Russian traffic police officers block off a road as part of a counter-terrorist operation declared after an armed mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group on the outskirts of Voronezh, Russia on June 24, 2023. A fuel depot was on fire in Russia’s southern city of Voronezh, the local governor announced after Moscow said the army … Read more
The Kremlin said that a blast which damaged a pipeline that used to transport ammonia fertiliser from Russia via Ukraine which Moscow wants restarted would have a negative impact on the Black Sea grain deal. | file photo | Photo Credit: AP The Kremlin said on Thursday that a blast which damaged a pipeline that … Read more
President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Ukraine‘s biggest ever drone strike on Moscow was an attempt to scare and provoke Russia, and air defences around the capital would be strengthened. Russia said eight drones targeted civilian areas of Moscow and the Moscow region – with a population of over 21 million – in the … Read more
Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak plans to announce a ban on Russian diamonds and imports of metals from Russia including copper, aluminium and nickel in support for Ukraine, his government said in a statement. Britain is also targeting an additional 86 people and companies from Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s military industrial complex, in addition those … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jingping at the Kremlin, has said his country is “always open for a negotiation process”. Putin made the remarks on Monday in response to China’s “plan settle ongoing Ukraine crisis”. The plan aimed to “end the Russia-Ukraine war” was released by China in … Read more
The newborn peeking out of a pink blanket in a hospital on the north bank of Ukraine’s Dnieper river may never see her grandparents back home in the Russian-occupied south. Her mother fled for the relative safety of government-held Zaporizhzhia to make sure the baby was born a citizen of the country the Russians invaded … Read more
Moscow is ready to make a “significant contribution” to averting a looming food crisis if the West lifts sanctions imposed on Russia over Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin said in a telephone call with Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi. “Vladimir Putin emphasises that the Russian Federation is ready to make a significant contribution to overcoming the … Read more
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that Russian metallurgical companies were facing “hostile attitudes” from what Moscow calls unfriendly countries, and that Moscow would come up with a plan to combat this. “We are among world leaders in this industry, and our metallurgists have begun to face hostile attitudes, … our companies are experiencing … Read more
Britain’s defence ministry said on Saturday that Russian forces were targeting civilians, a day after a missile attack on a train station crowded with women, children and the elderly killed at least 52 people, according to Ukrainian officials. Russia was focusing its offensive, which included cruise missiles launched by its naval forces, on the eastern … Read more
The bodies of at least 20 men in civilian clothes were found lying in a single street Saturday after Ukrainian forces retook the town of Bucha near Kyiv from Russian troops, AFP journalists said. One of the bodies of the men had his hands tied, and the corpses were strewn over several hundred metres (yards) … Read more