Russia launches large-scale combat air drills with over 100 aircraft

The Ukrainian battlegroup actually has no chances left to leave the town, the source specified

According to the report, it happened during a brawl that broke out not far from a hotel, where the athlete had just completed a meeting

US entrepreneur, along with entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswami, will head the newly created "Department of Government Efficiency" in Donald Trump’s administration

Instead, the crowd marched towards the Tbilisi Opera building via Rustaveli Avenue

According to Sergey Ryabkov, there is a lack of common sense in the West

The POWs are currently being kept safe and are receiving all necessary assistance

Top stories from the Russian press on Wednesday, December 4th

The Ministerial Council, which is the OSCE's principal decision-making body, traditionally convenes in the first ten days of December

Russia’s Battlegroup West repelled 10 Ukrainian counterattacks and inflicted roughly 500 casualties on enemy troops in its area of responsibility over the past day

According to Maria Zakharova, the interview is currently being translated and will be released in a couple of days

"President [of Russia Vladimir] Putin has repeatedly said that we were left with no other option but to start the special military operation," the Russian foreign minister stressed

According to Sergey Stepashin, there is no legitimate government in Kiev

The Russian leader noted that "despite political pressure, many partners, including from Western Europe and the United States, remained on the Russian market"

The Russian foreign minister expressed regret that "the OSCE leadership and those who manipulate it deliberately keep this organization from doing constructive work and outside the objective course of history"

It happened just as the Russian delegation was about to board a flight from Moscow, the ministry said in a statement

According to the report, enemy troops are defecting in large numbers in this section of the frontline

The assets of the blacklisted individuals and entities will be frozen, and engaging in business with them will be prohibited, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said

He noted that Russia must constantly work on shaping reliable defenses against bio-terrorism

Maria Zakharova also pointed to the fate of former South Korean leaders: some were killed, overthrown, imprisoned, some committed suicide

Imangali Tasmagambetov pointed out that NATO’s attempt to invade Russia and Belarus would be sheer foolishness

In these conditions, Russia was forced to retaliate, the president stressed

Russia responded by firing its newest Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile with a non-nuclear warhead at a Yuzhmash Ukrainian defense industry plant in the city of Dnepr, President Vladimir Putin said earlier

Polish Foreign Ministry spokesman Pawel Wronski offered no answer to the interviewer's question whether Warsaw was going to take any action in response to Russia's decision

Meanwhile, the Russian president admitted that it will be fairly difficult for Western firms to get back as companies from other countries or Russian brands are actively tapping the niches that have been freed

Some sources confirmed to The Hill that "Trump is weighing alternative options in the event Hegseth is forced to withdraw, though Trump has not yet signaled he’s giving up on Hegseth"

According to the Syrian military command, the cadets who suffered wounds in fighting against terrorists would get the necessary medical care in Homs

The Russian president stressed that Russia allowed its German partners to operate under free market conditions in the country

The current wave of protests was sparked by Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze's statement on November 28 when he said that the ruling Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia party had decided to postpone any talk about launching accession negotiations until late 2028 and decline any funding from the European Union

The officials point out that "Hamas has shown more willingness to be flexible and begin implementing even a partial deal."

Masoud Pezeshkian said that Moscow and Tehran would manage to jointly neutralize the negative consequences of all sanctions

"Those who claim to be the frontline states in the fight against the Russian threat believe that borders reinforced with barbed wire and anti-tank ditches, and long lines of those willing to host foreign troops, preferably US ones, make the perfect picture of security," the minister remarked

On December 4, Vladimir Rogov said that the Russian army was conducting a mop-up operation in the settlement of Stariye Terny in the Donetsk People’s Republic

Ruben Brekelmans pointed out in a parliamentary debate that Moscow was capturing increasingly large areas in the east, and Russia's "military might is growing"

According to the report, alongside Vance's plan, Donald Trump is reviewing settlement proposals from Keith Kellogg, whom he proposed as his assistant and special envoy for Ukraine and Russia

The minister noted that the meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels will continue on Wednesday

It is reported that employees of recruitment centers are being reassigned to army positions at the home front

According to the Armenian Prime Minister, Yerevan suspended its participation in CSTO because of the absence of the "appropriate reaction" to the "external aggression at the borders of sovereign Armenia in 2021 and 2022"

The head of state thanked the troops participating in Russia’s special military operation for rising up to defend the country this time

According to Maria Zakharova, Moscow hopes that traditional Georgian wisdom will win out

Maria Berlinskaya noted the demoralization of Ukrainian society that, she said, is brought about by the actions of the country's military and political leadership and the corruption of officials

According to Sergey Ryabkov, "there might be openings and opportunities" in the future

The report clarified that the Ukrainian armed forces in this frontline area are being pressured by Russian troops from the north, south, and east

The examples are numerous, including in regards to the Ukrainian crisis, the Russian top diplomat stressed

The interview is "absolutely fascinating," the journalist said

Maria Berlinskay also recognized the superiority of the Russian army, calling it one of the "strongest armies in the world," and opined that none of the NATO countries would be able to withstand a confrontation with the Russian military

Belarusian diplomats stressed, that the country’s leadership and government are "accountable to the Belarusian people only"

The Russian leader noted that the dollar was now used as a tool of political pressure

Investigators started a criminal case against Colonel Pavlo Rozlach, who ordered cluster munitions with poisonous substances to be used in the Kursk Region

