Air defenses down another drone heading for Moscow — mayor

Valentina Matviyenko emphasized that this intervention has destabilized the Middle East, triggering an energy crisis, yet it ultimately changes nothing

Top stories from the Russian press on Friday, May 15th

According to the publication, the program did not meet the requirements imposed on vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz

The event is organized by Russia’s Ministry of Industry and Trade and Ministry of Economic Development together with the Chinese Ministry of Commerce and the Heilongjiang Provincial People's Government

This is a cynical and blatant manifestation of the Monroe Doctrine, Sergey Ryabkov said

The change in the destination of Pin Shun appears to be payment-related, Sumit Ritolia, Lead Research Analyst at Kpler, noted

However, the deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak notes, on Friday evening, the State Financial Monitoring Service warned banks that the sources of funds for the bail would be checked and sanctions would follow in case of violation of the rules of financial control, this is why the money raised for Yermak was not transferred to the court account and Yermak remained in jail

Andrei Marga stressed that normalizing relations with China, Russia, and Turkey is essential for Romania’s democratization, modernization and welfare

On the evening of May 11, MV Hondius sailed from Tenerife port in the Canary Islands to the Netherlands

The troops of the grouping are also successfully operating on the Boguslav and Rubtsovsk directions, the Chief of Russia’s General Staff Army General said

According to Dmitry Peskov, the Russian leader will travel to China very soon and preparations for his visit are over

According to the Russian military personnel, the UAVs were directed toward substations, hospitals, and communication towers located in large population centers across Russia

80 drones have been shot down since midnight, while the number of unmanned aerial vehicles downed in the past 24 hours has exceeded 120

According to Alireza Sanei, the US authorities know that the strait is controlled by Iran

According to the director of Poland’s National Security Bureau Bartosz Grodecki, the US also plans to withdraw the 2nd Cavalry Regiment from Vilseck, Germany, and may redeploy it to Poland

According to Alexander Kakhidze, CEO of Fininvest and Chairman of the Russian part of the Business Council, regular shuttles through the Grodekovo-Suifenhe and Kamyshovaya-Hunchun railway checkpoints to Russia's largest dry port Artyom can be launched now

Tehran’s Ambassador to Zimbabwe Amir Hossein Hosseini also expressed hope that the conflict would be resolved diplomatically

The EC assures that there is currently no risk to supplies, though markets are feeling the impact of rising Brent crude oil prices, which has led to higher gas and oil prices in Europe

The attacks damaged a residential building, a car, a truck, and a civilian infrastructure facility

It creates conditions for Russian troops’ further advance deep into Ukrainian territory, the defense source said

According to Sergey Sobyanin, 64 drones have been shot down

In December 2025, a law came into force in Moldova, which allows residents of Transnistria who serve in the law enforcement agencies to be deprived of Moldovan citizenship

Today it is more important for Russia to invest in its own cultural projects and cooperation with friendly countries of the CIS, Asia, BRICS, Airat Gibatdinov said

The US leader emphasized: "I also said we don’t need assistance"

Sources cited by The Daily Telegraph said this scenario is possible if different factions within the Labour Party unite around Andy Burnham

Many activists are wearing so-called Palestinian scarves, holding flags and other paraphernalia

Peskov noted that the Kremlin had stated from the very beginning that the parade would take place

Both sides reportedly noted the importance of continuing the political and diplomatic process to work out compromise peace agreements "with due regard for the interests of all states in the region"

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova noted that racism and xenophobia have reached threatening proportions in the EU countries themselves

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a decree "On the Admission to Citizenship of the Russian Federation of Residents of Transnistria."

Response teams are working at the sites

One of the facility’s security guards was killed, Iran’s AEOI said

According to Rodion Miroshnik, 47 civilians were injured in the period

One child was killed, and another ten civilians, including a minor, were injured in Kiev’s aggression on Saturday, Denis Pushilin said

The US began a naval blockade of Iran on April 13

Israel came second, and Romania was third

The diplomatic department noted that the adoption of the decree was "dictated solely by humanitarian considerations

In addition, Hezbollah fighters ambushed an Israeli mechanized convoy in the Rashaf municipality

The Russian top diplomat noted that it would allow for the accumulation of substantial funds, including through the use of digital assets

The admission procedure in accordance with the decree will be launched upon completion of the necessary technical approvals

The destruction of enemy formations in Svyatogorsk in the Donetsk People's Republic continues, Valery Gerasimov said

The visit of the Pakistani interior minister to Iran is aimed at reaching a specific agreement

According to Alireza Sanei, the US also sought to undermine or destroy Iran’s missile arsenal and deprive the country of its drone capabilities

This system allows guaranteed penetration of both existing and any missile defense systems still in the development phase, Sergey Ryabkov said

Valery Gerasimov praised the performance of the battlegroup and set further objectives

According to Metropoles, Celso Amorim is expected to hold diplomatic consultations during the trip

Vladimir Putin will visit China on May 19-20

On May 15, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said the head of the military wing of Hamas was liquidated

