Israel carries out strikes on southern, central Syria — agency

On July 29, the US Department of the Treasury announced that the country's national debt exceeded $35 trillion for the first time in history

Deputy Spokesman Farhan Haq confirmed that Guterres and Zelensky have indeed discussed the idea of a visit to Ukraine last month

Elvira Nabiullina reiterated that the regulator remains committed to the inflation target of 4%

The Russian leader drew attention to the fact that it was "even publicly announced how much money the then US administration had spent on preparing and staging that government coup"

Viktor Orban stated that Hungary’s principled stance has allowed it to preserve "room for maneuver" in the economic field, which is heavily impacted by the conflict in Ukraine

Media from unfriendly countries were also present, including a BBC reporter

The first wave focused on the Iranian air defense system and the second and third waves focused on missile and drone bases and production sites

BRICS countries are using the Russian system of financial information exchange created by the Central Bank and systems of other BRICS members, the head of state said

The Israeli army said it was ready for a spectrum of possible retaliatory actions

According to the source, no Israeli casualties has been reported so far

The Russian leader compared this situation to Ukraine's decision concerning its relationship with NATO

The wounded soldier was taken to hospital, where he is receiving all the necessary assistance

"Our common task is to give these inevitable changes and transformations a civilized character," the Russian president stated

Russian forces liberated four communities in the Donetsk People’s Republic over the past week, the Defense Ministry reported

The Russian leader added that "the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline and one thread of Nord Stream 2 were destroyed, but one survived, and it is in working order"

Lin Jian clarified that the process is "proceeding well"

According to a senior officer of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of Enemy Parties, the US-led coalition aviation violated the Syrian airspace in the Al-Tanf zone ten times during the day

According to the Turkish leader, while in Kazan, he requested Russian President Vladimir Putin's assistance in encouraging Syrian President Bashar Assad to respond to Ankara's call for normalization

Then Russian servicemen will be able to take the most dangerous weapons out of their warehouses, Lukashenko said

According to Tasnim news agency, the blasts had been caused by the use of air defenses in three areas outside Tehran

According to IDF, Herzi Halevi is in the Israeli Air Force underground command center in Camp Rabin

According CEO of the state corporation Alexey Likhachev, Turkish business "has developed a taste for nuclear technology."

Douglas Santos has been playing as a left-back for Zenit St. Petersburg FC since July 2019

Maria Zakharova underscored that only this would be considered a certain "checkbox, a sign, a symbol" that the collective West countries "turned their sight away from an escalation and towards a political and diplomatic or other way to settle the situation"

Vito Petrocelli believes the Kazan summit has demonstrated that Russia is not isolated and its leader Vladimir Putin is not alone, despite what the Western media writes

Ilan Shor criticized Maia Sandu for her unwillingness to carry out negotiations with Transnistria and for her course towards the militarization of Moldova

According to Rodion Miroshnik, the situation will continue to worsen

"Thanks to the skillful work of Russian aviation, Ukraine has been deprived of its remaining supply routes," the Russian Defense Ministry stated

Officials have refuted reports that Iranian air defenses managed to intercept the majority of Israeli missiles

However, due to financial constraints, this project remains only an option in the ministry's plans

According to the Russian leader, it is too early to determine what Russia and Ukraine can agree on, as no detailed talks between Moscow and Kiev have yet taken place

"We seek to build relations with Turkey as a country, not a NATO-member," Dmitry Peskov said with regard to claims that the country's membership in the alliance is incompatible with participation in BRICS

"We wish to change this situation and we will achieve this goal," the Russian leader stressed

According to the Al Mayadeen, Israel tried to attack three military bases

The head of state stressed that Russia "has never refused supplies, including along the Ukrainian route"

First Deputy Foreign Minister of India Vikram Misri noted that India "is not neutral" in regards to the conflict in Ukraine

The targets included military assets, including missile manufacturing facilities and aerial defense sites, according to a person briefed on the planning

Israel is given the opportunity to respond to Iran's "mistake"

Russian combat aircraft also destroyed a temporary deployment site of a separate Ukrainian army unit accomplishing special objectives in the Kupyansk area, Andrey Marochko noted

The president explained that Russian forces had cut Ukrainian troops off the state border at one of the enemy’s infiltration sites, blocking them in the Kursk Region

According to President Milorad Dodik, knowing his position, the West has even stopped threatening him

The 16th BRICS Summit, which has become a key event of Russia’s chairmanship in the association, was held in Kazan on October 22-24

The Ministry also published video footage of the Ukrainian vehicle being destroyed by the drone

Ukraine had not the slightest chance to make a gamble into Russia’s Kursk Region without the West's support and satellite intelligence, Rodion Miroshnik, the Russian Foreign Ministry's special envoy for the crimes of the Kiev regime, said at an informal meeting of the UN Security Council

As Russian troops advanced, they took control of a forest line "which the enemy has had a grip on for long," Andrey Marochko said

"They come out in groups along the roads that are subjected to shelling, losing significant numbers of people there," the source said

Miguel Diaz-Canel was unable to attend the summit in person due to the serious energy crisis in the country

No matter how hard the West tried to suppress information about the successful development of BRICS, these attempts became futile after the historic expansion of the organization in 2024, Maria Zakharova stressed

