Russia, China to boost partnership, including military ties — Putin

During his election campaign, Trump repeatedly said that he would settle the conflict in Ukraine in 24 hours

The Belarusian president recalled Putin’s words that Russia is ready to negotiate with Ukraine, but "wants all Ukrainians to realize that we are returning to the negotiating table three years after the talks were started," and, therefore, the current situation on the ground needs to be taken into account

The Russian president recalled that he had spoken with US President Donald Trump over the phone and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had had first contacts with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Viktor Orban elaborated that Ukraine’s rushed accession to the EU would cause irreparable damage to European countries in areas such as the economy, labor market, healthcare, public security, and border protection

The drills involve warships of the Russian, Iranian, and Chinese Navies

Putin thus responded to the call of US President Donald Trump, who offered to "spare" the Ukrainian troops in Kursk Region

Dmitry Peskov did not specify the topics that Putin and Witkoff had discussed

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

Nine people have been killed and nine others injured in joint US and British airstrikes on Yemen, Al Mayadeen television reported

Oleg Ivanov also highlighted that the Russian military had already made significant progress in establishing a security zone by liberating populated areas in the Sumy Region from enemy control

According to the French diplomat Christophe Lemoine, neither religious nor ethnic groups will be represented at the meeting

Earlier, four people were reported dead

This situation is a precondition to launch the Northern Sea Route as a full-fledged transport corridor, Gadzhimagomed Guseynov said

Russian marines note that the remaining Ukrainian forces are putting up fierce resistance, as many servicemen are still unaware of the defeat of the Ukrainian grouping in the occupied territories

According to The New York Times, Washington will not close its borders for Russians and Belarusians completely

The minister also noted that Macron is now trying to present the situation as if Russian President Vladimir Putin did not want to implement the 2015 Minsk agreements

"They are leaving their military equipment behind, because there is no way to evacuate it," the president added

The politician noted that the coming hours will show whether the Kiev regime will use the chance to save its soldiers

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Russian air carriers Red Wings and Azimuth make direct flights from Russia to Israel

The US has had some pretty good news coming out of Russia, the American leader said

Over the past day, the enemy lost more than 260 military personnel, five armored personnel carriers, two armored combat vehicles, five automobiles, four artillery pieces, two mortars, as well as three unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) control sites

Freedom Finance Global projects the MOEX Index at 3,150-3,250 points on Wednesday

Russian servicemen continue to evacuate civilians

If flights to Mars with the robot are successful, he said, ships with humans could be sent in 2029

A source told AFP that Durov had been authorized to leave France "for several weeks"

"Both parties recognize that this dialogue is needed," Dmitry Peskov added

The top Russian diplomat emphasized that the past three years have marked a "moment of truth"

"On the question of nuclear weapons, obviously our position is that we will do everything we can to prevent any increase in the availability of nuclear weapons," Starmer said

The Forbes list stated that Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin and current Russian President Vladimir Putin had the same amount of votes

French President Emmanuel Macron claimed to be a military observer mission

Kadyrov also shared a video featuring the Akhmat units’ commandos moving through the gas pipeline as they advanced into enemy territory

The highest death toll was recorded in the Latakia governorate in northwestern Syria

On Tuesday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that the Russian Armed Forces hit a US-made Patriot system in Kiev with a Kinzhal hypersonic missile

"In order to effectively implement the call of the US president, an appropriate order is needed from the leadership of Ukraine to its military units to lay down their weapons and surrender," the Russian leader said

Ganul is a neo-Nazi and the former security chief of the Odessa cell of Right Sector (designated extremist and banned in Russia), and also the leader of the Street Front grassroots initiative

The Russian leader said that the Ukrainian army had committed crimes against the civilian population in the Kursk Region, which "are classified by the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation as terrorism"

The ministry also emphasized that the Ukrainian armed forces have lost more than 67,600 servicemen in total during the fighting in the Kursk Region

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said earlier today that Belarus requested Russia to build the second nuclear power plant in the country

Almost all regional airports set records by the number of serviced passengers, Dmitry Yadrov noted

The team that worked earlier on the E-Neva electric car project moved to the new company

Commenting on the notorious clash between Trump and Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky in the White House, Merkel recalled thinking that she never wanted to see anything like this again

According to the Russian Foreign Minister, Russia can see trade with Central Asia growing dynamically despite "the turbulent geopolitical situation"

"As I have already said, these acts are classified by the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation as terrorism," the head of state said at a meeting with members of the Security Council

French leader "did not rule out" such a move amid statements from Ukraine’s armed forces saying that they had successfully used one such combat aircraft

Aliyev expressed his gratitude for Putin’s invitation to attend the May 9 events in the Russian capital, the Azerbaijani leader’s press service said

"And, naturally, after such slaughter, they would hardly want to continue their service under the direction of the Ukrainian military command and Zelensky," Andrey Marochko said

