Russia proposes protocol to Geneva conventions to ensure journalists’ security

The US leader expressed confidence that all sides were showing enthusiasm to reach the agreement

According to the CASC, the launch was carried out at 6:51 a.m. Beijing time on April 18 from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center using the CZ-6A (Chang Zheng 6A) carrier rocket

The share of Russian gas in the EU reserves has decreased from 40% in 2022 to 19% in 2024

It quoted two US officials and other people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity about internal decision-making in the Trump administration

The document was signed on April 17

Dmitry Peskov answered to a question about US President Donald Trump’s recent remark that he expected Russia’s response on a proposed Ukrainian ceasefire this week

On April 12, the first round of Omani-mediated talks to resolve the situation over Iran's nuclear program was held in Muscat between representatives of the United States and Iran

Abbas Araghchi also praised his visit to Moscow

Earlier, US President Donald Trump said that the United States could withdraw from the negotiation on Ukraine if the parties sabotaged it

On March 18, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump had a telephone conversation in which they discussed the situation in Ukraine

Nikita Kucherov is one of three Russians in history to win the Art Ross Trophy, along with Yevgeny Malkin and recently crowned goals king Alexander Ovechkin

According to Gergely Gulyas, "even if the countries of Western Europe were on good terms with Russia, it would still not make sense for Hungary to take part in the celebrations, as the end of World War II marked a bitter defeat for the country"

Sergey Mironov also remarked that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s recent statement reflects Washington’s "helplessness and unpreparedness for a genuine resolution of the Ukraine conflict"

That said, Spokeswoman for the US Department of State Tammy Bruce noted that there is "a lot of enthusiasm" following the Paris meeting on the matter

Distance-wise, about five kilometers of the Yunakovka-Oleshnya highway is under fire control of the Russian Armed Forces

According to Zhang Hanhui, Russia and China need to settle the issue of mutual payments and are considering such options as an alternative to SWIFT

"Aleksandar Vulin has been removed from the government because of pressure from Brussels," the source pointed out

According to the news agency, Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei has set "red lines" within which the country, regardless of the outcome of negotiations with the United States, will not dismantle its centrifuges for uranium enrichment and will not stop it completely

According to it, "European officials say they have not even received assurances that the United States will continue its extensive intelligence sharing for Ukraine"

The Finance Ministry added that the loan has a 30-year term

According to the TV channel, more than half of the victims perished in Gaza City and the embattled enclave’s northern districts

The proposals presented by the US to its allies in Paris also imply that all territories liberated by Russia remain under Moscow’s control, while "Kyiv’s aspirations of joining NATO would be off the table"

Earlier, Andrey Yermak, the head of the office of Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky, said he along with the Ukrainian defense and foreign ministers, Rustem Umerov and Andrey Sibiga, respectively, had arrived in Paris for talks with senior US officials

According to Abbas Araghchi, the Syrian issue was raised during his meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov

Allegedly, the aircraft had serious problems with its front landing gear

Mikhail Pavliv noted that under such tight timelines, Washington is compelled to apply pressure on European allies while simultaneously offering incentives to encourage cooperation

According to Reuters, Israel has offered the US several options for attacks, including air strikes and special operations

Yahya Saria also said that "the US military buildup and continued aggression against Yemen will only lead to more attacks"

Russia’s Battlegroup North inflicted more than 1,900 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed six enemy tanks and 39 armored combat vehicles in its areas of responsibility over the week, the Defense Ministry reported

The current US presidential special envoy Steve Witkoff package "doesn’t seem to include US-backed security guarantees," The Washington Post columnist David Ignatius wrote

Andrey Marochko noted that at the moment the Russian forces are currently engaged in active fighting in the area of Volchanskiye Khutora

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

The politician said that Russophobia stems from "bipolar affective exaggeration of Russia’s influence on the life of Europe and Europeans" and alternates between manic and depressive phases

Oleg Sahakyan emphasized that under these conditions, prospects for increased US assistance to Ukraine appear bleak

Top stories from the Russian press on Friday, April 18th

The European diplomats pointed out that during talks in Paris, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has not mentioned "increasing the pressure on Russia"

The sources indicated that "a final decision on the matter hadn’t yet been taken"

The Russian Defense Ministry reported about the liberation of the settlement of Kalinovo in the Donetsk People’s Republic on April 16

Russian troops will still have to take such large communities in the Donetsk People’s Republic as Konstantinovka, Kramatorsk, Slavyansk and Druzhkovka, he specified

China urges the US to follow principles of the market economy and fair competition, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce stressed

After the ceremony a part of the holy relic will be brought to Moscow for the Easter service in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior

According to the Defense Ministry, 27 drones were downed over the Voronezh Region, 12 over the Belgorod Region, another 12 over the Sea of Azov, three over Crimea, one over the Rostov Region and one more over the Krasnodar Region

According to the publication, Rheinmetall Expal Munitions specializes in artillery ammunition, mortar and medium caliber rounds as well as fuses and rocket propulsion systems

British Prime Minister and US President discussed the progress of negotiations on a new trade agreement between the United Kingdom and the United States

"A protest has been submitted via diplomatic channels," Takeshi Iwai stressed

The battlegroup’s spokesman Ivan Bigma added that the enemy’s losses included three armored combat vehicles, 10 motor vehicles

