Blasts heard in Ukraine’s Kharkov — media

At the same time, Ilham Aliyev emphasized that the peace agreement can be signed only if Armenia changes its constitution

It is Viktor Orban’s first visit to Kiev since hostilities broke out in Ukraine

Vucic stressed earlier that the Ukrainian conflict cannot be ended right now

"The West's monkey business against Russia has turned out to be a complete fiasco," Mikhail Ulyanov said

From five to six Russian companies are proactively working with the WFP on the food track on a credit basis - deliveries are made first and then the payment takes place

Russian military personnel operating those systems underwent special training at the Mozhaysky Military Space Academy

Efforts are underway to identify the detainee

According to Mao Ning, "NATO continues to outright challenge China as it interferes in its domestic affairs, distorting and discrediting China’s domestic and foreign policy and creating a major threat to its interests"

On Monday, the Russian deputy foreign minister held talks with Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dacic, who also serves as the country’s interior minister, and Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin

LNG supplies from terminals to the Europe’s gas transport system fell by 14.2% year on year since the start of this year to about 58.5 bln cubic meters

Vasily Nebenzya added that the UN Security Council is now seeing that the sides to the conflict are becoming more entrenched in their positions

Russia is set to launch the future orbital outpost’s first research and energy module in 2027, the space corporation said

The freight train with construction materials, household electronics and other goods department from the Beijing’s logistical hub in Pinggu district to Moscow

According to the draft statement, Russian senators and State Duma MPs are adamant that restricting parliamentarians who represent the people from taking part in OSCE PA events is unacceptable

Zhang Hanhui noted that such actions will result in a slowdown in the global "green transformation" and a shaken faith in international cooperation in combatting climate change

Member of the European Parliament from the Dutch Forum for Democracy party Marcel de Graaff also called the EU the main loser, drawing attention to problems such as "economic recession, de-industrialization, exposed as US-lapdog, suicidal sanctions"

There is no hardcore philosophy about this, these are clear, unequivocal things, Vucic said

Xi Jinping is making state visits to Kazakhstan and Tajikistan during this international trip, which will last until July 6

Russian troops destroyed Ukrainian Air Force aircraft at a military airfield and an armament repair center over the past day, the ministry reported

The fighting has moved to the islands, with the Russian army having ramped up activities

Kamal Kharrazi noted that "up to now, we have not decided to go further than 60% enrichment"

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"Taking Novopokrovskoye, as well as any other settlement, has its own strategic significance," the source said

According to Alexey Drobinin, these countries can establish joint mechanisms that would be "immune to sanctions in various areas"

The country’s national human rights commission "continues to strongly condemn the unjustified violence against the protesters, medical personnel, lawyers, journalists, churches, first-aid centers and ambulances"

The decision is expected to be announced at the upcoming NATO summit in Washington

Bilateral talks with a small and extended number of participants will be held as part of the visit

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Alexey Kushch noted that back in 2022 he cautioned that Kiev was losing a "historic window of opportunity" in order to cast off the "debt noose"

The diplomatic agency noted that "Russia, unlike the UK and other Western 'civilizers,' is not in the habit of meddling in the domestic affairs of other sovereign states"

It follows from the document that the gross national income per capita in Russia is $14,250

The politician expressed hope that this information is nothing more but rumors, but noted that even before the first round of elections, last Wednesday, "many more appointments were made than during usual cabinet meetings"

Maria Zakharova recalled that the initiative to create a new continent-wide security architecture in the Eurasian space had been put forward by Russian President Vladimir Putin

The ministry also added the German non-governmental organization Dekoder to the list of undesirable organizations

The sellers believe that the voluntary stocks sale transaction is possible even after expiry of the period set by the EU, the source said

The assassination attempt on Robert Fico took place on May 15 in the town of Gandlova in western Slovakia

Dmitry Peskov stressed, however, that "Orban is well known as a politician who knows how to defend his country’s interests in quite a tough manner"

According to Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, the number of those wounded in Ukrainian attacks over the past day has risen to nine

Both politicians appear to be incompetent about some important issues, according to the professor of political science at the University of Rhode Island Nicolai Petro

The right-wing National Rally party and allied forces lead after the first round of the French parliamentary elections with 33.15% of the vote

As Gyorgy Varga noted, the Budapest memorandum that was signed by neutral Ukraine and the guarantees this memorandum envisaged were not observed

"Deliveries of arms and ammunition still continue to Kupyansk-Uzlovoy, even though we are constantly carrying out strikes on this settlement," Andrey Marochko said

"We are currently facing numerous problems and there are common issues, too, that we will need to address," the Belarusian leader noted

Earlier, Minsk reported Ukrainian troops amassing on the border with Belarus. General Chief-of-Staff Pavel Muraveiko noted the active movement of Ukrainian forces, periodic drone flights across the border and the activization of reconnaissance of Belarusian territory

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Dnepryany is a township on the left bank of the Dnieper River, situated 15km east from the village of Krynki

Since February 2022 UniCredit adopted a number of strategies to significantly reduce its Russian presence "resulting in a reduction of its cross-border exposure by 91%"

"And, certainly, we are pushing forward every day while squeezing the enemy out of all their positions," Major General Apty Alaudinov stressed

Trump has repeatedly said that he would be able to promptly settle the Ukrainian conflict if he takes the presidential office again

"The operation group is cooperating with all law enforcement structures of Transnistria," Colonel Dmitry Zelenkov reported

