Donetsk regional governor confirms his resignation — media

Hungary and Slovakia have reached an agreement to build a new oil product pipeline between the two countries to ensure their energy security in the face of Ukraine's oil blockade, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto announced

"Ukraine’s accession to the EU is out of the question, and a 20th sanctions package and a 90 billion euro loan can only be included in the agenda as soon as the Ukrainians resume oil supplies," Peter Szijjarto said

According to the report, Washington had counted on the operation lasting four to six weeks

Russia’s Battlegroup North inflicted roughly 285 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed three enemy armored combat vehicles in its areas of responsibility over the past day, the Defense Ministry reported

Abbas Juma noted Iran's significant success in building its unmanned aerial vehicle industry

Roscosmos took efforts last year and keeps taking them this year to ensure the smooth joint operation of its enterprises, Yuri Borisov stressed

According to the investigation, suicide bombers detonated homemade explosive devices near a university hospital, a market, and a highway

The region’s head Denis Pushilin says that 1,045 more children have been injured

According to earlier statements by a spokesman for the Iranian Armed Forces’ Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, Iran would not allow any oil cargo related to the United States or its allies to pass through the Strait of Hormuz

Peter Kagwanja, founder and head of the Africa Policy Institute, said that neither Europe, nor Russia, nor China, nor the countries of the Persian Gulf support the US policy

Retired Major General Leonid Ivlev noted that the aircraft supplied to Kiev by the West are significantly inferior to Russian Sukhoi-series aircraft such as the Su-30 and Su-35S

Friedrich Merz says this "will make the already dire humanitarian situation in Lebanon even worse"

US lawmakers want information on Washington’s plans regarding Iran

At the end of 2025, the Prosecutor General's Office issued demands to Russia's mass media and telecommunications watchdog Roskomnadzor for the removal of a Telegram post containing calls for extremist activity

According to the sources cited by The Daily Telegraph, the refusal may worsen his relations with the US president

No information about inflicted damage or injured people has been received thus far

According to Alireza Haghighian, Iran is full of determination to punish the aggressor and make it regret its actions

Federal authorities may take enforcement measures to ensure compliance with sanctions introduced by the UN, USCE or main trade partners of Switzerland, official spokesperson of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs Fabian Maienfisch stated

According to the newspaper, the step would allow to implement structural changes in the country’s economy

According to the report, the debris fell in the Bani Yas area

The diplomats also urged US citizens to refrain from traveling to Iraq

Donald Trump says a corresponding request was sent due to the military operation against Iran

According to the newspaper, the public debt of some European countries, particularly the UK and France, is reaching 60-year highs

Guaranteed lifting of sanctions, withdrawal of US bases, return of frozen assets and development of non-dollar trade are among them

According to the Russian top diplomat, the EU has "fully" discredited itself and there is nothing constructive in its position for progress in the negotiations on Ukraine

The court hearing was held in closed session at the request of the defense due to the presence of trade secrets and confidential company information in the case

Iran has full sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, General Ali Mohammad Naini said

According to the sources of the newspaper, no signs of a soon change of power in Iran are seen

Valery Gerasimov also set further combat tasks

The deployment of the S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems will begin in April, Turkey's president recalled

"The FP-1 is considered no worse or better than all other UAVs in the third technological league, which is what has allowed Russia to successfully repel Ukrainian attacks in recent days," Dmitry Kuzyakin said

The first shipments have begun on July 12, 2019

Abdullah Agar recalled that at the current stage, "the burden of the war in Ukraine has largely been shifted to Europe"

The Fujairah industrial area with oil assets was earlier attacked by a drone

As a result of the attack, five people were wounded in the city of Korocha in the Belgorod Region

"If Romania provides the United States with access to its bases, we will give a corresponding legal and political response," Esmaeil Baghaei said

Ali Bahreini says he does not rule out that the US president's statements of the contrary indicate that things are not going the way the US expected them to

The strikes on US military bases in the Middle East will continue until US forces completely withdraw from them

Sergey Melik-Bagdasarov says the treaty on strategic partnership and cooperation between the states "serves as an uncontested guideline for further strengthening and developing the relations"

There is no information on whether the port infrastructure was the target of the strike

According to the latest data, 175 people were killed, mostly female students, as well as parents and teachers

According to TASS calculations, the Ukrainian drone attack on the Moscow Region repelled by the Russian Defense Ministry's air defense forces in the period became the largest in at least a year

The Commission does intend to put forward a proposal to ban the import of oil from Russia, Dan Jorgensen said

The IRGC said that the strikes may be carried out in the coming hours

The US and Israel aimed to weaken Iranian people, to instill fear, Ali Mojtaba Rouzbehani said

Abbas Araghchi also stressed that victims must be compensated

Payments were made in accordance with the decree of the Russian Federation on the temporary procedure of honoring state debt liabilities of the Russian Federation to residents and foreign creditors

Most people were forced to flee their homes amid a widening area of Israeli bombing, the Lebanese ministry of social affairs says

Yury Trutnev noted that Rosatom possesses cutting-edge technologies and is a global leader in a number of areas, operating in more than 60 countries

