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A drone strike caused a fire at a fuel storage facility in the Crimean port of Sevastopol, sending a vast column of black smoke into the sky before it was extinguished, the city’s Moscow-installed governor said on Saturday. Experts examined the site and “it became clear that only one drone …

The foreign ministers of Iran, Russia, Syria, and Turkey may hold a meeting in May in Moscow, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday, as part of efforts to rebuild Turkey-Syria ties after years of animosity during Syria’s civil war. NATO member Turkey has backed political and armed opposition …

Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has announced he would like to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss a potential solution to the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The president is on an official trip to Spain where he participated in a business forum held in …

Ten Norwegian diplomats in Moscow were ordered to leave Russia Wednesday, in what Oslo said was “an act of revenge” for its move this month to expel 15 Russian diplomatic staff for alleged spying. Norway’s ambassador to Moscow was informed that ” 10 of our diplomats at the embassy in …

The Czech government on Wednesday approved a defense cooperation deal with the United States in a bid to boost its security as Russia’s war with Ukraine continues. The agreement facilitates a potential deployment of US troops to the Czech Republic, a NATO member since 1999, said Defense Minister Jana Cernochova. …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke Wednesday with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Moscow’s most important diplomatic partner, in the first phone call between the two leaders since the start of Russia’s invasion. “I had a long and meaningful phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping. I believe that this call, as …

Sweden on Tuesday expelled five Russian diplomats for carrying out activities that are “inconsistent with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.” In a statement, the Swedish Foreign Ministry said that Russia’s Ambassador to Stockholm Viktor Tatarintsev was summoned to inform him about the expulsion of the diplomats at the Russian …

Russia says it might abandon the moratorium on the deployment of intermediate and shorter-range missiles, as a result of the destabilizing military programs of the United States in the region. The Russian foreign ministry’s head of nuclear non-proliferation, Vladimir Yermakov, told the TASS news agency on Tuesday that the destabilizing …

Global military spending grew for the eighth consecutive year in 2022 to a record $2.24 trillion, with a sharp increase in Europe, mainly due to Russian and Ukrainian spending, a Swedish think tank said on Monday. Spending globally increased by 3.7% in real terms, but military spending in Europe increased …

The UN secretary-general on Monday denounced the “devastation” caused by Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine during a Security Council meeting chaired by Russia’s foreign minister. Antonio Guterres said in front of Sergei Lavrov that the Russian invasion was a violation of international law and is “causing massive suffering” to the Ukrainian …

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has reacted strongly to South Korea’s suggestion that it may start arming Ukraine’s government, slamming the idea as “an openly hostile anti-Russian move.” “Russia is conducting defensive military operations against the collective West, which has chosen the puppet regime in Kyiv as an instrument …

​The former director general of the Middle East at the Iranian foreign ministry has said that Turkey and Iraq are suitable countries to mediate between Russia and Ukraine. Moscow is facing many military problems and I believe that nothing will happen in the case of Ukraine soon, Qasem Mohebali told …

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has called on like-minded countries to join forces against the “blackmail” of Western sanctions during a visit to Venezuela as part of his tour of Latin America. “It is necessary to join forces to counter the attempts of blackmail and illegal unilateral pressure of the …

Ukraine’s defense minister confirmed on Wednesday that Kyiv had received Patriot air defense systems, and said this made Ukrainian skies more secure. “Our air defenders have mastered them as fast as they could. And our partners have kept their word,” Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov wrote on Twitter. He did not …

China’s defense minister Li Shangfu said Tuesday his trip to Moscow was aimed at demonstrating Beijing’s “determination” to strengthen strategic ties with Russia. The visit comes after President Vladimir Putin received Chinese leader Xi Jinping last month in Moscow for a summit showing the nations’ united front against the West. …

Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday summoned the US, British and Canadian ambassadors to protest against what it said was their “interference in Russia’s internal affairs,” the Interfax news agency reported, citing a ministry statement. The three countries on Monday condemned Russia for jailing opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza for 25 years …

Russian President Vladimir Putin has met his commanders in two regions of Ukraine that Moscow claims to have annexed, while Russian forces stepped up heavy artillery bombardments and air strikes on the devastated eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. The Kremlin said Putin had attended a military command meeting in Ukraine’s …

India and Russia are discussing a free trade agreement, ministers said on Monday, a move that would further deepen bilateral commercial ties that have flourished since war broke out in Ukraine. India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar told an event in New Delhi his government was in “advance agreement” on a …

The Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fuad Hussein, confirmed on Monday that Iraq supports the cease-fire in Ukraine, during a joint press conference with his Ukrainian counterpart in Baghdad. The Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba indicated that his visit to Baghdad reflects the development of relations between the two countries. …

By destroying ties with Russia, Brussels is playing into the hands of London and Washington, Russia’s deputy foreign minister says A senior Russian diplomat has accused the EU of falling victim to a US-UK ploy in Ukraine, and losing the chance to become an independent player in a multipolar world. …