Ukraine bans fifth Russian TV channel

The greatest losses in manpower were inflicted on the enemy in the zone of responsibility of the Battlegroup West

Gazprom pointed to the revision of priority developments in favor of hydrocarbons in some countries and international energy companies

According to CEO Alexey Chadayev, after the invasion of the Kursk Region, the Ukrainian armed forces "were unable to carry out a single successful attack with the mass use of mechanized military equipment"

Senator Natalia Nikonorova stressed that Russia "is ready to respond proportionally to any threat"

Two of these satellites will be able to create digital terrain models and monitor emergency situations

According to its information, the heads of US missions abroad have been notified that their terms in their current positions will expire in January

Andre Berghegger, head of the Association of German Towns and Municipalities, argued that community meeting spaces should remain open as much as possible, "without long breaks, holidays, sick days or early closures"

The embassy expressed its full solidarity with the Italians who became victims of the Ukrainian Nazis and the irresponsible Italian politicians who condoned them

The Russian leader noted that "currently US influence is somehow strengthening" in Europe at the expense of Eastern European states

The Russian president highlighted the readiness of millions to unite around shared, noble goals

According to the FSB’s Public Relations Center, the suspect, a Russian citizen originally from Vinnitsa in Ukraine, resisted arrest and was subsequently neutralized during the operation

Imports of coal from Russia to Japan in November fell by 26%, iron and steel by 82.6%

The collaboration is expected to generate approximately $1.2 million in annual revenue

According to Alexey Chadayev, the drone has been significantly upgraded since its introduction in August 2024

Zaporozhye Region Governor Yevgeny Balitsky stressed that the seizure of Gulyaipole would pave the way for the liberation of the entire Zaporozhye Region

Employees at one of the stores said they did not know where the bars were made

John Mearsheimer stressed that there’s nothing US President Donald Trump "can do to assuage Russian fears that any agreement Moscow reaches with Ukraine and the West will stick over time"

"This media outlet does not have any reliable sources close to the Kremlin," Maria Zakharova said

The Hungarian PM noted that "EU decision-makers are constantly forced to backtrack"

The head of Ushkuynik named the factors that contribute to this phenomenon

According to Mikhail Podolyak, Ukraine’s budget has other priority expenditures, including militarization

According to Maria Zakharova, Germany has de facto been turned into a territory of lawlessness for people of a certain nationality, in this case, citizens of Russia

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Sweden should apologize for the incident

As Bloomberg noted, the ruble’s rise has been influenced by reduced demand for foreign currency in Russia.

Head of the Bundestag defense committee Thomas Rowekamp said that 20,000-30,000 servicemen leave the active army every year

The source said there are quite a lot of units in the Ukrainian army that did not meet expectations of the command

24 of them were destroyed over the Bryansk region

Rodion Miroshnik added that it remains unclear what the first point of Zelensky’s plan, intended to affirm Ukraine’s sovereignty, actually means

According to the head of state, the next 10 to 15 years will bring an unprecedented technological breakthrough in world history

The use of unilateral coercive measures has been a major obstacle to establishing a fair and equal polycentric world order, the Russian Foreign Ministry added as it dismissed such measures as a key instrument of the collective West’s neocolonial policies

According to the sources, the measure is based on the principle of reciprocity

Poland’s last operating Russian Consulate General located in the city of Gdansk closed down earlier this week

The fleet pointed out that "the submarine crew is currently conducting a routine inter-fleet transfer after performing missions as part of the Russian Navy’s standing task force stationed in the Mediterranean Sea"

Additionally, more than 36,000 have voluntarily joined units dispatched to the zone of the special military operation, the politician stated

Viktor Orban said that Europe could have sent a peace mission to Moscow and Kiev instead of declaring their conflict its own war

According to Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Swedish customs and law enforcement agencies, including security services, continued their so-called inspection

Vitaly Kiselev added that, despite heavy losses and massive, combined attacks by the Russian army, the Ukrainian army brigades have "a very large number of soldiers that go AWOL"

Delivery by air to these countries continues

On December 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on holding the Year of Russian-Chinese Scientific, Technical and Innovation Cooperation in 2020-2021

In a telephone conversation with EC President Jose Manuel Barroso, Russian President Vladimir Putin allegedly said that Russian troops would be able to "take Kiev in two weeks" if necessary

Tito Tettamanti said the West made a mistake by intervening too much in Ukraine's affairs to weaken Russia

Alexander Dudchak doubts that Kiev is really ready to carry out an "all-for-all" prisoner swap according to the plan

Earlier on Saturday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported downing 11 Ukrainian drones over the same three regions in a span of five hours

Maria Zakharova added that the ministry’s calculations were inspired by a TASS report that counted the number of briefings and their duration

Maria Zakharova stressed that Russia remains open for serious talks

According to Andrey Sushentsov, the US was the first to realize that it’s impossible to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia

First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, head of the "Servant of the People" party, Alexander Korniyenko announced it

