Syrian air strikes on IS more precise than coalition’s — ambassador

During a "Direct Line" Q&A session combined with his annual press conference on Thursday, Putin clarified that he had not yet met with Assad after his arrival in Moscow but plans to speak with him

"We will not only restore the damage that some attempt to cause to us but will also move forward even at a faster pace as we are doing now," Russian President said

Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov noted that Russian President Vladimir Putin thus meant that the Oreshnik missile is a generation ahead of all existing weapons, while not being a nuclear weapon itself

"Israel must return to the full compliance with the well-known 1974 agreement with Syria," Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov stressed

According to the Iraqi News Agency, "the soldiers were welcomed and provided with required assistance"

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The search effort is hampered by foul weather, blizzards and low clouds

Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov also informed of the death of the deputy commander of the army corps for military-political work, Colonel Yevgeny Brovko, who led the efforts of the personnel

Earlier, an air raid alert was declared in the Kiev, Sumy and Chernigov Regions

In general, "quite active hostilities" are taking place near Dvurechnaya and Lozovaya in the Kupyansk sector of the line of engagement, Andrey Marochko noted

The Russian leader noted that he did not know when he would meet with the US president-elect

"Russia’s position is well known, it was voiced by Putin back in St. Petersburg," Dmitry Peskov stressed

The Russian president recalled that no Russian land troops had been deployed to Syria, with Russia having only an airbase and a naval base

TASS has gathered the main information about the incident

All foreign personnel of international humanitarian organizations have also left, the Russian Embassy in Pyongyang said

Russia’s Battlegroup Center inflicts 480 casualties on Ukrainian army over past day

Putin also took part in the ceremony of opening international airports in Magadan, Cheboksary, and Stavropol

This was Putin’s first personal meeting with Fico since 2016

The president noted that Russia had become much stronger over the past two or three years as it became a truly sovereign country

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Everything depends on its content and the approach of the team of US President-elect Donald Trump are important, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said

The Foreign Ministry noted that the facts of discrimination and persecution of Russians are often ignored by the official leadership of countries and international human rights agencies, leading many victims to remain silent

"We’d better wait for the meeting to end to learn what they discussed," he Dmitry Peskov said

Reporters are ramping up Russophobia, distorting the facts while writing on this matter, the Russian Embassy in Portugal said

The Ukrainian military also admitted the Russian army’s supremacy in terms of military equipment and the size of personnel

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"As part of the project, it was assessed under what conditions the virus’ transmission would become uncontrolled, cause economic damage and create risks for food security," Chief of Russia’s Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Force Igor Kirillov said

According to Alexander Stepanov, strikes are systematic efforts to gradually wipe out the military capabilities of Ukraine

"It is not our business to forecast," he said

Syrian army units withdrew from some suburbs of the Syrian capital, Al Jazeera said

According to Putin’s press secretary, the meeting is being held one-on-one

The motive for committing the crime could have been dissatisfaction with the treatment of Saudi refugees in Germany, Dr. Horst Nopens, Head of the Magdeburg Public Prosecutor’s office, said

Aleksandar Vulin noted that he is "not optimistic about prospects for the United States changing its policy toward Serbia" after the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump

Countries shouldn’t rely on terrorists for achieving their goals, in contrast to what is now happening in Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at the Doha Forum

Project 885M nuclear-powered submarines carry Oniks and Kalibr-PL cruise missiles as their basic strike weapons

Vasily Nebenzya warned as he denounced the attack as yet another unambiguous step by the Kiev regime toward escalation

According to Jacques Sapir, the decision not to extend transit contracts was no surprise given the political landscape

According to Maxim Grigoryev, videos of interviews with witnesses and preliminary forensic examination of the bodies indicate that most of the victims are elderly women

The Arkhangelsk submarine was rolled out from the slipway of the Sevmash Shipyard on November 29, 2023 for completing its construction afloat

Ahmed аl-Sharaa expressed hope for building strategic relations with Lebanon

As preliminary data suggest, the ISS orbit was raised by 2.3 km to 416.43 km above the Earth’s surface

Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova also emphasized that Moscow is outraged by the hypocritical silence of the West and its media on the terrorist attacks in Russia

The Russian president pointed out that this desision damaged the US economy and undermined the power of the United States across the world

