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The Ukrainian servicemen "are able to use ATACMS to defend themselves on an immediate need basis," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said

Sergey Naryshkin stressed that Moldova is "following in its footsteps"

According to the sources, this is driven by the fact that Washington may scale back support for Ukraine after Donald Trump returns to office as US president on January 20, 2025

"Our forces continue their coordinated efforts to liberate the Kharkov Region from the enemy," Vitaly Ganchev said

According to Vyacheslav Khomenko, soldiers in his platoon don’t have required combat experience

Nikita Zhuravel was detained in May 2023 in Volgograd for setting fire to the Quran in front of a mosque, and during questioning, he confessed that he did it for money, under instructions from Ukrainian intelligence

According to Rodion Miroshnik, Ukrainian security forces came to places where there were generators, where people came to get water, and could shoot a person

"The sooner Western capitals realize [the need to accept] the Russian president’s conditions for a peace agreement and talks, the better it will be for Ukraine, Europe and Russia, too," Sergey Naryshkin noted

Ill-thought-out command and control of Ukrainian troops has demoralized enemy forces and increased the number of desertions among its personnel in that frontline area, Andrey Marochko said

According to the sources, some of these makeshift morgues were destroyed by retreating Ukrainian troops

Participants in the meeting highlighted importance of keeping stability and balance in global oil markets

Theodore Postol also vehemently rejected suggestions that the Oreshnik system represents previous outdated developments of Moscow

"Euro-Atlantic elites are trying to convince the rest of the world that the only alternative to Western power is chaos, and for this purpose, they deliberately seek destabilization in key regions of the planet," Sergey Naryshkin said

Sergey Ryabkov warned Russia’s adversaries against settling into a "false sense of security"

The captive explained that he had served as a private in a battalion for four months

The prime minister emphasized that increasing the energy and resource efficiency of the Russian economy is of paramount importance for the further sustainable development of the country

According to Governor Vladimir Saldo, two vehicles have been damaged

The realization of the impending failure of the ‘Ukrainian project’ London has been staking on in hopes of capitalizing on plans to inflict a ‘strategic defeat’ on our country by proxy is now as clear as ever," the embassy said

Russian Ambassador to the Netherlands, Permanent Representative to the OPCW Vladimir Tarabrin noted that the current situation regarding the participation in the Executive council "is clear evidence of the crisis that the Organization has fallen into"

The duration of a potential ceasefire will depend on how events will unfold, the Israeli Prime Minister said

"In my opinion, the United States should invest in the reconstruction of Afghanistan after everything it has done and abandoned there," the top security official emphasized

According to the agency, the European intelligence community is preparing for potential threats, namely the possibility of Ukrainian troops flooding the continent and arms trafficking

Alexander Stepanov emphasized that both Kiev and its Western allies are closely scrutinizing the consequences of the strike on the plant

The Ukrainian armed forces used various modified Western-made mines and improvised explosive devices during the process

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Sergey Naryshkin added that the Western capitals "stopped thinking about strategically defeating Russia and shifted to thinking about how to avoid such a defeat themselves"

The poll, conducted on November 19-22, involved over 2,200 Americans

"When we have more to provide, we will," Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said

The Chinese ship is currently anchored in international waters in the middle of the Kattegat Strait off the Bjare Peninsula

He pointed out that to this end, Russia will continue to support Kabul's integration into regional structures and associations

Sergey Naryshkin recalled that the only way to ensure peace is to eliminate the root causes that triggered the Ukrainian conflict

According to Alexander Bortnikov, the United States, the United Kingdom, and their allies will continue trying "to blatantly interfere in allied relations within the CIS, hinder integration processes, and undermine our joint efforts to ensure security and stability across the Commonwealth"

Dmitry Peskov noted that this is an absolutely irresponsible line of reasoning from those with a poor grasp of reality

British Ambassador to Moscow Nigel Casey was summoned earlier in the day by the Russian Foreign Ministry, where he was handed a note of protest

According to the survey, 27% of respondents would vote for Valery Zaluzhny, while only 16% said they would stick with Vladimir Zelensky

According to Admiral Shakhram Irani, Iranian military ships always escort the republic’s trade vessels at sea, not because of concerns that the Houthis may attack them, but to protect them from pirates

More than 300 workers, mostly UN staff, were killed in the enclave, Russian Permanent Representative to the UN said

Ukrainians have never seen the promised freedom, Viktor Medvedchuk noted

In total, the enemy has lost more than 35,510 troops since the fighting began in the region

The Russian Security Council deputy chairman also commented on Vladimir Zelensky’s "resilience plan"

Sergey Naryshkin recalled that Nord Stream was a joint Russian-European project "aimed at ensuring the uninterrupted supply of inexpensive Russian gas to Europe"

"But I’m already Russian," Emir Kusturica said

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Ukraine tracked two service cars and dropped munitions on them after the vehicles approached the administration building

Erik Prince noted that it was necessary to end the Ukrainian conflict as soon as possible

It is noted that Russia has about three times as many men as the Ukrainians in the Kursk Region and six times as many explosive drones

Apart from that, a Syrian soldier was wounded after an explosive device was dropped from a drone launched by terrorists from the Tekad area at the positions of government forces near the settlement of Basratun

"You should listen to President Putin’s statements attentively and carefully assess the actions by the authorities of this or that country of the collective West that is directly involved in these conflicts," Dmitry Peskov stressed

According to Vladimir Rogov, the ZNPP personnel continues working routinely

Coal is expected to be transported via the territory of Russia

According to Elie Tenenbaum, European countries may send troops to east Ukraine to ensure the observation of a ceasefire regime and guarantee Kiev’s security

