Belarus president blames ex-president Yanukovych for crisis in Ukraine

According to him, 'that's the key issue in the conflict'

In early March, Macron announced in an address to the French people that he would initiate discussions with allies about placing European countries under the protection of France's nuclear deterrent

Chairman of Turkey's opposition Republican People's Party Ozgur Ozel also called on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to hold early presidential elections

The Russian delegation will be led by Grigory Karasin, the head of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, and Sergey Beseda, adviser to the director of Russia's Federal Security Service

In early March, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree appointing Alexander Darchiyev as the Russian ambassador to Washington

The European Union’s office in Ukraine informed that it would allocate further 10 billion euro to Kiev to finance "independent media

Dilma Rousseff added that the BRICS countries will continue pushing for the participation in mutually beneficial investment projects

According to the report, in counterbattery warfare, six field artillery guns, including two US-made 155mm M198 howitzers and six mortar teams were destroyed

The SPD has long sought to change the country's Basic Law to weaken the "debt brake" - a strict rule prohibiting budget financing with new debt above a certain level

"This is because recent years are becoming increasing warmer under influence of growing concentration of greenhouse gases," Research Director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia Roman Vilfand said

US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz noted that the talks will constitute "some type of discussion of territory for permanent and lasting peace."

Hamas is in discussion with mediators on the plan to resolve the conflict in Gaza proposed by US Special Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff, Hamas spokesperson Abdul Latif Al-Qanou said earlier

Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said that the delegation includes "energy experts as well as military representatives from the naval and air components."

A prototype of the Superjet aircraft equipped with Russia-produced PD-8 engines completed its maiden flight on March 17

Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vulin also noted that Serbia has not joined Western sanctions against Russia and will continue to adhere to this stance

"This would represent a continuation of the same colonial scenario and further accelerate Ukraine's collapse," Viktor Vodolatsky said

American journalist Tucker Carlson recalled that 'the Russian position is he is not elected,' so one 'can't sign any kind of treaty with him'

US president’s critics are concerned that Trump "may offer consessions to Russia without Ukraine’s consent, putting President Vladimir Zelensky in a perilous position"

The Russian delegation will be led by Karasin and Sergey Beseda, an advisor to the FSB director

Top stories from the Russian press on Monday, March 17th

"The people living there - many of them, at least, I know it for certain, 100% - they want to return to their historic homeland," the Russian president noted

The first round of talks between the technical teams of Ukraine and the United States, which focused mainly on halting strikes on energy infrastructure, took place on March 23 and lasted about six hours

According to Al Jazeera, the Israeli military delivered air and artillery strikes

Present-day Ukraine was wholly created by Communist Russia, Putin said

Benjamin Netanyahu believes that capturing and holding swathes of territory will allow them to finally defeat the Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas, the newspaper writes

Back in 2021, the minister said that he had visited about 150 states, but Russia was always the most attractive country for him

US Presidential Special Envoy noted he finds the claims that 'the Russians are going to march across Europe' odd

According to the report, about 15 targets were shot down over the city

Al Hadath added that Houthi Naval Forces Chief of Staff Mansur al-Sa'adi had suffered injuries in the attack

Several hundred people gathered in front of the hospital, and the Vatican News portal broadcast the event live

The destruction of the gas metering station in Sudzha by Ukrainian forces is a provocation designed to undermine the peace initiatives of US President Donald Trump, Sergey Mironov stated

A representative of The Ritz-Carlton told a TASS correspondent that the meeting will be held "behind closed doors."

The execution deadline is June 1, 2025

Protests in support of him take place in front of the city hall every day

The situation had already been critical when he and his fellow soldiers heard that Russian forces had broken through Ukrainian lines, Ukrainian Senior Sergeant Zenon Dashak said

Witkoff said in an interview with US journalist Tucker Carlson that the two leaders had sent signals to each other of their readiness for dialogue

The TV channel reported earlier that Barhoum, who was in charge of Hamas's financial assets in Gaza, was killed

Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council opined that those companies would most probably want to get back

According to the report, over the past few days, the Israel Defense Forces and the Israel Security Agency have struck militants throughout the Gaza Strip in order to weaken Hamas' military capabilities

"Therefore, until such sad situation remains, any progress in talks on Ukraine’s admission to the EU is out of the question," Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said

According to the company’s data, the largest share of the group's revenue (42.7%) came from the European market, with Asia (32.7%) and North and South America (22.4%) in second and third place

Vladimir Putin emphasized that Russia's plan would mean ending the conflict once and for all, not freezing it

According to the Russian president, the CIA alert was enough to expose and arrest the criminals

The Russian Defense Ministry added that units of the Battlegroup North inflicted losses on formations of a mechanized, airborne assault brigade, a marine brigade and three territorial defense brigades of the Ukrainian armed forces in the areas of the settlements of Gogolevka, Gornal, Guevo and Oleshnya during offensive operations

According to a high-ranking army source, London will not have time to develop a plan for presence in Ukraine by April 20

According to the magazine, "the White House does, in fact, have many options, if it wishes to undermine the alliance"

The Al Jazeera channel reported that the Israeli military struck an ambulance near the city of Rafah in the south of the enclave