Vladimir Zelensky did not disclose the content of the conversation

According to the statement, earlier, Benjamin Netanyahu "has led countless overt and covert operations in the campaign against Iran's nuclear program"

The regional emergency response headquarters reported that a woman and a 14-year-old were injured in a drone attack on a car

Russia’s Battlegroup South inflicted more than 215 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed an enemy tank and six armored combat vehicles in its area of responsibility over the past day, the Defense Ministry reported

Top stories from the Russian press on Wednesday, December 24th

TASS has compiled the key statements by the official representative of the Foreign Ministry

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko earlier stated that a maximum of 10 Russian-made Oreshnik systems would be deployed in the republic

Spokesman Avichay Adraee said Hussein al-Jawhari had led operations against Israel in Syria and Lebanon in recent years

The meeting was attended by representatives of the presidential administration, federal executive authorities and organizations involved in this work

Significant damage has been inflicted on the economy, and key elements of the culture, religion, and traditions of the residents of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics have been suppressed

Maria Zakharova said that Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier congratulated the Azerbaijani president on his birthday during a phone call

Medvedev is scheduled to hold a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping

Russian fish and seafood exports to China in January-November 2025 decreased year-on-year by 6% in weight

Su-33 fighter jets of the Russian Navy escorted the long-range bombers

During field testing, the drones have proven their reliability, Vladimir Tkachuk said

According to spokeswoman Galina Balzamova, the actual number of families unaware of their relatives’ fate is higher, as not everyone contacts the ICRC directly

Militants operating in the Idlib de-escalation zone shelled settlements in the provinces of Latakia, Hama and Aleppo

At the same time, experts lowered their forecast for Russian economic growth in 2026 by 0.3 pp, to 0.9%

Evgeniy Terekhin added that cooperation in the field of peaceful nuclear energy could become the "flagship area of economic and technological partnership" between Russia and Ethiopia

Maria Zakharova noted that negotiations between Washington and Moscow are accompanied by "extremely harmful and even malicious attempts by a group of countries, primarily Western European ones, to torpedo and derail all diplomatic progress"

The commission concluded its examination of the GPS cassettes recovered from avionics modules No. 1 and No. 3

Maria Zakharova said that a certain stupidity and audacity shine through in these statements

The Russian defense industry is currently focused on solving state problems, not on generating more profit

CEO Alexey Miller expressed confidence that Gazprom will annually supply China with volumes in excess of its contractual obligations

Spacecraft was inserted into the target orbit at the calculated time and taken over for control by the ground assets of the Aerospace forces

There is a steady interest from Indian companies in expanding their presence in the Russian market, Andrey Sobolev noted

head of the Bundestag defense committee Thomas Rowekamp said that the German army "has capabilities that it can use, including in Ukraine"

The prohibited products include meat, fish, coffee, tea, chocolate and other confectionery, baby food, animal feed, alcohol and cigarettes

According to Nikolay Azarov, the plan does not resolve a number of important issues

According to Ouest-France, eBay had already recorded 500,000 listings by the morning of December 25 and expects the total number of posts to rise by 400%

The expert focused on the political points of the plan and on the security guarantees demanded by Kiev

Deputy President of the Russian Academy of Education Gennady Onishchenko noted that H3N2 flu changed since 1973

According to the report, it looks like a preconceived attack

It was signed in St. Petersburg on May 20, 2025

A recent report by the Royal United Services Institute think-tank in London also pointed out that Russian intelligence services have allegedly begun to recruit people with no military background who can travel relatively free to other countries and establish personal contacts

"Magomednabi Gadzhiyev, head of the Shamilsky District from where the convoy departed, and two members of the Self-Defense public organization, were killed," Sergey Melikov, leader of the North Caucasus region, said

Russian troops brought them to a safe place in Belgorod

The Russian government’s officials in charge of economy and social affairs, presidential administration officials, and Russian Central Bank chief Elvira Nabiullina attended the meeting

Speaking of his administration’s achievements, the US president pointed out that the US no longer had "open borders, men in women’s sports, transgender for everyone, or weak law enforcement"

Two tanks with oil products are on fire

Minister Dubravka Djedovic-Handanovic stressed that the Serbian government is committed to creating conditions that will allow NIS to continue operating "regardless of how long it takes to complete the transaction" between MOL and the company's Russian shareholders

"Close cooperation is crucial for achieving success in the war on terror, which is absolutely obvious," the Kremlin spokesman said

According to CEO Alexey Miller, Gazprom will continue to increase gas volumes supplied to these countries

The police said the suspects charged each evader $10,000

As of September 2025, Wildberries, Ozon, and Yandex Market hold 68.9% of all online sales in the country

According to He Yongqian, Beijing believes that a US blockade "could not only disrupt the normal functioning of international energy markets, but also pose additional security risks"

Harald Kujat opined that the West’s massive support created an illusion for Kiev that "it can turn the strategic situation into its favor"