According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, "Wilkes Pryor, deliberately stated false information about himself as he was seeking a permission to enter our country"

When asked if the 1998 Russian-US memorandum of understanding on notifications of missile launches remained in effect, Sergey Ryabkov answered in the affirmative

Marjorie Taylor Greene suggested that the Biden administration is "trying to start a nuclear war and use it as the reason to stop the transfer of power to Donald Trump"

The Ukrainian armed forces lost over 250 troops, four tanks, four infantry fighting vehicles, three armored combat vehicles, eight motor vehicles and two mortars in the past day

Oksana Lut highlighted the export potential of agricultural products, given that certain parts of the world do not have a climate conducive to growing things

The South Korean servicemen speculate that the transmission line supports, which have been out of service since June 2020 when the power supply was cut after the bombing of the inter-Korean liaison office in Kaesong, will also be dismantled soon

"The entire military potential of the US, UK, and France was mobilized to prevent Iran's operation, but the IRGC completed its mission," Ali Fadavi said

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The Russian foreign minister noted that American companies had already bought up most of the fertile land

NATO said in the statement that Russia’s deployment of the missile called the Oreshnik will not change the course of the conflict

A spokesman for the UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer also said that London refutes the allegations against a British diplomat

The decisions will be made in response to these applications in the near future

Dr. Predrag Ceranic pointed out that in Republika Srpska, everyone understands very well that Russia was compelled "to make this move in order to protect its people in Donbass"

NATO Military Committee Chairman Rob Bauer earlier called for producing more weapons for precision strikes inside Russia in case a conflict broke out

According to the report, the attacked building had earlier been turned into a shelter for internally displaced person

Bloomberg pointed out that the missiles were sent before the US and UK authorization to use long-range precision-guided weapons to launch strikes from Ukrainian territory deep into Russia

According to Dmitry Peskov, the position of the Russian Federation was outlined quite clearly by President Vladimir Putin

The rifle is reliable with precise and dense fire

Didier Reynders stressed that EU countries provided Ukraine with 45.5 billion euros for military needs and supplied "a wide variety of arms" from their stockpiles, including F-16 aircraft

According to the Pentagon, these missile air defense systems could help revealing certain specifications of jet fighters and thus negatively affect their combat capabilities

The Ukrainian armed forces have delivered two strikes using Western-made long-range missiles on sites in the Kursk Region over the past three days

Russia’s Permanent Representative to the Vienna-based international organizations Mikhail Ulyanov said that what has been done by the White House is very dangerous

Russia’s Battlegroup West inflicted roughly 440 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed three enemy ammunition depots

According to the Russian foreign minister, the West is directly involved in the use of long-range weapons against Russia, as not a single missile could be launched without its involvement

According to the report, Ukrainian forces are known to have killed at least a hundred civilians

According to the Russian foreign minister, this represents the "confrontational logic" of the West

Head of the Federal Medical-Biological Agency Veronika Skvortskova briefed the Russian President on the vaccine's development

Sergey Naryshkin pointed out that now this nationalist group was fighting together with the Ukrainian army along with the Russian Volunteer Corps (recognized in Russia as a terrorist organization) and the Georgian Legion (the paramilitary group Georgian National Legion is blacklisted as terrorist and banned in Russia)

According to Dmitry Polyansky, "the Kiev regime keeps fighting windmills and does not abandon attempts to persuade the world community this struggle is very serious"

No further details were provided

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"

"It may become necessary for European soldiers to be deployed on Ukrainian soil, and Lithuania is always ready to consider such options," Gabrielius Landsbergis stated

Alexander Sternik noted that Moscow was closely watching how relations among NATO, the European Union and the states directly adjacent to Russian territory were developing

The Turkish side will also provide information on the progress of the investigation

"I am sure that neither of us is even aware right now of any new future developments," Dmitry Peskov said

Additionally, Ukraine "does not have enough weapons, munitions or hardware," the news outlet said

The media reported earlier that two villages located in the north and west of the Homs governorate had come under an Israeli attack

"Based on the aforementioned grounds, the Russian Foreign Ministry, in cooperation with the concerned agencies, made a decision to strip Wilkes Edward Pryor of accreditation, and he is ordered to leave Russia within two weeks," the statement reads

According to Waldemar Skrzypczak, satellite reconnaissance failed to detect the launch and flight of this missile

The new fighter-bombers have undergone necessary testing and have been sent to the places of their operation, Vadim Badekha noted

The new round of US sanctions has become the most notable lately "but generally not critical for the Russian financial system, which has already passed through much worse time," Kyle Shostak said

In the Gulf of Siam, the Russian and Thai naval ships practiced joint maneuvering, communications and other types of interaction, the Russian Pacific Fleet’s press service specified

Vyacheslav Negoda noted that a power shortage will remain in the region for a long time

According to the US secretary of state, the administration of outgoing US President Joe Biden is determined "to do everything possible to ensure that Ukraine has what it needs" to fight through 2025

Dmitry Peskov’s statement comes in the wake of US National Security Council Spokesman John Kirby who said earlier that the American administration had provided the Ukrainian armed forces with instructions on selecting targets for strikes using American ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles

It is specified that the Ukrainian army’s losses in the area of responsibility of Russia’s Battlegroup North in the Kharkov Region over the past 24 hours amounted to 30 personnel, two armored combat vehicles and four motor vehicles

The news portal pointed out that its source was an anti-government militiaman captured in the southern part of the country by the national armed forces

According to reports, US president-elect Donald Trump mentioned Nehammer's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which took place shortly after the start of the special military operation in Ukraine

According to Russian security council deputy chairman, this primarily concerns drones