Russia seeks long-term solution to Ukraine conflict rather than respite — Kremlin aide

"And, naturally, after such slaughter, they would hardly want to continue their service under the direction of the Ukrainian military command and Zelensky," Andrey Marochko said

Lavrov emphasized that Russia "needs a sustainable, lasting peace based on the fact that the root causes of the current situation are eliminated"

Marko Djuric stressed that all responsibility regarding the country’s vote on the resolution "lies primarily" with him

Marat Imankulov emphasized that this situation was a cause for concern among many states, including Syria's neighbors

The commander-in-chief did not directly announce a Ukrainian withdrawal from the city, but stated that active combat operations are taking place 'in the suburbs of Sudzha and the surrounding areas'

According to the expert, it is "quite heated now" in the battlefields near the city

The Russian president especially thanked Russian forces for liberating the town of Sudzha in the Kursk Region

Nikolay Patrushev pointed out that Moscow had not taken any aggressive actions towards Helsinki in the late 1930s until the very end, even offering a territorial swap

"Battlegroup North units liberated the settlements of Melovoi, Podol and Sudzha through offensive operations," the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement

The minister also noted that Macron is now trying to present the situation as if Russian President Vladimir Putin did not want to implement the 2015 Minsk agreements

According to Dmitry Peskov, the Russian presidential press service will soon release the relevant footage

According to the report, 30 UAVs were shot down over the Bryansk Region, 25 over the Kaluga Region, six each over the Kursk and Voronezh regions, and five each over the Rostov and Belgorod regions.

Trump is willing to apply maximum pressure on both sides, Scott Bessent said

The Gulfstream G650 aircraft took off earlier from Hamad International Airport in Doha

Some of the very promising logistical, infrastructural projects in Siberia are being delayed, the Russian top diplomat noted

Yury Ushakov declined to predict the exact duration of the meeting

Kadyrov also shared a video featuring the Akhmat units’ commandos moving through the gas pipeline as they advanced into enemy territory

The Russian top diplomat drew attention to the fact that "the Europeans do not stop their efforts"

According to Chairman of the Russia's Maritime Board, NATO is simulating cyberattacks on the navigation equipment of Russian ships in the Baltic region to organize emergency situations

"Russia, Iran, the DPRK, and China "are working together," so we need to strengthen our relations with diplomatic counterparts, including the US, Canada, Japan, South Korea, and Australia," Kaja Kallas said

Russian units continue to destroy enemy reserves and expand the security zone, Army General Valery Gerasimov said

Maria Zakharova emphasized that Russia’s position on attempts "to illegally seize, or simply steal" Russian assets that are "frozen" on the territory of the EU as part of unlawful restrictive measures, remains unchanged

Reuters earlier reported, citing the German company Ernst Russ, which owns Solong, that the captain of the container ship was a Russian citizen. He has been detained by UK authorities

While some Ukrainian troops have attempted to flee toward the bordering Ukrainian region of Sumy, all roads remain under Russia’s fire control, he said

It is noted that Duterte will be taken to a prison in The Hague where he is expected to be placed in pre-trial detention

"During his visit to one of the command centers in the Kursk Region, the head of state heard the reports of the commander and the deputy commander of the battlegroup North, who reported to the supreme commander-in-chief on the progress of the operation," Dmitry Peskov said

According to the spokesman, the White House host should not support "right-wing politicians" in Israel over the future of Gaza

Chief of Russia’s General Staff, First Deputy Defense Minister Army General Valery Gerasimov reported to President Vladimir Putin on March 12 that Russian troops had liberated more than 1,100 square kilometers of territory in the Kursk Region

According to Maria Zakharova, citizens of NATO member states "support and maintain equipment supplied to the Ukrainian army from the West and offer advisory support in conducting and planning operations by the Banderites and terrorist attacks against Russia and its citizens"

Konstantin Kosachev said that Vladimir Zelensky is "on the back foot"

Alexander Khinshtein further revealed that nearly every evacuated resident had a harrowing story to share about the Ukrainian military's atrocities

Almuth Rochowanski emphasizes that the mindset of European elites, which she characterizes as "militarism on steroids," undermines its democratic institutions and laws, and the new European "security strategy" consists of "a spending spree to reach some arbitrary share of GDP or random number of billions of euros, to buy weapons systems favored by lobbyists but of dubious relevance"

According to Maria Zakharova, Zelensky and the EU leaders backing him are accountable for the ongoing conflict

Maria Zakharova also noted President Vladimir Putin's remarks during his visit to the Kursk Region

Russia’s Battlegroup Center inflicted more than 475 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed five enemy armored combat vehicles in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported

"Who will determine where and who has violated a potential ceasefire agreement along 2,000 km?" the Russian leader remarked

"They are leaving their military equipment behind, because there is no way to evacuate it," the president added

The crowd at the rally numbers several thousand people

"Four hundred and thirty fighters were captured," Valery Gerasimov said

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, units from the battle group North have successfully liberated the villages of Melovoy, Podol, and Sudzha

With the support of artillery, heavy flame-throwing systems and aviation, units have improved their tactical position

"We have not only defeated the enemy, liberated the territory, become stronger, but we will also restore and rebuild our villages and towns," acting governor Alexander Khinshtein added

In total, Ukraine lost over 67,000 soldiers in the Kursk direction

Igor Korotchenko also suggested that such reports in foreign media might be part of a strategic disinformation campaign