According to the organization, its drones hit enemy military targets in Beit Hillel, Kfar Giladi, Qatsrin, Misgav Am, Shomera, Shtula and some other settlements

Aleksandar Vucic stressed that under his presidency, Serbia "will not alter the core goals" of its foreign and domestic policy

According to the source, the secretary-general wanted to visit Ukraine after the summit, but Kiev rejected his proposal

According to the unnamed US and NATO officials and diplomats, Germany and the US top the list of those delaying Kiev's admission to the bloc

The Bank of Russia also raised its forecast for the average key rate for 2024-2026

He is a resident of Mariupol, holds a Ukrainian passport, and reportedly plans to leave Georgia later this year

"We are ready to create conditions for working in Russia," Deputy Finance Minister Ivan Chebeskov added

According to Yury Ushakov, the issue of obtaining the status of a partner country is "a subject of consultations between delegations"

Air defenses shot down several missiles

Russian President made the comment at a meeting with Milorad Dodik, president of Republika Srpska

They also discussed the situation in the Middle East, a statement said

Russia’s Battlegroup Center "acts quite confidently and actually in all the directions," the Russian leader pointed out

The referendum was held at the same time as Moldova's presidential election

The 16th BRICS Summit, which is the key event of Russia’s chairmanship in the association, was held in Kazan on October 22-24

The Russian president said that then the 810th marine brigade, as well as units of the airborne forces were involved to reinforce the result

White House and Pentagon officials have consulted closely with Israel in recent days the New York Times reported.

Top stories from the Russian press on Friday, October 25th

The Ukrainian military command has to "take some urgent action" for its battlegroup stationed in Kurilovka because Russian forces may cut off the enemy’s main supply routes and stifle Ukraine’s troops entrenched east of Kupyansk "even without fully encircling it," Andrey Marochko said

"Our respective agencies and specialists are currently studying the document and positions on that matter will be reported to the president," Dmitry Peskov said

The Russian leader recalled that "the contract ends at the end of this year, in December"

According to George Galloway, the summit will give impetus to the movement towards a multipolar world order

According to the ministry, ten fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles were downed over the Kursk Region

A source in the local civil defense service told a TASS correspondent that the air raid began with airstrikes on the Haret Hreik neighborhood, from where most of the residents left

Maria Zhukova called this film "a provocation beyond any doubt"

Sergey Ryabkov noted that the Russian presidency of BRICS has successfully achieved results in developing models for weaning off the dollar and formalizing them in agreements

Sergey Ryabkov noted that Saudi Arabia currently held the status of an invited country within BRICS

According to the report, US citizen Daniel Bernard Rebar is accused of committing a terrorist act, engaging in mercenary activities, and committing murder and attempted murder of two or more persons

The Ukrainian General Staff periodically reports on the situation along the entire front line in its daily reports

"Naturally, developing countries will look for other currencies to conduct transactions and store reserves," Deputy Finance Minister Ivan Chebeskov pointed out

"The situation on the ground will continue to change not in favor of Kiev and its handlers," Sergey Ryabkov stressed

The Ukrainian military lost more than 26,550 servicemen since the fighting began in the region

The law gives the Russian government the right to prohibit digital currency mining in specific regions or in their individual territories, as well as to determine the procedure and cases for introducing such restrictions

US president is not allowed to do such things, the Republican contender for the White House said

According to the official, the Israeli Air Force conducted 13 airstrikes on the southern outskirts of the city

FATF penalty lists include financially unreliable countries

Such decisions will be made and implemented, Anton Siluanov noted

"This is indirectly recognized by the British themselves, who are well acquainted with the relevant video footage of the Russian Defense Ministry," the statement said

According to Mojtaba Fada, Israel and the US seek to trigger a civil war in Lebanon

Kim Jong Gyu pointed out that he has seen "versions of the deployment of the North Korean armed forces to Russia that have been circulated in the world media recently"

According to developers, the shortage of specialists in the Arctic (for example, there are 27 vacancies per 1 registered unemployed person on the Taymyr) is due, among other things, to the fact that not many are physically or emotionally able to stay in the Arctic for a long time

"They did not know who they were shooting at," Herzi Halevi said

Deputy commander-in-chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ali Fadavi stressed that the Islamic republic was ready for an attack "like never before"

The Russian president said the satellite images were "a serious thing" but added that NATO troops had been directly involved in the Ukraine conflict for a long time now

Sergey Ryabkov emphasized that "weaning off the dollar through mutual settlement clearing schemes is a well-tested approach that needs further development and a multilateral character"

The Russian leader stressed that he was "saying this openly"

TASS has gathered key takeaways from the president's statements

Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov also said that the Russian economy has been demonstrating consistently high growth rates despite unprecedented sanctions pressure

Andrey Kelin pointed to "far-fetched fantasies that strikes on Ukrainian ports allegedly delay food supplies to the population of the world's poorest countries"

Israel’s preliminary strike quickly escalating into an offensive targeting Tehran and Karaj, Iran’s capital and another strategic location

Before the start of this academic year, approximately 300,000 schoolchildren left the country, according to the report

Sergey Lavrov has cut down on smoking to literally a couple of cigarettes a day, Maria Zakharova says

According to ShafaqNA, Iranian air defenses intercepted several Israeli projectiles