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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

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

The Ukrainian army has also attacked Gorlovka, with four artillery shells fired at the town, according to the administration of the Donetsk People Republic’s head and government reported

According to Ami Ayalon, the Israeli prime minister’s most dangerous actions include a move to reform the country’s judicial system, which provides the government with more control over it

According to the scientists' findings, the maximum ice area peaked this season on March 20 and amounted to 13.79 million square kilometers

Russian foreign ministry ambassador at large Rodion Miroshnik said that violations by the Ukrainian armed forces are still being reported

During the visit, JD Vance will meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

According to Ursula von der Leyen, the EU is ready to enforce its full digital rulebook

However, a longstanding anti-Russian sentiment - built over many years and decades - hinders their ability to pursue reasonable solutions, Yury Ushakov said

Voting will continue until the end of May, and its results will be summarized under strict control with the participation of a notary

According to Maria Zakharova, this was quite expected from the Ukrainian side

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

Imports lost 24% in value terms to $800.61 mln, the Main Customs Administration of China said

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"

The European Union’s intention to establish a coalition on sending troops to Ukraine demonstrates a superiority intention, the Russian Foreign Ministry said

Hazbollah military commander Hussein Ali Nasser was eliminated in one of the attacks, the Lebanon24 news portal reported

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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

Apart from that, the Russian president’s plans for the coming week include several international contacts, including a meeting with the sultan of Oman

Meanwhile, the US president himself is currently focused on pursuing diplomatic solutions to address Iran's nuclear program

The US President special envoy is likely to visit Russia in case of coincidence in positions of Washington, Europe and Kiev at the meeting in London this week

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

A group of Federal Security Service experts said in a report published by Serbia’s Security Information Agency on Wednesday that the government of Serbia did not use sonic devices to disperse the March 15 rally in Belgrade

Alexey Pushkov assumed that Vladimir Zelensky had urgent telephone talks with Prime Minister of the Unied Kingdom Keir Starmer and France’s President Emmanuel Macron, during which the decision to consent to the truce was made

According to the publication, on March 15, Hegseth posted the flight schedules for the F/A-18 Hornet fighters, which struck positions of Yemeni Houthis from the Ansar Allah rebel movement

Beijing is strongly against any country concluding deals to the detriment of China's interests, "if this happens, the PRC will never put up with it and will firmly take retaliatory measures," the ministry stressed

Iran insists that it has the right to uranium enrichment and this is one of Tehran’s redlines at the talks, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi added

Eyal Zamir vowed that Israel will retain its military presence there, the IDF said

Denis Pushilin noted that the heaviest fighting was currently taking place near the village of Novoye near Krasny Liman

According to the DPR government, shelling was conducted from the village of Pleshcheyevka

Aviation, artillery and missile troops continued to defeat manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian armed forces in the Kursk region, as well as their reserves in the Sumy region

The FSB Investigative Department for the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol has opened a criminal case against the detainee under Article 275.1 of the Russian Criminal Code

The Guardian noted that "Russia could play a key role in a deal on the future of Iran’s nuclear program," pushing the UK, Germany, and France to the sidelines

Russian servicemen have liberated the Shevchenko settlement in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Defense Ministry said

It will continue growing but not for everyone, because employees in the IT sphere more and more focus on the practical experience of IT specialists, President of the SuperJob job service Alexey Zakharov noted

Peru operates Russian-made airplanes, helicopters, armor, antitank complexes and air defense means

The second round of talks between the U.S. and Iran concluded on Saturday after nearly four hours of discussions in Rome, mediated by Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi

Four civilians, including three children, were injured

The documents reveal that employees inadvertently shared a Google Drive folder containing sensitive files with the entire General Services Administration staff

This year Orthodox Easter coincides with the holy day for Catholics

Yevgeny Balitsky also noted that four Challengers were now near Stepnogorsk and two in Orekhov

The civilians were transferred to the Israel Police for further questioning, the Israel Defense Forces said

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

According to the report, 30 more were wounded

Japan is also considering an opportunity to offer simplified access of US vehicles to the country’s market, Nikkei reported

