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Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova made the comment following a statement on the subject by Vladimir Putin

NATO secretary general claimed that Western states should focus on arms shipments to Ukraine

Vladimir Zekensky claimed that "the Hungarian prime minister has no mandate to hold talks"

"But he will be taken care of by those people whose interests he is serving now," the Russian leader said

Meanwhile, the number of messages to the president using social media beat last year’s record

According to Boris Dolgov, external actors should not be discounted either, since "Israel may well expand its zone of occupation, which may cause some kind of response"

US administration currently has $5.6 to help Ukraine under the PDA mechanism, and another $1.13 - under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, Pentagon Press Secretary Patrick Ryder said

According to the head of state, tax revenues have seen a consistent increase in absolute figures

The Russian president praised Helmut Kohl as a "pivotal political figure of our time"

"About 1,000 people could return home to their families in just two or three days," the prime minister said

Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova emphasized that the rhetoric about "inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia" is firmly rooted in the mentality of the NATO regimes not at all as hypothetical assumptions

The Artyom plant is known for producing air-to-air missiles, as well as equipment for aircraft

According to the head of state, the situation in the special military operation zone is "changing significantly"

The Russian leader noted that he did not know when he would meet with the US president-elect

Pentagon Spokesman Patrick Ryder did not specify the type of troops that arrived in Syria to fight the Islamic State

According to a source close to the Chadian authorities, the previous plan to withdraw the troops by March did not suit the African side

"The special services of the Republic of Uzbekistan are doing all they can to provide assistance," the agency said

Robert Fico emphasized that by blocking the continuation of gas transit, the Kiev authorities are damaging Slovakia's national economic interests and could negatively impact the European bloc as a whole

According to the Russian president, there are a lot of "our men" in Ukraine who want to liberate their country from neo-Nazism and Russia is maintaining ties with them

According to her, the EU accounts for 47% of weapons sent to Ukraine with around 40% being provided by the United States

If US continues with approaches of the past - imposing rules on others while simultaneously freeing themselves from these rules - it will repeat its historical mistakes, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said

Nandan Unnikrishnan pointed out that Russian President Vladimir Putin "has more than once spoken about Russia’s readiness to discuss an end to the conflict"

The Russian diplomat recalled that a few months ago, when terrorist methods were used in Lebanon to detonate pagers and other electronic devices, the high commissioner himself and OHCHR experts promptly issued condemnations, calling for a thorough investigation of the incident

The An-2 airplane with two crew members and one passenger was transporting 800 kg of commercial cargo on the Milkovo - Ossora route

According to the portal, United States Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf will pay a visit to Damascus

Toward the end of the EU summit, the Hungarian prime minister "surprised his colleagues" by saying he was not ready to extend the sanctions, the sources said

According to Bogdan Nikitchenko, the command sends "anyone available" to the Kursk Region

Marine Le Pen told the newspaper that she believes US President-elect Donald Trump can get Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky to hold talks and a diplomatic solution will be found

Preliminary information suggests that a HIMARS multiple rocket launcher was used for the attack

According to the Russian president, people do it "because of their impotence"

It is planned to launch it in general circulation in early 2025

According to Vladimir Rogov, Russian assault teams in the city continue to advance westward

"The Russian side stressed the inadmissibility of NATO’s eastwards expansion, which was among the key reasons of the current situation, which made the special military operation unavoidable," the statement reads

On December 16, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz asked President Steinmeier to dissolve the Bundestag after the failure of the vote of confidence

"It is very important to talk about these statements by the president in the context of the question he was asked," Dmitry Peskov pointed out

It is reported that Ukrainian positions in the settlement are under intense artillery fire by the Russian Armed Forces

"The Bank of Russia will assess the need for a key rate increase at its upcoming meeting taking into account further lending and inflation dynamics," the regulator said

"These are certainly not the questions to be addressed during a Q&A session or press conference," the head of state said, commenting on several remarks by a reporter

"We are increasing production of everything necessary for our army and navy," the Russian leader said

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saria added that the unmanned aerial vehicle "has successfully reached its target"

The Hungarian prime minister reiterated that his proposal for a Christmas ceasefire and prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia remains on the table

According to John Mearsheimer, Russia has become much stronger over the past two to three years because it has managed to become "a truly sovereign country"

Earlier, Ukrainian media reported about explosions in the capital, and local authorities informed about the work of air defenses

"All international mechanisms need to be effectively employed in order to prevent Israel from exploiting the situation in Syria," Recep Tayyip Erdogan said

According to Wu Yihong, Russia will seek to retain its two military facilities in Syria

Since April 2022, under the presidential decree, buyers from unfriendly countries paid for supplies using special type K accounts in Gazprombank

The situation is similar at several other sections of the frontline in the DPR

Plots and attempts to destabilize the situation in Venezuela had been "foiled by military and police units, as well as judicial and law enforcement forces," Nicolas Maduro stated

