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Putin orders army to ‘dislodge’ Ukraine as over 1.2 lakh flee border
According to authorities, around 121,000 people have fled the Kursk region since the start of the fighting, which has killed at least 12 civilians and injured 121 more,
Zelenskyy confirms for first time that Ukrainian military is operating inside Russia’s Kursk…
Earlier, in his nightly address on late Saturday, Zelenskyy had indirectly acknowledged Ukraine's military incursion into Russia's Kursk border region by terming it as an attempt to "push the war out into the aggressor's territory."
Russian strike on Ukraine supermarket kills ten, wounds 35
KOSTYANTYNIVKA: A Russian strike on a supermarket in the eastern Ukrainian town of Kostyantynivka on Friday killed ten people and injured 35 , the local governor said. The town is about 13 kilometres from the nearest Russian war positions…
Putin’s prisoner swap shows Russia won’t forget its foreign security operatives.
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin strode along the red carpet between two rows of rifle-toting honor guards and warmly greeted intelligence operatives freed in the biggest prisoner swap with the West since the Cold War.
The Motherland…
Russia frees US reporter in one of the biggest prisoner swaps with West
Moscow: US journalist Evan Gershkovich and former US marine Paul Whelan were released from Russia Thursday, the Turkish government announced, in one of the biggest East-West prisoner swaps since the Cold War.
A total of 26 people,…
Putin congratulates Venezuela’s Maduro on re-election
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Nicolas Maduro on Monday after he declared victory in Venezuela's presidential election, the results of which were rejected by the country's opposition.
Russia has been a key ally of…
Putin promises’mirror measures’ in reaction to US missiles in Germany.
Moscow: Russia may deploy new strike weapons in response to the planned U.S. stationing of longer-range and hypersonic missiles in Germany, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday.
Speaking at a naval parade in St Petersburg,…
Russia says Ukraine’s statements on peace talks contradictory
VIENTIANE: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday he "does not listen" to what he called Ukraine's contradictory statements on peace talks.
Lavrov spoke after Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba visited China for talks…
Russia claims 75 Ukrainian drones downed in southern Rostov.
MOSCOW: Russia downed 75 Ukrainian drones on Monday, nearly 50 of them over southern Rostov.
The defence ministry said air defense systems intercepted 47 drones over Rostov, 17 over the Black and Azov seas, 11 elsewhere, and one over…
There were 33 Ukrainian drones shot down in Crimea, and 10 were naval drones
MOSCOW: Russia downed 33 Ukrainian aerial drones overnight over Crimea and 10 naval drones that were heading for the peninsula, Moscow's defence ministry said Thursday.
"Air defence systems on duty destroyed and intercepted 33 aerial…
What to know about the growing number of treason and espionage cases in today’s Russia under…
The prosecutions have raised comparisons to the show trials and purges under Soviet dictator Josef Stalin in the 1930s.
Russia adds Navalny’s widow Yulia Navalnaya to ‘terrorists and extremists’…
This comes after a court in Moscow on Tuesday ordered Navalnaya arrested in absentia, also on charges of "extremism."
Russia hails PM Modi’s visit as ‘game-changing
Russia's Charge d'affaires called Modi's summit with President Putin "historic and game-changing"; US govt says India's ties with Russia give it the ability to urge Putin to end the Ukraine war.
Ukrainian drone triggers warehouse explosions in Russia
Russia’s Ministry of Defense did not address the strike in their morning briefing, but said that air defense systems had destroyed a Ukrainian drone over the Belgorod region.
PM Modi to visit Russia for 22nd India-Russia annual summit
The Prime Minister will head to Vienna, Austria after concluding his Moscow visit.
Expect Russia-India relations to ‘blossom even better’
India and Russia are looking at the possibility of a brief visit to Moscow by Modi next week to hold wide-ranging talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
‘Serious messages’ will come out of PM Modi’s Moscow visit: Russian diplomat
United Nations: "Serious messages" will come out of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Moscow next week and relations between the two countries will "blossom further", Russia’s Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia said on…
Russia imposes entry ban on 99 Canadians
Moscow: Russia issued a permanent entry ban on 99 Canadian citizens as a countermeasure, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
"Russia imposes a permanent entry ban on 99 Canadian citizens, who are involved in the elaboration and…
Putin says Russia needs to start production of INF strike systems
Moscow: Russia needs to start the production of intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF) strike systems in response to the actions of the US, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
"In 2019, we announced that we would not produce…
Passenger train derailment in Russia leaves 70 injured
Moscow: At least 70 people were injured after a passenger train derailed in Russia's northwestern Komi region, local media reported, citing authorities.
Nine carriages of the train overturned on Wednesday, resulting in injuries, but…