The Defense Ministry in Moscow has reported liberating more than a dozen settlements in the Russian region over the past two days The Russian Defense Ministry has released a video collage which it says shows multiple FPV (first person view) drone strikes on Ukrainian troops […]
The Defense Ministry in Moscow has reported liberating more than a dozen settlements in the Russian region over the past two days The Russian Defense Ministry has released a video collage which it says shows multiple FPV (first person view) drone strikes on Ukrainian troops […]
The Defense Ministry in Moscow has reported liberating more than a dozen settlements in the Russian region over the past two days
The Russian Defense Ministry has released a video collage which it says shows multiple FPV (first person view) drone strikes on Ukrainian troops in Kursk Region, part of a fast-moving counteroffensive that has seen Kiev’s troops fall back over the past few days.
Ukraine initially launched an incursion in the Russian border region last August, reportedly aiming to force Moscow to redeploy forces and slow its steady advance in the Donbass, as well as to obtain potential leverage for future negotiations.
Over the past two days, Moscow’s forces have liberated at least 17 settlements in Kursk Region, in what is being described as a major advance.
In a video collage released on Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry showcased a number of clips it said show FPV suicide drone strikes on Ukrainian troops and vehicles in Sudzha.
In several videos, Ukrainian soldiers can be seen attempting to take cover behind overturned vehicles, only for a drone to maneuver past and strike from above. The flickering video feed suggests that the drones were radio-controlled and piloted despite electronic warfare jamming.
In an official statement on Wednesday, the ministry wrote that Ukraine had lost more than 260 servicemen, dead and wounded, along with seven heavy vehicles and three drone ground control stations due to Russian operations in the region over the past 24 hours.
Vassily Nebenzia, Russia’s UN envoy, has criticized the EU’s top diplomat for overlooking Ukrainian crimes Russia’s envoy to the UN has debunked EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas’ claim that Russian civilians “are not dying” in the Ukraine conflict. Vassily Nebenzia denounced remarks Kallas made […]
Vassily Nebenzia, Russia’s UN envoy, has criticized the EU’s top diplomat for overlooking Ukrainian crimes
Russia’s envoy to the UN has debunked EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas’ claim that Russian civilians “are not dying” in the Ukraine conflict.
Vassily Nebenzia denounced remarks Kallas made in February that “Russian civilians are not dying” as “immoral assertions” from an official peddling “fantasies.” In 2024 alone, the Ukrainian military killed 809 Russian civilians, including 51 children, he noted.
Those killings constituted “real crimes” and not a “theatrical performance like Bucha that was staged by the Ukrainian authorities” to garner Western support, Nebenzia stated. Kiev has cited claims that Russian forces had committed a “massacre” in the town in 2022 to justify its decision to abandon peace talks, while Russia contends that the evidence was fabricated.
Speaking at a panel discussion during the Munich Security Conference, Kallas claimed that the two nations take radically different positions: “The difference is that Russian civilians are not dying. I mean Russian children and women are not dying, it’s soldiers on the ground” who do, she stated.
In response, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova labeled Kallas’s comments as evidence of the “degradation” of senior EU officials, asserting that the senior diplomat has reached a new low in “cynicism and immorality.”
“How can one seriously negotiate with people who have declared lies as their official position?” Zakharova questioned.
Kallas, known for her hawkish stance towards Russia, became the EU’s foreign policy and security chief last December after stepping down as Estonia’s prime minister under public pressure.
The suspect has been charged with treason, the agency has said A Russian man is facing treason charges for transferring cryptocurrency to a terrorist organization in Ukraine to fund the purchase of drones, according to the Federal Security Service (FSB). The suspect, who was not […]
The suspect has been charged with treason, the agency has said
A Russian man is facing treason charges for transferring cryptocurrency to a terrorist organization in Ukraine to fund the purchase of drones, according to the Federal Security Service (FSB).
The suspect, who was not identified by name, contacted the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and a terrorist organization, offering financial support to Kiev’s forces, the FSB stated on Wednesday.
The man was arrested in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, and in a video shared by the FSB admitted to transferring cryptocurrency to the ‘Freedom of Russia Legion’ terrorist organization to buy drones. According to the detainee, he opposed the Russian military operation against Ukraine and decided to support Kiev.
“I made two cryptocurrency transfers from the Binance and KuCoin exchanges to the official wallets of the ‘Freedom of Russia Legion’ organization to enable them to acquire drones,” the suspect said during interrogation.
Footage released by the Russian agency shows the man’s arrest, along with chat messages from a terrorist group discovered on his home computer, suggesting that he maintained contact with the organization through Telegram.