According to the top Russian diplomat, the fate of the nuclear nonproliferation regime is causing serious concern against the backdrop of the acute military-political crisis in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf zone

US President Donald Trump has five options for dealing with Iran, including admitting defeat or starting World War III, the founder of the Megaupload file said

Four children are among the injured

The Iranian army said Rafael’s weapons manufacturing center develops air defense systems such as the Iron Dome, Spike missiles and cyber technologies

If the US leader wants stability in the strait, he must pull US forces out, Iranian Ambassador to Turkmenistan Ali Mojtaba Rouzbahani said

Bakanov emphasized the importance of the International Space Station and the need to make ISS missions more comfortable

According to Defense One, the United States plans to employ the Leonidas high-powered microwave system, which is designed to overload an incoming drone’s circuits with energy and knock it out

The number of Kiev troops killed and wounded stands at more than 1.5 million, retired Major General Leonid Ivlev said

According to the press service, the Pacific Fleet ships departed from Vladivostok on February 12, 2026 for a long-distance, Asia-Pacific deployment

A treaty on Crimea’s and Sevastopol’s accession to Russia was signed on March 18, 2014

Retired Major General Leonid Ivlev noted that the Ukrainian conflict has led to a leap forward in military art and constantly poses new challenges for the military-industrial complex

Dmitry Kuzyakin noted that after the system identifies targets, the UAV-destroying capabilities are activated

"Everybody understands the risks of such tapping attacks and knows that it is impossible to guarantee 100-percent protection," Boris Pistorius noted

Yvan Gil Pinto says that Venezuela and Russia are brotherly countries and strategic partners

The cargo left the Sabetta port in 257 LNG carriers and 20 condensate carriers

The Russian president hopes that the situation in Idlib will not ruin the country's relations with Turkey

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei announced the speech, adding "The Iranian people are determined to defend their homeland"

Vladimir Saldo said the enemy is well aware of their capabilities

Fragments splash down in Pacific

Russia renew its insistent call to all parties to immediately stop hostilities and take the situation to the political and diplomatic dimension, the Russian Foreign Ministry said

Hayyan Abdul Ghani said production suspension affected "West Qurna 1" and "West Qurna 2", Faihaa and Majnoon fields

"Following the US decision to ease sanctions on Russian oil, Europe will maintain sanctions and continue to move away from Russian fossil fuels," EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas stressed

China and France pointed to the need for a diplomatic settlement of the dispute in the region

Florian Philippot called on France to follow the example of Bart De Wever

On March 12, the US Naval Forces Central Command reported that a fire broke out on board the USS Gerald R. Ford

Esmaeil Baghaei said from the very beginning that Iran did not play any role and did not interfere in the conflict in Ukraine

Strikes against more than 7,000 targets were made

The vehicle was completely destroyed

The agency's sources indicated that they consider US President Donald Trump’s recent statements about the US having destroyed Iran’s military potential an exaggeration

Russian Federal Security Service Director Alexander Bortnikov pointed to the development of quantum computing technologies

According to Vasily Khudoleyev, current production capacity exceeds 10,000 items per day

The MOEX Russia Index lost 0.63% to 2,853.72 points, while the RTS Index dropped by 1.64% to 1,109.15 points

An informed source told TASS that Kerry’s visit to Moscow is expected to take place in about a week

Pakistan once again violated the Afghan airspace, striking a rehabilitation center for drug addicts in Kabul, Zabihullah Mujahid said

Israel Katz said that he and Benjamin Netanyahu gave instructions to the Israel Defense Forces to destroy terrorist infrastructure in Lebanese border settlements just as was done against Palestine’s radical movement Hamas in Rafah, Beit Hanoun and the terror tunnels in Gaza

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The voter turnout was 73.12%

No damage to property or casualties have been reported

Even though their territory is being used to attack Iran, Esmail Bagai noted

Ali Mojtaba Rouzbehani emphasized that even international institutions were unable to act against these aggressors

On the morning of March 14, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that the practical phase of the Maritime Security Belt - 2024 exercise ended in the Gulf of Oman

The Hungarian top diplomat noted that this was the first time he had encountered such a direct threat

There is also no information whether detailed contacts are currently underway regarding this issue

Rodion Miroshnik said the number of downed Ukrainian drones testifies more to the growing capabilities of Russian air defenses than to the Kiev regime’s ability to inflict any significant damage

Voter turnout in the referendum on Kazakhstan’s new Constitution held on March 15 stood at 73.12%

Hassan Jouni emphasized that the decision to escalate or de-escalate the exchange of strikes now rests with Tehran, not Washington

The foreign ministers of member-states of the European Union discussed how to push this forward

Yury Trutnev noted that Russian nuclear corporation Rosatom possesses cutting-edge technologies, is a world leader in research reactors

Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic says that the liberation of Konstantinovka would allow to advance toward the Kramatorsk-Slavyansk agglomeration from the south

This issue is still topical, the Russian foreign minister noted

According to the sources cited by Shafaq News, the victim estimate is not final