The Brazilian news outlet notes that relations between the American and Brazilian administrations remain strained, as the two leaders have virtually nothing in common

Maria Zakharova emphasized that Russia strongly condemns such "pirate-like behavior," arguing that the powers now granted to the Estonian Navy exceed the bounds of international law, including the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio briefed NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on "the peace proposal presented yesterday to the Ukrainian delegation in Paris and to Russian officials by telephone"

According to the newspaper, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that "the US has presented a framework on how the war might be ended, including a cease-fire"

The two countries have never had the rail service before

The design capacity of the port is 31.4 mln metric tons of cargo per year

According to Vitaly Ganchev, similar provocations are also being prepared in the Dnepropetrovsk and Poltava Regions

According to the agency, the US President reportedly expressed particular dissatisfaction with Japan’s limited purchases of American automobiles and agricultural products

As a matter of fact, European hawks are heading toward their potential involvement into an armed conflict with Russia on the side of the Banderite regime, Vladislav Maslennikov, the ministry’s European problems department director said

The dogs were presented to the Russian president during his visit to North Korea on June 18-19, 2024

The battlegroup’s spokesman Roman Kodryan added that the enemy’s losses included nine motor vehicles

According to the US Secretary of State, the administration of US President Donald Trump has done more in 80 days than former US President Joe Biden ever did

The ministry also recalled that the Armenian Prime Minister's Office proposed the creation of a joint mechanism of Armenia and Azerbaijan to investigate ceasefire violations, but Baku has not yet responded to the proposal

According to Sergey Naryshkin, the West is trying to maintain instability in Afghanistan in order to advance its own geopolitical interests

Ukraine introduced martial law and general military mobilization on February 24, 2022, extending them several times since then

Companies that left the Russian market after February 22, 2022 will be subject to this measure

The United States criticized Rome for participating in the Chinese initiative under the previous Trump administration. Under the Joe Biden administration, the pressure on Rome continued

Both sides also committed to continuing coordination and consultation on regional and international issues"

The "Financial Risks" section says that if Ukraine joins the EU, "union’s funds owed to Hungary will go to Ukraine

Spokeswoman for the US Department of State Tammy Bruce added that US President Donald Trump "would expect that to be signed toward the end of next week"

A push to crack down on Ukraine's oligarchy may also have something to do with the decision, Alexander Dudchak said

Less than 24 hours after the talks at the White House, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni receives JD Vance, who has traveled with his family to Rome, where he will celebrate Easter

In 2018, Russia marked the day Crimea, Taman and Kuban became a part of the Russian Empire as a commemorative date on the Russian calendar

The operation was carried out in collaboration with military counterintelligence units

As of early April, 95% of the employed Ukrainians have open-ended employment contracts, it said

The Washington Post also pointed out that the stocks of American weapons transferred by the previous Washington administration are running out, and "doubts have festered about whether Europe can fully compensate for a possible halt to American aid"

Marco Rubio pointed out that the White House was in constant contact with London and Paris on settling the Ukraine issue

Five types of unmanned aerial systems have been certified to date, according to the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency

The Kremlin press service said on March 7 that Vucic had confirmed his visit to Moscow to attend the Victory Parade on May 9.

The total losses of the Ukrainian armed forces in the Kursk Region have exceeded 75,000 servicemen, the Russian Defense Ministry added

Top stories from the Russian press on Thursday, April 17th

According to the New York Post, in order to attract Russia to negotiations on the said proposal, Washington may offer Moscow an easing of anti-Russian sanctions and possibly the unblocking of Russian assets frozen in the West

At the same time, Kachka did not give a clear answer as to whether Ukraine had succeeded in convincing the United States to abandon the wording of a "virtual contribution" in the agreement

According to the battlegroup’s spokesman Yevgeny Tretyakov, Ukrainian military losses amounted to over 335 troops

According to the battlegroup’s spokesman Yaroslav Yakimkin, Ukrainian losses amounted up to 85 troops

Vladimir Zelensky is "certainly" responsible for the unintended consequences of the Russian Armed Forces' attack on the venue where a Ukrainian command staff meeting was being held in Sumy, the Russian diplomat stated

The battlegroup’s spokesman Alexander Savchuk added that the enemy lost two tanks, three armored combat vehicles, five motor vehicles and a field artillery gun

The Defense Ministry said that the Russian Armed Forces had liberated Oleshnya

The Russian foreign minister stressed that Moscow welcomes the willingness to achieve objective and mutually acceptable agreements

According to the Defense Ministry, guided by humanitarian considerations, servicemen of the battlegroup North guarantee that Ukrainian soldiers, if they lay down their arms and surrendered, will live and receive decent treatment

The Barents Sea Council/The Euro-Arctic Region was established in 1993

The last time Azerbaijan reported shelling from the Gorus region was on April 12

Vasily Nebenzya said that there are talks with the current Syrian government

Favaro stressed that the trade measures adopted by the White House will not affect the strengthening of BRICS ties in agriculture

According to Steve Witkoff, the territorial issue was the focus of his talks with the Russian leader

On April 17, a Ukrainian delegation led by Yermak met with US and European representatives in Paris to discuss a possible settlement to the conflict in Ukraine

Active combat is underway there right now, military expert Andrey Marochko said

The robots ran the distance together with humans, but on a separately designated track