Russian troops hit military airfield infrastructure, unmanned aerial vehicle operator training centers, their production workshops and storage sites, as well as concentrations of manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 138 districts over the past 24 hours, the ministry added

According to the report, the Russian military continues advancing

This is a normal approach amid difficult geopolitics, Alexander Shokhin said

Top stories from the Russian press on Friday, March 21st

Peskov expressed bewilderment that Europeans are questioning where to find €800 billion - not for healthcare or infrastructure development, but for militarization

"Ukraine needs to clearly understand the further conditions of access to the EU market," Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Vitaly Koval noted

Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov announced earlier that Russian and US experts would hold consultations in Riyadh on March 24

According to Halk TV, a court decision on pre-trial restrictions for Imamoglu is expected on Sunday morning

The heads of Istanbul’s Beylikduzu municipality, Mehmet Murat Calik, and the head of the Sisli district, Emrah Sahan, have also been suspended

US naval ships regularly sail into the Black Sea

German officials are concerned as, privately, they have "reeled from the pace of events since Trump took office," the FT writes

On March 18, the Israeli army resumed military operations in the Gaza Strip, launching massive strikes on the enclave breaking the ceasefire established in January

Lula da Silva will hold a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin

Ukrainian troops attacked a power substation in Pologi, leaving more than 11,000 subscribers without electricity

The Russian delegation will be represented by Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Grigory Karasin and Advisor to the Director of the Federal Security Service Sergey Beseda

A supplement to the sanction carve-out issued in November 2022 enabled Chevron to remain within the framework of laws when paying taxes and royalty to Venezuela, the news agency said

The accident occurred in the Simferopol district on the Simferopol-Yevpatoria highway

The talks are to start at 7:00 a.m. GMT, a TASS source said earlier

Valery Pikalev noted that this number was 11% higher than in 2023, but 1% short of its projected target

The Russian president also ordered to take measures providing for the use of solutions based on artificial intelligence in manufacturing and operation of drones

It is unclear yet what caused the accident

Seven Starlink terminals, 21 drone control points and a field ammunition depot of the Ukrainian army were destroyed, the Russian Battlegroup West spokesman Ivan Bigma added

The group’s military spokesperson, Yahya Saree, stated that the strikes continued for several hours

The Secretary discussed Israel’s ongoing military operations in Gaza, and efforts to help release the hostages and bring them home

"There will be no privileges or preferences for those returning," the Russian leader went on to say

Earlier, Macron stated in an interview with Le Parisien that European countries willing to send a military contingent to Ukraine

Rodion Miroshnik drew attention to Ukraine's new attempt to attack civilian targets in the Rostov Region

The Russian delegation is led by Grigory Karasin, the head of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, and Sergey Beseda, adviser to the director of Russia's Federal Security Service

The US leader also reiterated that the Ukrainian conflict would have never happened if he had been president in 2022

"We see that the enemy 'clung' to Chasov Yar, realizing that this settlement is located on elevated ground, the dominant height, and in the future our units will have operational space in terms of advancing in a number of directions: to Kramatorsk, to Slavyansk, to Konstantinovka, so, of course, the enemy is impeded," Denis Pushilin said

Major General Apty Alaudinov added that getting captured Ukrainian soldiers out of the combat zone is no easy task

A total of more than 4,400 Ukrainian servicemen have been destroyed during the hostilities

The Russian diplomat stressed that for most countries, Russia is becoming a "pioneer" that strives to defend vital things regardless of sanctions and restrictions, because they are universal

Earlier, it was reported that, on Monday morning, Kiev attempted to strike the two airstrips with Soviet-made jet drones in order to disable Russian long-range aviation planes

The European Union, Canada, the United States and Japan froze $300 billion worth of Russia's assets after the start of the special military operation

However, according to prime minister of the German state of Saxony Michael Kretschmer, Russia poses a threat at the moment

On March 20, US special envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg stated that the US was eager to hold proximity talks in Riyadh between the technical teams of Russia and the Kiev authorities

Thus, according to the SVR, it is planned to "make public information that the 'president' personally and his team have misappropriated more than $1.5 billion only from funds meant to buy munitions"

Variability of weather characteristics is growing during the climate warming period, Research Director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia Roman Vilfand said

At the same time, Russia’s air defense systems have shot down a MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry reported

The Russian Defense Ministry said that air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 29 drones over the territory of the Rostov Region, 20 drones over the Astrakhan Region, three drones over the Voronezh Region, three drones over the territory of the Volgograd Region, two drones over the territory of the Republic of Crimea, and one drone in each of the Kursk and Saratov Regions

The epicenter was reportedly located 39 kilometers north of the city of Coquimbo, home to about 160,000 people

According to Aleksandar Vulin, "same actors are behind attack on president Dodik and Republika Srpska"

The source added that US-made MaxxPro and HMMWV armored vehicles and German-made Leopard tanks are among the Western equipment destroyed by Russian troops

On March 3, Donald Trump described Vladimir Zelensky’s remark about the conflict being far from over as "the worst statement that could have been made"

The Deputy Prime Minister also stressed that the security forces of Serbia are "strong enough to protect the country "

Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov also noted that the meeting between the two presidents must be carefully prepared and requires difficult technical negotiations first

Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said that three apartments of a residential building and five cars were damaged in the settlement of Novostroyevka-Pervaya