Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a surprise visit to Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol, a day after he visited Crimea, following an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against the Russian leader on “war crime accusations”. Putin flew by helicopter to Mariupol early on Sunday in …
Read More »‘Visit for peace’: China’s Xi heading to Russia first time since Ukraine war
Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to visit Russia next week at the invitation of his Russian counterpart in a move that will demonstrate growing cooperation between the two all-weather allies in the face of Western pressures. The high-stakes three-day visit beginning on Monday comes as Beijing has offered to …
Read More »Xi Jinping to visit Moscow soon – Reuters
The Chinese leader will reportedly make a trip to the Russian capital as early as next week. Chinese President Xi Jinping is planning a trip to Moscow to hold talks with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, and could arrive as early as next week, Reuters reported on Monday, citing anonymous …
Read More »Trump vows to end Ukraine conflict in 24 hours
The ex-US leader claims he is the only candidate that can prevent World War III. President Joe Biden is leading the United States “into oblivion,” Donald Trump told the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland on Saturday, promising to stop wasting US taxpayer money on “stupid” foreign wars as he …
Read More »Russian diplomat says no ‘strategic stability dialog’ with US in near term
Russian diplomat Mikhail Ulyanov says Moscow will not engage in strategic stability negotiations with Washington in the foreseeable future, since the US is openly taking “hostile steps” against the country. Ulyanov, Russia’s permanent representative to International Organizations in Vienna, said, “one cannot really talk about resuming the dialogue with the …
Read More »Putin orders tightening of Ukraine border as drones hit Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered officials to tighten security on the border with Ukraine, after several drones targeted areas deep inside the Russian territory. Putin made the remarks during a speech at a meeting of the Federal Security Service (FSB) board in the capital Moscow on Tuesday, without referring …
Read More »Putin: US-led NATO indirect accomplice to crimes committed by Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin has said the US-led NATO was an indirect accomplice to the crimes committed by Ukraine, as the west keeps supplying the ex-soviet country with lethal armaments. In an interview for “Moscow. Kremlin. Putin” program on Rossiya-1 TV channel aired on Sunday, Putin said that Moscow should take …
Read More »Putin says Russia, China reach ‘new milestones’ on cooperation
President Vladimir Putin said he’s waiting for his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to visit Russia as he hailed deepening ties with Beijing at talks with China’s top diplomat. Cooperation between Russia and China is “very important for stabilizing the international situation,” Putin told Chinese State Councilor Wang Yi at talks …
Read More »West not willing to engage in Ukraine peace efforts: Kremlin
Russia says Western countries have not yet shown a willingness to engage in peace efforts to resolve the war in Ukraine. The Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov made the remarks on Sunday after Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko suggested arranging a meeting between Russian and US leaders. “So far there is no …
Read More »Ukraine conflict – day 345: Air raid sirens in Kyiv, Putin hints at nuclear weapons use
TOP HEADLINES · Air raid sirens rang out in Kyiv and across Ukraine before the start of a summit bringing together senior Ukrainian officials and EU representatives. · EU chief Charles Michel arrived in Kyiv to join a summit with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and vowed support for Ukraine’s bid …
Read More »Kremlin denies Britain’s Johnson claims, saying he lied about Putin missile threat
The Kremlin said on Monday that former British prime minister Boris Johnson was lying when he said President Vladimir Putin had threatened him with a missile strike during a phone call in the run-up to the invasion of Ukraine. Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters that what Johnson said was …
Read More »Putin speaks to Xi, calls for deepening military cooperation with China
Russian President Vladimir Putin has told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping that Moscow is keen to ramp up its military cooperation with Beijing as part of joint efforts to counter Western interventions in the region. “We aim to strengthen cooperation between the armed forces of Russia and China,” Putin told …
Read More »Putin says NATO using all its potential against Russia, vows to fulfill military goals
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday vowed to fulfill the objectives of the country’s “special military operation” in Ukraine even as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy left for the US to lobby for more arms. In a speech at the yearly meeting with his defense chiefs, Putin said Moscow will meet …
Read More »Moscow finds the Merkel ‘confessions’ concrete grounds for a tribunal
The Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson says the confessions of the German ex-Chancellor Angela Merkel on the Minsk agreements are grounds for a tribunal. On Thursday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that a confession made by German ex-chancellor Angela Merkel concerning the Minsk agreements might be used as evidence in a …
Read More »Al-Sudani, Putin discuss files of common interest
Prime Minister Muhammad Shia al-Sudani informed Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday that Iraq is keen to maintain strong ties with Russia in various fields. The media office of the Prime Minister said in a statement that al-Sudani received a phone call from Putin and discussed with him bilateral relations, …
Read More »European leaders open divisive summit on energy crisis
European Union leaders opened a two-day summit Thursday divided on whether, and how, the bloc could impose a gas price cap to contain the energy crisis fueled by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and his strategy to choke off gas supplies to the bloc at will. And, for …
Read More »No need for massive new strikes on Ukraine – Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday there was no need for massive new strikes on Ukraine and that Russia was not looking to destroy the country. Putin told a news conference at the end of a summit in Kazakhstan that his call-up of Russian reservists would be over within …
Read More »Harsh response | Explosions rock Kiev, other Ukrainian cities, leaving several dead, injured
Russia’s military struck Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities on Monday with President Vladimir Putin warning of a “harsh” response in case of any further attacks such as that on the Crimean Bridge. Kiev’s police officials say the blasts caused at least five deaths and twelve injuries there, but there are …
Read More »Putin says Ukraine planned Crimea bridge explosion, calls it terrorism act
Ukrainian intelligence is behind the deadly attack on the Crimean Bridge, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday following a report by the head of the national Investigative Committee, Aleksandr Bastrykin. According to Bastrykin, the attack was organized by the Ukrainian security services, which were “aided” by some Russian and …
Read More »Putin signs decree ordering his govt. to make Zaporizhzhia plant ‘federal property’
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Wednesday ordering his country’s authorities to take control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine and make it a “federal property”. The biggest nuclear plant in Europe is controlled by Russian troops since early March but continues to be operated …
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