Ukraine 'swap' for Russian journalist: reports unconfirmed, says media union

Denis Pushilin noted that while large "Press" markings once offered some degree of protection, they have now become a sort of danger, as Ukrainian commanders increasingly disregard them

TASS has compiled the main information about the special operation progress over the past 24 hours

Mikhail Pavliv explained that in Jeddah, the Americans got everything they wanted in the military aspect from Ukraine very quickly

Kirill Logvinov also outlined key events planned around major historical milestones, including the signing of the UN Charter on June 26, the Potsdam Conference from July 17 to August 2, and UN Day on October 24

In early March, Larry Johnson visited the Victory Museum in Moscow as part of the US delegation

The largest amount of the destroyed Ukrainian military equipment remains in the settlements of Malaya Loknya, Nikolskoye, Pogrebki, Lebedevka and along the Korenevo-Sudzha road

"Engagement between Comrat and Chisinau is nonexistent, as the politicians in Chisinau have chosen a different approach toward Gagauzia – one of pressure, blackmail, and threats," Ilya Uzun said

Trade wars do harm to all the parties, Scholz noted

"Yesterday one of chiefs of the Kiev regime Buganov openly admitted that the Ukrainian intelligence service prepared assassination attempts on the Russian president. This assassination attempt was again prepared with US money," Maria Zakharova wrote on her Telegram channel

The businessman was granted Russian citizenship in October 2016. In 2022, after the onset of the special military operation, he applied to the Russian embassy on renunciation of Russian citizenship

While Europe continues to speculate that the Ukrainian conflict could spread across the continent, the Hungarian prime minister dismissed this notion, stating, "This is not true"

Sergey Leshchenko added that Kiev should take into account that US President Donald Trump, whose administration has put forward the agreement, "is there for a long time"

TASS has compiled main facts from the statements by the Russian Defense Ministry

A French officer told the newspaper that his country’s military is "getting ready for the worst"

The US President noted that "it is still too early to think about this"

According to the ministry, the Kiev regime has just increased the number of attacks on energy infrastructure in Russia’s Kursk and Belgorod regions, despite Zelensky’s claims

The Russian leader also agreed with Sergey Mironov, head of the "A Just Russia - For Truth" faction in the Duma, who said that "the birth rate is insufficient, because the matter concerns extinction"

Commenting on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent remarks on Ukraine, Kirill Logvinov told TASS that following negotiations, Russia or mediators have an opportunity to file a relevant request to the organization

According to Kirill Logvinov, this constitutes a major problem for the UN

The report says the militants presented a threat to the US military

On March 25, Evghenia Gutsul was detained at the Chisinau Airport

"After Trump’s team slammed Zelensky’s inappropriate attire, he’ll either need to start wearing a suit or continue to be looked at as a street rat," Alexander Dubinsky said

The Russian president reiterated that such precedents under the auspices of the UN existed in East Timor, New Guinea and parts of former Yugoslavia

In the village of Ivanovskaya Lisitsa, a security council secretary was wounded after the detonation of a munition

Guo Jiakun clarified that Beijing maintains a "consistent and clear position on the Ukrainian crisis" and that dialogue and negotiations are the only effective means of resolving the conflict

"It is supposed to enter service with the Russian Navy and to start performing its combat tasks next year," the president added

However, with Bolivia facing political infighting ahead of the presidential election, the president’s agenda is quite busy

"The enemy expects to hold off the advance of the Russian armed forces as long as possible, hoping to escape through the forest to the Sumy Region," the source said

Europe's security is indivisible, British Foreign Minister David Lammy stressed

Law enforcement staff is in action

In addition, the court convicted 12 assistants, estimating the total funds involved at €4 million

Kirill Logvinov answered the question about whether the EU intended to resume dialogue with Russia, considering the ongoing situation surrounding Syria

In particular, Russian air defenses destroyed 41 UAVs over the Bryansk Region, 24 over the Kaluga Region and one over the Kursk Region

"But now the covers have completely fallen off, as they say, and it has become evident to everyone what the various high courts in the European capitals, Western jurisdictions, where many sought to hide in, are worth," the Russian president said

"Any abandonment of sanctions would only be possible if the EU ceases to view illegitimate sanctions as a tool of foreign policy," Kirill Logvinov stated

The second stage of Indra Navy 2025 will last for three days and will focus on joint maneuvering, sailing in formation, and exercises to counter air and surface threats

Iran stressed in its reply letter that the Islamic Republic never avoided direct talks and only unfulfilled pledges triggered problems on that issue that must be resolved to restore trust between the two countries while the fate of the negotiations "will be determined by the behavior of the Americans"

Graham Fuller did not rule out that Europe would also move towards normalizing relations with Russia in the foreseeable future

The previous telephone conversation between the two leaders was held on March 18

Andrey Marochko noted that due to the ongoing active fighting in Chasovy Yar, it is currently difficult to count the area liberated and mopped up of Ukrainian troops

They are acting inconsistently, constantly trying to fool, Russian President said

Kirill Logvinov noted that the EU approach to Syria showed that EU members would continue making attempts to isolate Russia in the international arena despite everything

According to the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia, the most important goal is "to convert the bloodthirsty and the total, fabricated-myth-laden consciousness of some Ukrainians"

According to Reuters, US President made this statement to reporters on board Air Force One

The Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday that the battlegroup North had liberated the village of Gogolevka in the Kursk Region

