Air raid alert issued in six regions of Ukraine

It is noted that Europe should play the main role in defending and supporting Ukraine

Top stories from the Russian press on Thursday, December 12th

Wang Yi highlighted that the international community could help alleviate Syria’s pressing humanitarian crisis

Washington and its allies also could consider lowering the oil price cap on Russian oil, , US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said

The article points out that Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election will serve to expedite the peace talks

The DPR residents believe that Ukraine's former ruling party, The Party of Regions, abandoned them, Denis Pushilin noted

"This would occur only after achieving security and political stability in Syria, completing the political transition process, and establishing the political system that Syrians aspire to build," Mohammed Sabra added

According to the official, the plan is "quite in line with Washington's aspirations to bring the Asia-Pacific region into NATO's orbit and pit states against each other"

According to Al Manar television, the explosions were caused by Israeli shelling

According to Viktor Orban, these changes will impact the entire Western civilization as they "will take a long time in historical terms, leading from war to peace"

Member-countries of the association have not yet resolved all the issues they set for themselves, Roman Golovchenko said

Viber is a messaging and voice communication app developed by Viber Media

Latin American and African countries make up the second and third groups

Georgia is holding the presidential election on Saturday

Ioseliani added that the voting would continue until 2:00 p.m. local time (1:00 p.m. Moscow time), and then the Central Election Commission will begin calculating the votes

The volume of supplies has not changed despite the statements on suspended flows of Russian gas to Austria’s OMV

Nikolay Patrushev agreed that Trump, when he was still a candidate, "made many statements critical of the destructive foreign and domestic policies pursued by the current administration"

Turkey’s authorities said earlier that they plan to complete the establishment of a buffer zone in northern Syria

Over the day, Ukraine lost more than 200 troops, a tank, an infantry fighting vehicle, two armored combat vehicles, four motor vehicles and three mortars

Mikhail Degtyarev replaces previous ROC chief Stanislav Pozdnyakov

The politician noted that by 1990 the economic conditions, mentality and language of people living in East and West Germany had diverged "even more than those of Taiwan and mainland China" or even the Smolensk Region and Donbass

"No NATO ally would ever receive the copious amounts of [funds and weapons] that non-member Ukraine has," Maria Zakharova argued

Alexander Smirnov, who was arrested in February and is in custody, faces four to six years in prison

Hungary and Bulgaria set the task for themselves "to find such legal and financial solution" of this problem that will enable making payments for the Russian gas and will be acceptable for all the parties, Peter Szijjarto said later on the air with M1 television

According to the report, the move could prompt Russia to agree to talks on settling the Ukrainian conflict

An air alert has been declared across the entire country

The ministry recalled that on December 11 the UN General Assembly adopted by the overwhelming majority of votes two resolutions

The Russian senior official pointed out that the very word "Ukrainians" did not take on its modern ethnic meaning until the mid-19th century

The air raid sirens went off in the Dnepropetrovsk, Kirovograd, Nikolayev, Sumy, Poltava and Kharkov regions

Earlier, Trump slammed the decision which he said had been approved by the Biden administration to allow Ukraine to use US-made weapons for strikes deep into Russian territory as "crazy"

According to the report, Russian operational/tactical and army aircraft, missile forces hit enemy manpower and equipment in the Kursk and Sumy regions

Battlegroup East Commander Lieutenant General Andrey Ivanayev reported to the defense minister that the Battlegroup’s units had liberated seven communities over the month and gained control of an area of more than 300 square kilometers

"In a first for the IPDC Intergovernmental Council, the report was not adopted but merely taken note of," he said

Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic Denis Pushilin added that two civilian infrastructure objects were also damaged in two districts of Gorlovka on Friday

The situation with gas supplies will be solved in coming days "at various levels in various countries", the republic’s Prime Minister Robert Fico said

In late November, armed opposition units launched a large-scale offensive on positions held by Syrian government forces in the Aleppo and Idlib provinces

Early on December 8, Israel officially announced the deployment of its forces to the buffer zone on the border with Syria in the Golan Heights

Alexander Volfovich noted that border security and other structures are ready to protect the sovereignty, territorial integrity and constitutional order of the republic

He did not disclose in which direction the Ukrainian troops will attempt their advance

According to the politician, Kiev is being "hand-fed" by countries of the collective West

The issue of Russian bases in Syria is linked to the negotiating process between the Russians and Syria’s new authorities, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said

According to the report, the strikes hit command centers and military depots that were used by the Syrian armed forces

Nathan Eismont added that all the satellite fragments recorded so far have been catalogued and their trajectories can be predicted

Earlier on Friday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that Russia’s Armed Forces had launched high-precision strikes on Ukraine’s fuel and energy infrastructure, which generates power for its defense sector, in response to the attack on the Taganrog airfield with ATACMS missiles earlier this week

Previously regarded as one of the strongest in the region, Syria's air defense system has now been significantly weakened

Washington and Beijing have a channel "to discuss specific concerns", US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said

Georgia will hold its presidential election on December 14 and the new president will be inaugurated on December 29

He claimed that the newly-established Ministry of Unity will work on repatriation of these people

The initiative is expected to be supported by 191 lawmakers from the opposition and a formally independent speaker

The explosion occurred in a Toyota Land Cruiser Prado off-road vehicle parked on Korovinskoye highway in the north of Moscow, when the driver started the SUV

"And all the more obvious is the foolishness of the idea that the true Ukrainian language, which exists 'somewhere out there' in Western Ukraine is so far removed from Russian," Dmitry Medvedev said