"We bear in mind that after the end of the Cold War, the West agreed on some right things, extolled these right things in theory, however, in practice, blatantly violated all agreements and did everything to undermine the legitimate interests of Russia, and any other competitor in general," the minister said

Once depository links between the two countries are established, it will make it easier for investors in both countries to move money and invest in each other’s markets, Anton Siluanov noted

Antony Blinken said that United States is committed to do its best to train Kiev's soldiers and provide them with weapons

The Russian delegation is represented by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

At some point, the participants decided to leave the square in front of the parliament building, marching down Rustaveli Avenue towards the Tbilisi Opera building

No one in Washington "is working to make sure that this conflict doesn’t become a nuclear holocaust," the journalist said

According to news agency, Yoon Suk Yeol nominated to the post Choi Byung-hyuk

On December 2, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan announced plans to revive the Astana Format and hold a ministerial meeting between Turkey, Russia and Iran as soon as possible

In Antonio Tajani's opinion, reconciliation in Ukraine should be achieved in 2025

The operation involves clearing a pocket of land south of Kurakhovo, Vladimir Rogov said

According to Dmitry Peskov, "it will be possible to discuss the level of assistance that the Syrian authorities need to counter militants and eliminate this threat"

Politico earlier reported that Washington lawmakers on November 25 received a request from Biden to allocate $24 billion for Kiev

Maria Zakharova earlier said that the interview with Russia’s top diplomat turned out to be "very interesting" and it included questions regarding the present-day relations with the United States, Ukraine as well as other issues

The Syrian army also announced that the government forces holding Hama "were redeployed outside the city’s limits"

Maria Zakharova ighlighted reports suggesting that the Kiev regime's security services are collaborating with terrorists, supplying them with drones and sharing expertise in their use

"We were denied of its use but the denial, as our saying goes - they got what they fought for," the Russian leader said

For the first time ever, the French government has collapsed just three months into its term, Vyacheslav Volodin stressed

Gazprombank can now open not merely type K special accounts but ruble and currency accounts also

Such an approach reflects the drive for "a polyphony world order," in which various economic systems may coexist, Ryabkov said, adding that Washington’s attempts to maintain a monopoly in the global financial system may have ominous consequences

Maria Zakharova pointed to alarming statements by Kiev officials, "which not only question the viability of the Budapest Memorandum but could also be interpreted as an outright attempt to review Ukraine's non-nuclear status"

The Head of Chechnya revealed that the car was not his

Mark Rutte once again called on NATO countries to increase weapons supplies to Kiev

Russia’s Battlegroup West inflicted roughly 560 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed a German-made Leopard tank in its area of responsibility over the past day

Top stories from the Russian press on Thursday, December 5th

The victim was hospitalized with multiple fragmentation wounds to legs

The Pentagon and the US Joint Chiefs of Staff have not yet replied to a TASS request for a comment

The document came into force on December 4 and will be valid indefinitely

Under the document, 19 individuals have been blacklisted, including founder of the Georgian Dream party Bidzina Ivanishvili, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, State Security Service chief Grigol Liluashvili

The ministry also reported that Syrian warplanes, with the support of the Russian Aerospace Forces and domestic rocket and missile artillery, managed to kill dozens of militants

The Ukrainian army lost a total of more than 37,935 servicemen since the start of the hostilities

"The blastoff, the flight and the orbiting went as planned," the ministry said in a statement

According to the report, this move could allegedly be accompanied by the country's "swift" accession to the EU, with economic aid for reconstruction and the deployment of European peacekeeping forces

According to the report, the rhetoric has changed as Russian troops break through Ukrainian defenses on their increasingly rapid westward advance

Andrey Marochko noted that the enemy units have begun to rapidly reinforce their positions near the Pershotravnevoye-Raigorodka motor road

The Su-34 frontline bomber delivered the strike by aerial bombs with the unified glide/adjustment module, the ministry specified

The launch in question took place on December 3, 2024, during joint exercises by the Russian Navy and Aerospace Forces in the eastern Mediterranean Sea

According to the report, this was one of the most important Ukrainian strongholds in the area

Earlier, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, while speaking at a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels, did not rule out the possibility of sending peacekeepers from Germany to Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire

The restrictions affected three Russian citizens, a Latvian citizen, and a Ukrainian citizen

Over the past 2-3 years, the Russian economy has fundamentally change, the Russian leader noted

"The West is gradually trying to prepare the ground to blame Ukraine, the Ukrainian people, and perhaps Vladimir Zelensky and some other political figures for their own recklessness, crimes, and crazy criminal philosophy of inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia, as they put it," Maria Zakharova said

The treaty will have an unlimited duration

According to Peter Szijjarto, the outgoing US administration "is trying to make sure that it is hard to establish peace after January 20"

According to Rosneft CEO, the US is betting on creating special conditions for its economy at the expense of other market participants, including its allies

Experts said earlier that Bitcoin could easily pass the $100,000 mark in the coming days and continue rising, up to the $300,000 level

On November 27, Reuters reported that Washington was putting pressure on Kiev to lower the draft age to 18

According to Igor Sechin, Russia has a huge and diverse resource base and occupies a special place in the world

"Such things are done from a strong position. Now, Zelensky has led the country to a state where such a position has been lost, regrettably," the Ukrainian lawmaker said

Irakli Kobakhidze recalled that Salome Zourabichvili’s presidential term expires on December 29

Vladimir Rogov told TASS earlier that Russian troops had moved past the city center in Kurakhovo to fight in the city’s west

According to Peter Szijjarto, in America, "Democrats are pro-war, Republicans support peace"