said Meaningful negotiations with the US are impossible under the current circumstances, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Monday. “I don’t think that, in the foreseeable future, the dialogue will return to how it was before its unilateral suspension by […]
Source link Kiev has signed contracts with two private recruitment companies in order to appeal to draft-dodgers, the Guardian reported on Monday, citing Aleksey Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council. President Vladimir Zelensky said on Friday that a “comprehensive” overhaul of mobilization rules will be announced this week. Danilov’s disclosure appears […]
Source link David Arakhamia, the head of Vladimir Zelensky’s parliamentary faction, admits his nation’s dependency on the West and the lack of a coherent strategy A few days ago, President Vladimir Zelensky’s most important political ally David Arakhamia gave a long interview to TV presenter Natalya Moseichuk. Both are heavyweights of Ukraine’s public sphere, with […]
Source link At least one person died and ten have been injured in the disaster, local officials say A massive storm that hit the Crimean Peninsula on Monday night turned out to be the most powerful one in its recorded history, Roman Vilfand, a scientific adviser to the Meteorological Office, told RIA Novosti. The last […]
Source link Ukraine has sought to poison authorities in the country’s former territories that have joined Russia, an official has said Russia’s deputy minister of trade and industry, Kirill Lysogorsky, accused Washington and its allies of supplying “toxic chemicals” to Kiev, claiming their use in attacks on Russian officials in the former Ukrainian territories that […]
Source link Mikhail Bogdanov said the release of the Russian national was negotiated outside the Hamas-Israel deal Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov has held a meeting with the family of a released Russian national who had been held captive by Palestinian militants in Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas conflict. As reported by the ministry’s Telegram […]
Source link Kiev should have never started the summer counteroffensive demanded by its Western backers, one soldier told German reporters The Armed Forces of Ukraine are plagued by “huge problems” ranging from inadequate command to severe lack of essential military equipment and supplies, German tabloid Bild reported on Monday, citing several soldiers and officers it […]
Source link The Dutch Allard Pierson Museum handed over a prized collection of Scythian gold to Ukraine despite protests from Russia A vast collection of Crimean gold jewelry and antiquities that was handed over to Ukraine by the Netherlands after a lengthy legal battle should have instead been returned to the Russian peninsula, Kremlin spokesman […]
Source link The Russian foreign minister said he would travel to North Macedonia for the event if Bulgaria opens its airspace Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is set to take part in an upcoming meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in North Macedonia, after EU authorities ruled the diplomat’s visit […]