The main suspect in the case is Abdelfetah Nourine, a dual citizen of Australia and Algeria

The report highlights that, in addition to a manpower deficit, Kiev may also face critical shortages of ammunition and weapons

The local emergencies services said earlier that a Ukrainian missile had been shot down over central Donetsk. The shock wave broke windows in several houses

The kill zone stretches for more than four kilometers (2.5 miles)

The state corporation specified that the Solntsepyok munition creates a very high temperature, burning everything that can burn

The decree on retaliatory measures against the oil price cap initially came into effect on February 1, 2023, and was originally intended to last until July 1, 2023, but has been extended multiple times since then

The Bern Cantonal Police are investigating the incident

Peter Szijjarto pointed out that during the main Christian holiday, "peace always comes first," but hostilities between Russia and Ukraine continue

According to Shalva Papuashvili, after the December 29 inauguration, Georgia will have a president focused on the country, its people, and respect for the constitution

The enemy also lost an Maxxpro armored combat vehicle and one car, as well as Akatsiya and Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems, in 24 hours, Spokesman for the battlegroup Oleg Chekhov said

The request was considered on a fast-track basis

"Although Europeans have been involved in the conflict from the very beginning by supplying ammunition, weapons, advisors, and intelligence, they refuse to acknowledge that they are at war," Guillaume Ancel said

Robert Fico also emphasized that the conflict's repercussions would significantly impact Ukraine's internal stability

Admiral Alexander Moiseyev emphasized that the condition and combat readiness of Russia's modernized naval strategic nuclear forces are at an exceptional level

The restriction period is set from 8:00 p.m. GMT on December 12 to 3:00 p.m. GMT on December 18

On December 9, a TASS source said that on the previous day armed groups of Bashar al-Assad's opponents had established full control of the provinces of Latakia and Tartus, where Russian military bases are located

The electoral college consists of 300 members, including 150 members of the Georgian Parliament, 21 and 20 representatives of the Supreme Councils of Adjara and Abkhazia, respectively, as well as deputies from local authorities

In early December, the Ukrainian government published the conditions for receiving funds using frozen Russian assets

"Ukraine will not agree to preserve transit for Hungary and the Republic of Moldova only," Oleg Serebrian noted

The New York Times also said that the test of Russia's newest Oreshnik hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile has increased pressure on Kiev and its allies

According to the results of 2024, tourists from Moscow, Novgorod and Murmansk regions showed the biggest interest in trips to St. Petersburg

Russia is ready to deal a new blow to terrorists if they again try to break peace in Syria, the president said

Dmitry Medvedev criticized as "delusional" the so-called "Rus-Ukraine" paradigm, popularized by Ukrainian historian Mikhail Grushevsky "and his chauvinistic and xenophobic supporters" in the early twentieth century

Previously, the media reported that Turkey appointed Ambassador to Mauritania Burhan Koroglu as its charge d'affaires in Syria

Top stories from the Russian press on Friday, December 13th

Vladimir Putin met with first President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev in Novo-Ogaryovo

According to Spokesman Dmitry Peskov, the response will come when and how Russia thinks fit

The Russian senior official noted that the West has always sought to prevent nations from cooperating and provoked rivalry and disagreements

Anton Nemkin noted that fraudsters most often choose Viber for their schemes due to its wide popularity among retired people

Top stories from the Russian press on Tuesday, December 10th

Renewal of measures was caused by continued effect of sanctions of unfriendly countries against Russia, the Ministry of Economic Development noted

Bayrou, aged 73, takes over from Michel Barnier, who also shares the same age and stepped down after France’s lower house passed a successful no-confidence motion against his cabinet on December 4

Manuel Marrero noted that such areas of cooperation as pharmaceuticals, tourism, metallurgy, transport, and the development of banking relations are of particular importance for Cuba

Hafez Assad was handed his diploma by the rector of the university, Viktor Sadovnichy, along with other Syrian students who also graduated from MSU

Valentin Zubreichuk cited his fellow soldiers who have long been in military service in Ukraine as saying that civilians have been taken out not only in the South Donetsk region but also in the village of Kleshcheyevka and in Artyomovsk

"It was Vienna that suddenly declared our long-standing gas partnership a historical mistake, thereby destroying one of the key pillars of our bilateral relations and business ties," Dmitry Lyubinsky recalled

The yuan rate gained 0.5% to 13.87 rubles

The German Finance Ministry’s spokesman said at the end of December 2023 that the authorities had frozen Russian assets totaling about 4.1 bln euro

"The Russian army hit hangars and warehouses at the site, with secondary detonations continuing for up to two hours," Vladimir Rogov said

Russia’s Battlegroup West inflicted more than 3,350 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed five enemy tanks in its area of responsibility over the week, the Defense Ministry reported

The global prestige of Washington is steadily declining, Sergey Naryshkin emphasized

The Ukrainian General Staff also reported that the "situation on the frontline remains challenging," highlighting the Krasnoarmeysk, Kurakhovo, and Vremevsky areas

Social media and outlets have also posted a video showing the Brazilian leader walking a hospital corridor with his neurosurgeon

According to one of the TV channel's sources, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has been entrusted with the coordination of this work

The flat nozzle technology is a breakthrough in modern aircraft-building, Major-General Vladimir Popov noted

Trump’s advisers and cabinet nominees have yet to present a specific settlement plan, according to the report

On Wednesday, permanent representatives of 27 EU countries endorsed the 15th package of sanctions against Russia related to the conflict in Ukraine

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the attack was carried out with the help of high-precision long-range airborne and sea-based weapons, as well as strike drones