"The talks with the Russian president were, as usually, substantial and productive," Lukashenko said at a news conference following his meeting with Putin in Moscow on Thursday

"There are many matters besides the 30-day truce, and this should be considered as a whole and an appropriate decision should be made," the Belarusian president said

According to the media outlet, the ceasefire between the parties is only a "first aid measure," but a real settlement of the Ukrainian crisis requires a systematic "treatment plan," which includes, among other things, putting into practice a new vision of security

"Armament of countries that are clearly losing their ability to operate effectively is progressing rapidly and excessively. Historically, this has always been referred to as provoking war," Maria Zakharova stated

Andrey Marochko explained that with the liberation of the Kursk Region some Russian troops may be redeployed to various areas within the special military operation zone

In addition, the Ukrainian armed forces also lost 56 engineering and other vehicles, including 23 obstacle removing vehicles, one UR-77 mine-clearing vehicle, five bridge-laying vehicles, an engineer reconnaissance vehicle, 15 armored repair/recovery vehicles and a command and staff vehicle, the ministry specified

According to Nikolay Patrushev, this is also true from a historical perspective

"They have strong cards, as [US President Donald] Trump once said, in their hands," the Belarusian president asserted

According to the foreign minister, under no conditions will Russia tolerate the presence of NATO troops as peacekeepers on Ukrainian soil

Top stories from the Russian press on Thursday, March 13th

This is how the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office classifies their actions, Russian president noted

A joint statement, published after March 11 US-Ukrainian talks in Jeddah, said that the countries have agreed to sign a comprehensive agreement on the development of critically important mineral resources soon

The Russian president is scheduled to take questions jointly with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko

Negotiations between the delegations of the United States and Ukraine took place in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on March 11

Alaudinov spoke in detail about the actions of the Russian servicemen during the operation

Saakashvili, who is now a citizen of Ukraine, left Georgia in 2013, after which the country initiated four criminal cases against him

On March 11, the Saudi city of Jeddah hosted talks between the United States and Ukraine, which lasted for almost nine and a half hours

"It is very hard for Ukraine to meet the recruitment targets," one of the officials said

Sergey Goncharov compared Operation Pipeline to the 1979 assault on Amin's palace in Afghanistan, during which Soviet special forces faced significantly greater numbers of enemy fighters

Nikolay Patrushev noted that the Baltic Fleet is currently undergoing extensive combat training and is capable of operating effectively both in the Baltic Sea and far from its bases during long-range missions

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated earlier that Washington had touched upon the issue of Ukraine’s territorial concessions during the March 11 talks in Saudi Arabia

Previously, the Kremlin official said the 30-day ceasefire initiative will not benefit Russia in any way, and will only provide Ukraine with an opportunity to regroup its forces

According to Kremlin Aide Yury Ushakov, the proposal does not give Russia anything and is only a chance for Ukraine to regroup its forces

According to the statement, the US is intensifying military cooperation in the Arctic with both new and long-standing NATO members

The Polish president had already proposed a similar project to the Joe Biden administration in 2022, but the initiative failed then

Officially the fighting is still going on there, Mikhail Zhirokhov said

The plane entered Russian airspace from the direction of Latvia

Top stories from the Russian press on Wednesday, March 12th

According to the media outlet, service members from the most combat-ready Ukrainian brigades have fled the Kursk Region

Yury Ushakov noted that he will also continue contacts with the US on the subject via his "own channels of communication"

"They will take both black soil and rare earth materials, and God willing, they will not take away everything else," the Belarusian leader emphasized

US president made the statement at a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin

The Russian president initially planned to take part in an economic meeting in his Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, but Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS later that the meeting had been postponed due to changes in the president’s work schedule

During its offensive operations, units of the Battlegroup North liberated the settlements of Kazachya Loknya, 1st Knyazhy, 2nd Knyazhy, Zamostye and Mirny in the Kursk Region

Russia will determine the next steps to resolve the conflict in Ukraine "based on how the situation on the ground evolves," the Russian president said

"This is full isolation and full gunfire control," the Russian leader stressed

Alexander Lukashenko will hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin

"We don’t want a respite," Yury Ushakov noted

"We have people talking in Russia," the US president said

"Maybe, to get weapons. Or, maybe, to train the newly mobilized personnel," the president said

Talks between US and Ukrainian delegations took place in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah on Tuesday

Maria Zakharova stressed that "in reality, according to expert estimates, there are more than 150,000 people on the run in Ukraine today"

The Russian foreign minister noted that the EC head is mobilizing everybody to re-militarize Europe

This will be the Belarusian leader’s first foreign visit after his re-election in January

"I don't want to do that because I want to get peace," the US leader told reporters

The Belarusian president urged to "coexist amicably and pursue a more stable policy"

The new US administration, to put it mildly, "is concerned about the irregularities committed by the Joe Biden administration with Pentagon supplies to Ukraine"

According to the newspaper, the document allegedly says that Moscow needs to weaken Washington's negotiating position on a settlement in Ukraine by aggravating US relations with other countries

On March 11, delegations from the US and Ukraine convened in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Chief of Russia’s General Staff, First Deputy Defense Minister Army General Valery Gerasimov reported to President Vladimir Putin on March 12 that Russian troops had liberated more than 1,100 square kilometers of territory in the Kursk Region in an offensive operation or over 86% of the area occupied by the Ukrainian army