The Russian leader recalled that the 2014 events in Crimea had been spontaneous

The plane is yet to be found, Kamchatka emergencies minister Sergey Lebedev said

It is reported that on-duty air defenses intercepted and destroyed 16 Ukrainian UAVs over the Krasnodar Region

The politician emphasized that "the president of a major country should be extremely polite and amiable"

Nikol Pashinyan told the country’s parliament in June that the OSCE Minsk Group, comprising Russia, the United States and France, de-facto stopped its work after February 2022

According to Maxim Grigoryev, videos of interviews with witnesses and preliminary forensic examination of the bodies indicate that most of the victims are elderly women

"Putin is ready for dialogue, Trump is ready for dialogue, but the dialogue will be hard and tough," Vladimir Zharikhin, deputy director at the Institute of CIS Countries, said

Vladimir Zelensky responded negatively when asked whether Kiev could temporarily abandon its claims to Crimea or Donbass

According to the Russian president, the state of the economy and the strengthening of defense capabilities allow Russia to depend little on anyone

According to Jacques Sapir, the decision not to extend transit contracts was no surprise given the political landscape

According to Sergey Ryabkov, this issue lies "on the periphery" for Moscow, and Russia views it "detachedly"

The invitation was sent to Russian President Vladimir Putin

Kiev Mayor Vitaly Klitschko reported the fires in Solomensky and Shevchenkovsky districts

According to a source, "Russians would target any kind of Western assistance inside Ukraine"

"The sufficiency of information about the crime and Kurbonov’s involvement is confirmed by testimony from the affected persons and eyewitnesses, crime scene examination, study of material evidence and documents, and other evidence as a whole," according to case files

The Russian president still noted that "today, especially in today’s Russia, we must not do anything that could divide the country"

Russia’s Battlegroup Center inflicted roughly 520 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed four enemy howitzers in its area of responsibility over the past day

Many experts have noted that Ukraine’s "operation" in the Kursk Region is ambiguous in its nature

According to the Turkish newspaper, the former Syrian president did it to ensure his own safety

"The enemy is unable to gain a foothold in the positions where it has retreated," the Russian president noted

"Let them choose a target, say, in Kiev, and amass their air and missile defense systems there, while we will launch an Oreshnik missile at the target," the Russian leader said

The Russian president recalled that no Russian land troops had been deployed to Syria, with Russia having only an airbase and a naval base

On November 27, US President-elect Donald Trump nominated Kellogg to be his assistant and US special envoy for Ukraine and Russia

The Russian leader characterized what is happening on the line of engagement as "a classic of the development of combat operations"

Acting region's governor Alexander Khinshtein stressed that the regional government would provide the necessary assistance to those injured in the attack and their families

The inauguration of the president-elect is scheduled for January 20, 2025

The attack was carried out by six US-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles and four Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles

Russia’s Battlegroup West inflicted more than 3,610 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed six enemy ammunition depots in its area of responsibility over the week

"Russia’s position is well known, it was voiced by Putin back in St. Petersburg," Dmitry Peskov stressed

The head of state pointed out that ex-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had said at some point that Ukraine "needs to keep fighting until the last Ukrainian"

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"Lawmaker Adgur Kharazia, who fled the scene, is suspected of the shooting," acting Interior Minister Robert Kiut said

According to the news agency, Kiev expects a "bitter settlement," which implies giving up territorial claims and NATO membership in exchange for security guarantees

While Western anti-missile systems have seen "substantial" upgrades, no one will ever be able to shoot down Oreshnik missiles, the Russian leader boasted

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"One hundred percent of the stated amount is consolidated in accordance with this agreement," the document reads

According to Alexander Grushko, NATO's general course poses a danger both to Russia and to the entire architecture of global and regional security

The German Chancellor recalled that the total amount of Berlin's support to Kiev stood at 37 billion euros

The president noted that Russia had become much stronger over the past two or three years as it became a truly sovereign country

The French politician passed away on September 26, 2019, at the age of 87

The range of the Oreshnik system is up to 5,500 kilometers

The new positions will enable Russian troops to advance further in that frontline area and deliver more effective strikes on the enemy, Andrey Marochko specified

"The sides paid special attention to the issues of security policy in Europe," German Government Spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said

The Hungarian foreign minister stressed that the American sanctions against Gazprombank affected those countries where governments are in power that pursue independent policies

All emergency response services are working at the site of the strike

"We remain focused on the issue, so the new administration should be prepared that that we will constantly ‘pester’ them in that regard," Sergey Ryabkov said

The ministry clarified that Ukraine launched a missile strike against the Kamensky Integrated Plant in the Rostov Region using six US-made ATACMS missiles and four Storm Shadow cruise missiles

According to Andrey Kelin, the UK’s official reaction to the launch of the Oreshnik missile was rather vague

According to Vladimir Saldo, Ukrainian authorities are stopping the provision of humanitarian aid to people

According to head of state, the groups that fought against Syrian government forces have gone through major internal changes

The Foreign Ministry noted that the facts of discrimination and persecution of Russians are often ignored by the official leadership of countries and international human rights agencies, leading many victims to remain silent