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According to the television channel, the camp’s population has nearly halved since 2019 thanks to the efforts by Syrian and Iraqi authorities

Leonid Slutsky stressed that the Ukrainian regime has repeatedly displayed its inability to comply with agreements

"I will not disclose who will be on the team," Sergey Leshchenko said

He has died at the age of 88

At the International Arctic Forum in Murmansk in March, Russian President Vladimir Putin asked the government to adjust parameters for incentives offered to small and medium-sized businesses in the Far North, and to expand the list of industries for such incentives

The Russian troops have advanced towards the settlements of Bogatyr, Otradnaya and Komar in the Velikaya Novosyolka area

Russia is closely monitoring civil sites, while the military are fully informed about how the parties cooperate in the military context, the diplomat added

The ceasefire is in force for 30 hours, from 6:00 p.m. Moscow time on April 19 until 00:00 Moscow time on April 21

The forecast expectations for the price of Russian Urals crude oil in 2025 are $56 per barrel

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"

Over the period of fighting in the Kursk frontline area, the Ukrainian army has lost more than 75,000 troops, the Russian Defense Ministry said

According to Maxim Grigoriev, all Ukrainian units participated in the shooting of civilians in Selidovo

The pilots managed to land the aircraft at Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport

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

Russia was the 12th-biggest trade partner of South Korean exporters of cars

Ukraine has repeatedly broken ceasefire agreements reached within the Minsk and Normandy format, Miroshnik added

"If it is put into physical volume or nominal values, this is a very big amount," the document says

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He added, "If complete calm prevails, Ukraine offers to extend the ceasefire beyond Easter Sunday hours on April 20 onward"

"Both will then start to do big business with the United States of America," US leader said

The Ministry has downgraded its forecast for the average annual US dollar exchange rate for 2025 from 96.5 to 94.3 rubles per dollar

Participants in the 72nd long-duration expedition at ISS Aleksey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner and Donald Pettit are on board

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

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

TASS has reviewed the key points of the meeting

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

As Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS on April 20, Russian President Vladimir Putin has not ordered to extend it

A European Commission spokesperson declined to comment on whether it was exploring possible flexibilities in the methane law that could benefit US LNG exporters

The prisoners’ swap with Ukraine was implemented on April 19

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

In his words, they fired conventional 120mm mortar rounds, silent munitions and at least one FPV drone with a fragmentation charge

The DPR government said that Ukrainian troops fired four rounds from 155mm artillery systems

During one of these clashes, fighter eliminated two Ukrainian soldiers in hand-to-hand combat

The engagement of tanks and armored vehicles is likely to move to the background in future

"We must resolve security issues without linking them to tariff issues," Shigeru Ishiba noted

The primary issues on their agenda include disarmament, and conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East

The cosmonauts and the astronaut were evacuated later from the return vehicle of the spacecraft

Storage facilities are filled only to 2.22%, "the lowest level over the entire record of their operation," Sergey Makogon, former CEO of Ukraine’s GTS Operator, said

Since taking on the role of mediator at the start of 2024, the UAE has overseen the exchange of more than 3,700 POWs

They "must right the wrongs," US president said

Thomas Countryman noted that the system "could be overwhelmed by the much cheaper option of simply building a lot more missiles"

According to the State Department, "it is a long past time" to stop the conflict

"With great love, sincerity, and affection", the US President wished happy Easter to all, "including the Radical Left Lunatics" who are seeking to bring dangerous criminals, such as members of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) Salvadorian gang, back to the United States

The world’s economy is expected to experience the first shock waves provoked by Washington’s tariff policy very soon, according to the agency

The 88-year-olf pontiff called for peace in the Holy Land and across the entire Middle East, for extending prayers for Christian communities in Lebanon and Syria, and called for peace in Ukraine

The Ukrainian army attacked the positions of Russian forces 444 times after the Easter truce was declared, as well as carried out 900 drone attacks, the Defense Ministry reported

The Holy Fire symbolizes the light of Christ's resurrection

The publication does not indicate which territories around the ZNPP Washington proposes to designate as neutral and in what format the United States could exercise control over these territories and the plant