TV channel said that The drone exploded nearby, fragmentations partly hit the car

According to the designer company, the laser beam destroys the drone body, propeller, engines, battery

Meanwhile, the Russian Emergencies Ministry has started to regroup its 120 rescuers in Myanmar to quake-hit Mandalay

Andrey Marochko said that development of combat power is registered in this area, including by assault teams

Additionally, Ukraine is required to make its own contributions to this fund

The voyager was taken on board of a cargo ship sailing to China’s Qingdao, the center informed

The Russian Defence Ministry said earlier that assault units of the Don Cossack air assault regiment based in Feodosia had taken an important fortified strongpoint of the Ukrainian army in the borderline

"The counteraction operation involved missile troops, unmanned aerial vehicles and naval forces that used several cruise missiles and drones," the Houthi spokesman said

Trump said that would be that if you buy oil from Russia, you can’t do business in the United States

"There are grounds to think that we will finish them off," the Russian leader said

US President Donald Trump announced this to reporters on board Air Force One

The man, born in 1981, opened gunfire at a unit of the Patrol and Guard Service from atop a building on Kolsky Avenue in downtown Murmansk late on March 30

According to Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmail Baghaei, such statements run counter to the United Nations Charter and the safeguards under the International Atomic Energy Agency

The launch was made from the Norwegian Andoya launch site

Wan Qingsong asserted that since the start of the Ukrainian crisis, NATO not only worsened the situation but also extended its influence

Top stories from the Russian press on Monday, March 31st

According to Kirill Logvinov, the respective decisions will be made individually

US President says Zelensky will "get into trouble" if he backs out of deal

Police said they have started an investigation

Russian president noted the important contribution of Muslim organizations into Russia’s public and spiritual life, and their role in charitable, educational and patriotic projects and initiatives

According to the report, Russian forces continue advancing through forest belts in the Velikaya Novosyolka frontline area

"The arbitrary deadlines Starmer hastily devised in his remarks to journalists are completely unfounded — especially given London’s clear intent to derail any peace initiatives," the statement reads

It became known earlier that the Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Vietnamese Communist Party To Lam would be present at the parade

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Guterres, when speaking at the ceremony dedicated to the 80th anniversary of liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau, did not mention the Red Army a single time, although the Memory Day for these victims was established according to results of the heroic deed of the Red Army fighters

Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department of International Organizations Kirill Logvinov also recalled that it was the "arrogant unwillingness of Westerners to hear" Moscow's position that led to the conflict

Ali Khamenei said that it was unlikely, that the US would attack on the country from outside

The Akhmat commando forces of the Russian Defense Ministry are currently deployed in the Kursk border area and the Belgorod Region, with additional units stationed in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Lugansk People's Republic (LPR)

According to the spokesman for the battlegroup Ivan Bigma, the battlegroup hit two mechanized, one assault and one territorial defense brigades in the Kharkov Region, the LPR, the DPR and in the Serebryanka forestry

The US leader also expressed confidence that his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, would like to make a deal to resolve the Ukraine conflict

Vladimir Zelensky will attempt to catch his competitors by surprise, hoping that they will fail to arrange an efficient campaign within a short term, the source said

The new drones were detected in the Zaporozhye, Orekhov, Dzerzhinsk, Kremennaya and Kharkov directions of the special military operation, as well as in Russia’s borderline areas of Belgorod and Kursk

A powerful 8.2-magnitude quake hit Myanmar on March 28, claiming the lives of more than 1,600 people

The Investigative Committee has opened a criminal probe into these crimes under part 2, article 205 (‘A Terrorist Act’) and part 3, article 356.1 of Russia’s Criminal Code (‘Marauding’), she said

The previous version of the deal was not signed because of a verbal spat between Vladimir Zelensky and US leaders at the White House

The confrontation in Ukraine was accompanied by "the use of a large amount of technologies that had never been employed before and that began to play a completely critical role in modern warfare," Vasily Kashin noted

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

The attacker acted alone, and he has been wounded

Bodies of fourteen dead people, with communication with them lost several years ago, were found in a collective grave on Sunday

Kirill Logvinov opined that members of Europe’s current political elite were unable to truly appreciate the fact that Europe lived in peace for 80 years

The Finnish president said earlier in an interview with the Politico news outlet that the "armed to the teeth" Ukraine should be in the basis of the deterrence policy

The plant was producing washing machines and refrigerators

Meanwhile, Belgian Navy Commander Erik Kockx, who heads a group taking part in a NATO mission in the Baltic Sea, pointed out that it’s hard to evaluate the practical effect of the bloc’s increased presence in the region

The Russian Defense Ministry said that on March 30, within the period from 04:50 p.m. to 05:20 p.m. Moscow time, air defense means on duty destroyed three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territory of the Republic of Crimea

This was reported by two US officials and a source familiar with the president's travel plans

"As for Brussels' determination to follow through, it is rather a path towards self-destruction of the EU," Kirill Logvinov noted

The event titled "Space of Joint Development: Global and Eurasian Dimensions" kicks off in Shanghai on March 31

Earlier, Trump announced his intention to call Putin again this week

TASS has compiled the main information about the special operation progress over the past 24 hours

According to the ministry, the rescuers have brought along all the equipment necessary for search-and-rescue operations

Instincts of the ruling class in Europe are clearly demonstrated in developments in Ukraine, the top Russian diplomat said