The detention comes after Russia repelled a major multi-wave Ukrainian drone attack on a number of regions, including Moscow, on Tuesday, just ahead of US-Ukraine talks in Saudi Arabia.
The assault, which involved hundreds of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), some reportedly loaded with shrapnel to maximize casualties, resulted in three civilian deaths and multiple injuries in Moscow Region. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, a total of 337 Ukrainian drones were neutralized, including 91 near the capital and 126 over Kursk Region.
On Tuesday, the FSB also reported detaining a resident of Belgorod Region on the border with Ukraine, who was allegedly planning to carry out a terrorist attack in the city of Valuyki and poison military personnel.
He also reportedly collected and leaked information to Kiev on the locations and movements of Russian troops in the border area to facilitate Ukrainian attacks.
Moscow will honor all its commitments to Beijing, unlike the West in its promises to the USSR, the foreign minister has asserted Russia deeply values its relationship with China and is committed to fulfilling all obligations to its partner, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. […]
Moscow will honor all its commitments to Beijing, unlike the West in its promises to the USSR, the foreign minister has asserted
Russia deeply values its relationship with China and is committed to fulfilling all obligations to its partner, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.
In an interview with US podcasters conducted in English released on Wednesday, Russia’s top diplomat was asked to comment on claims that former President Joe Biden made a strategic blunder by pushing Russia closer to China, through Washington’s response to the Ukraine conflict.
“The Americans know that we would not betray our commitments, legal commitments, but also, you know, the political commitments which we develop with the Chinese,” the top diplomat assured. “We never had the relations with China which were that good, that confidential, that long-term build and that would be enjoying support of the peoples of both countries,” he said.
The interviewers suggested US President Donald Trump’s approach replicates President Richard Nixon’s historic 1972 rapprochement with China that ensured a continuation of the Sino-Soviet split.
Current circumstances are “radically different” from those of the 1970s, Lavrov insisted.
He contrasted Moscow’s adherence to its promises with the West’s breach of assurances made to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that NATO would not expand eastward.
“Now they say that there is no legal obligation not to expand NATO. Fine, if you can only implement your promise by court then of course you need legal obligations all over you,” the minister said. “But if you are a person of dignity, a man of dignity, if you agreed on something by political commitment you have to deliver.”
Russia regards NATO’s presence on its border and the pledge to grant Ukraine membership as crucial factors in the ongoing conflict. The Trump administration has suggested that swiftly resolving the fighting in Ukraine could open avenues for mutually beneficial cooperation with Moscow. Lavrov expressed hope that a sense of normalcy would be restored to US-Russian relations, allowing the two nations to resolve their differences peacefully.
Russia is expecting to receive detailed information about the negotiations in Jeddah soon, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Moscow cannot yet comment on any ceasefire proposals agreed upon by the US and Ukraine during their latest talks, but is carefully studying the statements that […]
Russia is expecting to receive detailed information about the negotiations in Jeddah soon, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said
Moscow cannot yet comment on any ceasefire proposals agreed upon by the US and Ukraine during their latest talks, but is carefully studying the statements that are coming out following Tuesday’s negotiations in Saudi Arabia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.
The talks in Jeddah, which are said to have lasted about 9.5 hours, ended with Kiev and Washington issuing a joint statement. According to the document, Ukraine is ready to agree to a 30-day ceasefire while the US is willing to resume providing intelligence and military aid to the country.
During a press briefing on Wednesday, Peskov was asked to outline Moscow’s position on the proposed ceasefire and whether or not it believes it to be beneficial for Russia. The spokesman replied by urging against making any rushed statements.
He recalled that following yesterday’s meeting, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Washinton’s special envoy for Ukraine Mike Waltz had announced that the American side will provide “detailed information” about the essence of the conversation that took place in Jeddah. “First, we must receive this information,” Peskov stressed, noting that Moscow expects to receive these details in the coming days.
Meanwhile, Moscow is “carefully studying the statements that were made as a result” of the talks and has already familiarized itself with the text of the joint statement that was adopted in Jeddah, the Kremlin spokesman said.
Following Tuesday’s talks, US President Donald Trump announced that he intends to have a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the next few days to discuss the results of the discussion in Jeddah, and expressed hope that Putin would agree to the proposed ceasefire.
Peskov, however, has stated that no phone call request has come from the American side so far, and that there are currently no plans for direct talks between Trump and Putin. At the same time, he noted that such a call could be quickly organized.
Previously, Moscow had opposed the idea of a temporary truce in Ukraine and emphasized that a settlement should not serve to provide Kiev with breathing space and an opportunity to rearm itself before resuming hostilities. Russian President Vladimir Putin has insisted that a resolution of the conflict should guarantee long-term peace.