The spacecraft is scheduled to dock with the ISS on Saturday evening

Earlier, Kellogg served as Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine and Russia

According to the president, it has not yet been decided where in Belarus to deploy the systems

According to Alexander Khinshtein, both the Russian military, who are liberating the region, and volunteers, who are assisting residents of border areas, are part of such a fortress

"I think what this [the special military operation in Ukraine] gets done, it’s done. They're going to all want to go home and rest," the US president added

The Ukrainian army has repeatedly attempted without any success to break through into the Sumy Region on armored personnel carriers, armored combat vehicles and pickup trucks

British national James Scott Rhys Anderson, arrested in the Kursk Region, was given 19 years behind bars following a court trial

"This is full isolation and full gunfire control," the Russian leader stressed

According to Alexander Khinshtein, not a single war criminal who committed atrocities on the Kursk land should escape deserved punishment

The protesters are carrying Serbian flags, using drums, vuvuzelas and whistles

Vladimir Karasev further elaborated that the British authorities were also interested in Ukraine's resources, which have been handed over to them by Vladimir Zelensky under a 100-year agreement

The statement came as the countries wrapped up negotiations to finalize the text of their peace agreement

The operation includes a series of precision strikes on Houthi targets

According to the ministry, Russian air defenses shot down seven JDAM bombs, three HIMARS rockets and 170 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones

Also, it is said that the Kiev authorities did not conduct a proper investigation of the events

US President says he knows Russian Leader "pretty well"

In the US President's words, "phase one [in the reconciliation process] is the ceasefire"

Earlier reports said three people were killed and 12 others sustained wounds

"They immediately inform the Russian military about suspicious persons," the source said.

US President also noted that the operation was conducted in coordination with the government of Iraq and the authorities of the Iraqi Kurdistan

This decree expands and complements norms established in December 2024

Igor Kimakovsky explained that the deployment of Ukrainian forces to the Kursk Region had made it possible for Russian troops to advance in the most tactically crucial areas

Washington is not aiming at waging trade wars, said Secretary of State

"The year of 2025 won’t see a profit record again as the cost of credit risk and the margin of banks will return to their historical levels," the Central Bank said

"We will be dealing with this issue today. We have two reporters on it and they are [Russian Foreign Minister] Sergey Lavrov and [chief of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service] Sergey Naryshkin," the Russian leader said

Earlier, Rogov told TASS that the Russian armed forces had advanced in the Zaporozhye Region, approaching the settlements of Shcherbaki and Malye Shcherbaki from the south

According to the acting regional head Alexander Khinshtein, the Ukrainian armed forces continue to shell settlements in the Kursk Region using cluster munitions fired by multiple rocket launchers

US duties in respect of Canada, Mexico, China and the EU may lead to GDP growth deceleration in these countries and across the globe in general, CEO of US-based Navigator Principal Investors Kyle Shostak said

Russia accounts for about 60% of the Belarusian foreign trade turnover, the Russian leader noted

It is reported that negotiations between the American and Russian sides on this issue are at an early stage

Russia’s Battlegroup West inflicted more than 1,585 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed 19 enemy artillery guns and 15 electronic warfare stations in its area of responsibility over the week, the Defense Ministry reported

The S-500, produced by the Almaz-Antey defense manufacturer, was designed to destroy all existing and future aerospace attack weapons of a potential enemy across the entire range of altitudes and speeds

"The entire law enforcement sector and its key link, the Interior Ministry, should certainly build all their activities based on these threats, which undoubtedly arise in today's situation," the Russian president said

As residents have been returning en masse, search efforts are ongoing, Alexander Khinshtein added

There were 23 children among them, Alexander Bastrykin said

The ministry also said that the sappers have a lot of work to do

According to JD Vance, the policy of open borders and the limitations of citizens’ rights are becoming a serious issue for European countries

The Russian president made the statement as he opened a meeting with permanent members of the Russian Security Council

According to the top US diplomat, there can be "no military solution" to the hostilities in Ukraine

Earlier, the CEO of the research and production center Ushkuynik, Alexey Chadayev, said that the drone for the first time would begin to be manufactured in several regions of Russia

"We understand President Trump's call to be guided by humanitarian considerations in relation to these servicemen," the Russian leader said

ACRA noted that the share of BRICS countries in foreign trade turnover increased from 20-25% in 2022 to 45-55% in 2024

Rasmus Jarlov referred to the meeting US President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in the White House on March 13

This refers to License 8L of the US Treasury that authorized transactions of such kind by March 12 of this year

The experiment that allowed testing the supercomputer prototype took place on December 19, the Moscow State University said

According to Axios, the resignation was planned and is linked to the Trump administration's intention to grant Boehler broader powers in a different position

The official noted that thanks to reconnaissance capabilities, Russian units in the Orekhov direction are able to detect the movement of enemy equipment practically in real time