Israel’s Ynet media outlet reports that at least 30 people suffered injuries after a missile fired from Yemen fell in central Israel

According to Andrey Kelin, the UK’s official reaction to the launch of the Oreshnik missile was rather vague

The Ratnik is a system of advanced protective and communication equipment, weapons and ammunition

According to US Central Command, the incident occurred during airstrikes on Houthi facilities

Ahmed al-Sharaa also said he will not "tolerate uncontrolled arms trafficking" across the country

The new special envoy will be in charge of trade and investment issues, as well as the cultural exchange between the two countries

According to the source in the Kremlin, Russia has granted asylum for Syria’s former President Bashar Assad and his family members

The Bank of Russia also expects that inflation will slow down and amount to 5.7% in quarterly terms in the Q1 of 2024

The Al Arabiya television channel said that, citing a source

There is a growing consensus within the US administration that such a scenario is becoming increasingly likely, an unnamed US official told CNN

According to the Turkish newspaper, the former Syrian president did it to ensure his own safety

According to the Houthi spokesman, the strike on US vessels was delivered with the use of "eight cruise missiles and 17 drones"

More than 107,600 people received wounds

The previous generation of Russian politicians chose the course towards the country’s destruction for the sake of joining the so-called civilized world but this was what the West wanted, President Vladimir Putin

It is noted that China is trying to displace the US dollar as the number one currency throughout the world

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"

The vessels are designated to sealift and land an assault force, provide fire support for the landing party, participate in anti-saboteur measures

The ministry clarified that Ukraine launched a missile strike against the Kamensky Integrated Plant in the Rostov Region using six US-made ATACMS missiles and four Storm Shadow cruise missiles

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According to Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Putin has several closed-door meetings slated for December 22

Rutube has already evolved into an international platform, Alexander Zharov emphasized

The politician emphasized that "the president of a major country should be extremely polite and amiable"

According to the press service of the regional Emergencies Ministry, all three people onboard the plane survived the emergency landing

According to the source, various trials of core components of Poseidon underwater drones, including the nuclear power

Reuters reported earlier that oil supplies to Belarus and EU countries via Druzhba had been suspended on December 19 due to technical problems

Russian President also said that he had handed down direct instructions to produce and test-fire the Oreshnik hypersonic missile

On November 27, the Jabhat al-Nusra extremist group (banned in Russia) carried out a major attack in northern Syria

"Robert Fico will travel to visit Putin as a European countries leader," Aleksandar Vucic said

"We will oppose this in every possible way. We will support the legitimate Syrian government. And at the same time, of course, we will actively advocate the need to resume dialogue with the opposition, as required by [UN] Resolution 2254," Lavrov continued

"The enemy lost up to 285 troops, two armored combat vehicles, two motor vehicles, a D-30 122 mm howitzer, a US-made M119 105 mm howitzers and five field ammunition depots," the ministry added

Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov praised the new mechanisms for accelerating the introduction of advanced weapons and equipment developed by the civilian defense industrial complex in the interests of the Russian army

Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova emphasized that the rhetoric about "inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia" is firmly rooted in the mentality of the NATO regimes not at all as hypothetical assumptions

The four saboteurs eliminated by Russian troops were presumably citizens of third countries, as evidenced by their personal items

Dmitry Peskov added that it is not planned to issue any joint statements

It is reported that the crew feel well

SVR Director Sergey Naryshkin said on March 19 that Paris was already preparing to send some 2,000 troops to Ukraine

CENTCOM forces also shot down several Houthi unmanned aerial vehicles and an anti-ship cruise missile over the Red Sea

Eight motor vehicles and two electronic warfare stations were also destroyed? the ministy added

The regulator said earlier following its board meeting that the cooling of credit activity has already encompassed all segments of the credit market

Salome Zourabichvili also promised to announce her further plans on Monday

According to Hakan Fidan, during his contacts with al-Sharaa he "saw the Syrian leadership’s strong will and commitment in this area,"

Cosmonauts deployed a small-size radio detector on the Science module surface and installed experimental equipment outside the Search module during EVA

"All international mechanisms need to be effectively employed in order to prevent Israel from exploiting the situation in Syria," Recep Tayyip Erdogan said

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