The Chinese leader, while giving the US President a tour of the Zhongnanhai state residence, recalled that he had spoken with the Russian leader at the same location in 2024

Response teams are working at the site where debris fell

According to the newspaper, the North Atlantic Alliance is interested in European industry helping to meet Washington's demands for increased defense spending to mitigate Trump's "anger" at the alleged inability of allies to support the United States in the conflict in the Middle East

The exact number of the affected is being determined

The drone did not detonate upon falling, the ZNPP reported

The patriotic march under the slogan Unite the Kingdom, organized by the founder of the British far-right movement English Defense League, Tommy Robinson gathered about 60,000 people

The tapes, testimony and intercepted communications contain instructions from Zelensky on the procurement of faulty body armor, schemes involving Energoatom, Nikolay Azarov said

According to the TV channel, all states are divided into three categories — "hostile," "neutral," and "friendly"

We have no right to decide on the return of personnel to the site in full until the situation is clarified, Likhachev said

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stressed that complete cessation of hostilities is the only solution

According to The New York Times, American officials admit that the United States will enact a Venezuelan scenario in Cuba

Nine drones flying towards Moscow have been downed by the Defense Ministry’s air defense, the city’s Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said

Two drones have been shot down since midnight on Sunday, the city’s Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said

According to preliminary reports, three people were killed and another five suffered injuries in the Moscow Region

Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were intercepted and destroyed by the air defense systems on duty over the territories of the Belgorod, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Bryansk, Voronezh, Rostov, Tula, Krasnodar, Moscow Regions and over the Black Sea

According to Rosatom CEO, the reactor and steam generators for the second power unit is being manufactured as planned

It is alarming that the IAEA secretariat does not actually notice the daily attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, civilian infrastructure and the killing of Russian citizens by the Ukrainian military, Rosatom CEO said

Abbas Araghchi pointed to the Iranian authorities' efforts to maintain a ceasefire with the US in order to resolve the conflict diplomatically

Response teams are working at the site where debris fell

No other details were available

Russia’s Battlegroup West is conducting active offensive operations within its area of responsibility along a frontline of approximately 350 kilometers, the Chief of Russia’s General Staff Army General said

Sergey Sobyanin added that three residential buildings had been damaged

According to the Governor Mikhail Razvozhatyev, drone debris has damaged a high-voltage power line, causing disruptions in electricity supplies

54 drones have been shot down since midnight on Sunday

The US Senate unanimously voted to appoint Nelson to the post of NASA chief in late April

A woman was killed after a drone hit a private house in the Starbeyevo District in Khimki, Moscow Region Governor Andrey Vorobyov said

Sergey Ryabkov stressed that Russia "did not expect, does not expect, and will not expect any reaction from Western adversaries" to tests of both new and existing systems

The Russian Defense Ministry also reported that Ukraine lost about 1,045 servicemen in the special military operation zone over the past day

According to the organization, "there are significant uncertainties to the true number of infected persons and geographic spread associated with this event at the present time"

The Russian servicemen are currently in Belarus, receiving the necessary medical assistance, the Russian Defense Ministry reported

Russian President has thanked UAE President Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan over the phone

The patient is stable, the symptoms remain mild at this point, British Columbia health officer Bonnie Henry said

The Iranian military also advised "host countries of US military bases to force the Americans to leave their territory, if they want to avoid damage"

Response teams are working at the site where debris fell

For more than two months, the station has been powered by only one line instead of two, Rosatom CEO said

The city’s Mayor Sergey Sobyanin noted that 23 drones have been shot down

According to sources cited by the newspaper, US President Donald Trump is considering more aggressive bombing of Iran and a special forces ground operation to extract enriched uranium from Iranian nuclear facilities

Sergey Sobyanin stressed that "an attack involving nine drones flying towards Moscow has been repelled"

According to CBS News national security analyst Aaron MacLean, the pilots of the downed fighter had sidearms

Drones were intercepted and destroyed over the territories of the Belgorod, Ryazan, Kursk, Bryansk, Orel, Tula, Krasnodar Regions, the Republic of Crimea, the Moscow Region

The enemy is purposefully spreading panic in the city and makes an ordinary peaceful life impossible, Rosatom CEO said

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stressed that Iran respects the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and considers it a brotherly nation

According to Sergey Sobyanin, 22 drones have been shot down since midnight on Sunday

The Health Ministry noted that Israeli planes and drones continue to attack ground targets in the southern provinces of Nabatieh and Saida, so the number of casualties may increase

Time is running out: 48 hours remain before all hell rains down on them, US President said

The accusations that Russia is ‘violating the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Moldova’ do not stand up to criticism and look like a hypocritical attempt to cover up double standards against the background of the practice of mass distribution of Romanian citizenship

Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Brian Mast also emphasized that Washington’s European allies should increase their support for Kiev

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian invited the world to judge which side engages in terrorism

No information on casualties or damage has been reported yet

Alireza Sanei noted that Iran shares borders with 15 countries, including Russia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey, Iraq, Azerbaijan, and Armenia

Iran has fired almost 1,200 ballistic missiles and 4,000 Shahed drones at the Gulf states since the start of the war