Hungarian Prime Minister will also talk with other Ukrainian officials

It is noted that before destroying an enemy UAV, the Vogan must get a corresponding command from an operator who makes a decision based on the image from the drone’s video camera

Xi Jinping said that Beijing is ready to promote equal multipolarity of the world

Al Mayadeen TV reported that the most violent clashes took place in Afrin

The checkpoint will return to the normal schedule from July 15 and will be closed again for the passenger traffic on July 19, when rally participants will be returning to Russia. The rally will end on July 15 in Ulaanbaatar

It is reported that the Russian Defense Ministry’s air defenses downed the aerial vehicle over the Trubchevsky District

According to the spokesman, Yahya Saree, the attacks targeted the container ship MSC Unific, the chemical tankers Delonix and Lucky Sailor, and the Anvil Point auxiliary vessel

According to the statement, the list includes the individuals "who are involved in the elaboration and implementation of Ottawa’s Russophobic course"

According to Apty Alaudinov, officials in Kiev have figured out that the war is nearing an end

According to the report, Biden’s campaign made private calls to campaign donors and Democratic lawmakers

A command center and a barrack of soldiers of tank battalions were struck

There was the third UN-brokered meeting on Afghanistan since May 2023

The vehicle’s front part features a turret with two mounted PKT machine-guns and an improvised six-barrel muzzle-loading shotgun placed between them

Viktor Orban's spokesman Bertalan Havasi pointed out that the Orban-Zelensky talks would focus "on the possibility of peace" in Ukraine

Dmitry Peskov reiterated that "this is not Trump’s first statement on this matter and earlier he also said something along these lines"

The detachment’s servicemen cleared and used the more-then-three-kilometer-long tunnel along the Seversky Donetsk canal and came to the rear of the ell-fortified stronghold equipped with firing positions and underground shelters

In June, Russian troops destroyed 16 Ukrainian tanks, a Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, 362 field artillery guns, 23 electronic warfare stations, almost 500 various combat vehicles and 77 field ammunition depots at the LPR frontiers, Andrey Marochko specified

The Jewish state’s military leaders think that a cease-fire would be the swiftest way of freeing the roughly 120 hostages being held in the Gaza Strip, the daily wrote

The Russian pilot demonstrated high professionalism and took timely measures to prevent a collision

According to him, this is the reason behind attempts to carry out an all-out mobilization campaign in Ukraine

“The climate change has started exerting obvious influence on the economy and other spheres of countries of the world in recent years," Zhang Hanhui noted

According to Andrey Tabekin, experts are currently working on ways to jam such drones

"China stands ready to promote greater synergy between Belt and Road cooperation and the economic policies under a Just Kazakhstan at a faster pace," Xi Jinping said

"At least with respect to the president’s exercise of his core constitutional powers, this immunity must be absolute," the ruling said

The activities of 12 of the 13 defendants relate to advertising or marketing, and the maximum amount of one claim was $34 mln

Gyorgy Varga described the parties of the future faction as "supporters of peace and dialogue"

"President Luiz Arce deceived the people of Bolivia and the world," former president of Bolivia said

The Japanese side again attempted to convince WTO members of radiation safety of their foods after elimination of consequences of the incident at the Fukushina Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in 2011

While shelling from those positions has not so far been very intensive, "the situation may change soon," Andrey Marochko warned

The parties discussed current issues of Belarusian-Russian cooperation, highly praised the results achieved in the course of cooperation between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, outlined promising areas of work and agreed to continue contacts

Hungarian Prime Minister expressed the hope that right-wing conservative forces will be able to bring about changes in the EU

Russia’s Battlegroup North repelled two Ukrainian army counterattacks in the Kharkov area over the past day, the Defense Ministry reported

Over the past 24 hours, up to 120 enemy military personnel, two towed FH-70 howitzers, seven units of car equipment, five aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles and two ammunition supply points were destroyed

The SBU also said that the detainees had been plotting to destabilize the social and political situation in Ukraine and disseminate information about the developments in Kiev, including in foreign media outlets

Dmitry Medvedev made this statement at a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum

Kamal Kharrazi also refuted repeated accusations of Iran selling drones to Russia, stressing that they were false

Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said reports are being collected about any damage to civilian infrastructure

According to Amir Ali Hajizadeh, Tehran "is sad to see that [Israel] has been committing crimes in Palestine for nearly nine months with the support of the US and its European allies"

Investors’ funds will be directed to the economy of the Murmansk Region and to development of production facilities

It is expected that the head of the Cuban military department will participate in the parade that will be held in Minsk on July 3

"In general, the UN Security Council’s program will be quite busy," the Russian Foreign Ministry said

Dmitry Peskov noted that it "will certainly be very difficult" to bring objectivity to the work of the UN Security Council during Russia's one-month chairmanship

Maria Zakharova also drew attention to the fact that the Russian Foreign Policy Concept touches upon the topic of traditional values 11 times

Nikolay Azarov believes that the decision on the settlement of the conflict is not up to Kiev

Designer Gosha Rubchinskiy was seeing him off

Vasily Nebenzya fielded numerous questions as reporters from around the world packed full the UN press conference room

In order to address its troop shortage, Kiev reportedly needs to recruit at least 50,000 people every quarter

According to Dmitry Peskov, Moscow and Belarus have special formats of dialogue between all relevant agencies, including special services

According to the business magazine, the attack may have inflicted one of the costliest losses on the Ukrainians since Russia launched its special military operation in Ukraine

"We are confident that our Chinese friends can themselves provide a proper evaluation of such statements," Dmitry Peskov stressed