Stranded Siberian passengers in runway rescue for ice-bound airliner

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

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

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

According to CENTCOM, it will cut off the group’s fuel supply and profits from "illegal" fuel sales

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

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

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

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"

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

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

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

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

Andrey Marochko said that during active battles in the Kupyansk direction, our troops managed to improve tactical positions

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

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

The solution is to establish the Russian dredging fleet, Alexey Chekunkov noted

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

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

The two countries have never had the rail service before

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

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

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

Abbas Araghchi also praised his visit to Moscow

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

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 top Russian diplomat underscored that coercive restrictions tend to generate more issues for the states that implement them than for the countries they target

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

The document was signed on the sidelines of the 22nd meeting of the intergovernmental Russian-Cuban commission on trade, economic, scientific and technical cooperation in Havana

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

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

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

According to Minister of Economic Development of the Stavropol Region Anton Doronin, about 5,000-6,000 guests are planned

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"

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Houthi forces launched 78 attacks on Israeli territory and US warships in the Red Sea during the same period

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

When asked by reporters to comment on Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s remarks that a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine could be done "in a matter of days," the US President said, "No specific number of days, but quickly"

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"

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

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

The document was signed on April 17

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

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

Operation Pipeline involved a joint assault unit comprising soldiers from the 11th Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade, the 30th Regiment of the 72nd Motorized Rifle Division, the Akhmat special forces unit, and volunteers from the Veterans and Vostok V assault brigades

Ding Xuexiang noted that work was underway on major projects as the two countries kept expanding areas of cooperation

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

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"

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

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

Freedom Finance Global believes the MOEX Russia Index will move within the corridor of 2,800 - 2,900 points on Monday

The operation was carried out in collaboration with military counterintelligence units

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

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

According to Viktor Vodolatsky, by attacking Russia’s energy infrastructure during the moratorium, Kiev showed the United States that agreements with President Donald Trump and his team are not binding for Ukraine

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

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

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

Bottling of drinking and mineral waters gained 10.8% over the same period

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"

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

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

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

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

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

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 FSB regional branch for the Lugansk People’s Republic jointly with the FSB branch for the Moscow Military District has foiled the unlawful activity of a mercenary," the FSB press office said in a statement

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

The duty on corn will be 1,073.6 rubles ($13.06) per metric ton

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

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According to Alexander Grachev, more than 100 flights on the aircraft equipped with the TV7-117ST-01 engine have already been made, the work on its certification is underway

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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