Stoltenberg rules out NATO's involvement in combat operations against IS in Syria

Director of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service Sergey Naryshkin and CIA Head John Ratcliffe held a telephone conversation

Russian units continue to destroy enemy reserves and expand the security zone, Army General Valery Gerasimov said

Top stories from the Russian press on Wednesday, March 12th

Yury Ushakov noted that he will also continue contacts with the US on the subject via his "own channels of communication"

"We don’t want a respite," Yury Ushakov noted

Nikolay Patrushev pointed out that Moscow had not taken any aggressive actions towards Helsinki in the late 1930s until the very end, even offering a territorial swap

On March 11, the Saudi city of Jeddah hosted talks between the United States and Ukraine, which lasted for almost nine and a half hours

If such a need emerges, a call at the highest level can be organized very quickly, Dmitry Peskov said

According to Dmitry Peskov, the Russian presidential press service will soon release the relevant footage

Kadyrov also shared a video featuring the Akhmat units’ commandos moving through the gas pipeline as they advanced into enemy territory

The minister also noted that Macron is now trying to present the situation as if Russian President Vladimir Putin did not want to implement the 2015 Minsk agreements

"Four hundred and thirty fighters were captured," Valery Gerasimov said

The Gulfstream G650 aircraft took off earlier from Hamad International Airport in Doha

During its offensive operations, units of the Battlegroup North liberated the settlements of Kazachya Loknya, 1st Knyazhy, 2nd Knyazhy, Zamostye and Mirny in the Kursk Region

This will be the Belarusian leader’s first foreign visit after his re-election in January

"Russia, Iran, the DPRK, and China "are working together," so we need to strengthen our relations with diplomatic counterparts, including the US, Canada, Japan, South Korea, and Australia," Kaja Kallas said

Almuth Rochowanski emphasizes that the mindset of European elites, which she characterizes as "militarism on steroids," undermines its democratic institutions and laws, and the new European "security strategy" consists of "a spending spree to reach some arbitrary share of GDP or random number of billions of euros, to buy weapons systems favored by lobbyists but of dubious relevance"

Maria Zakharova emphasized that Russia is paying attention to the incoming signals, noting Washington's positive rhetoric and supporting "a positive, constructive attitude aimed at peace, cooperation, and mutual understanding, both from the current US administration and from any side, wherever that may come from"

The Russian top diplomat drew attention to the fact that "the Europeans do not stop their efforts"

Russia’s borderline Kursk Region came under a massive attack from Ukraine on August 6, 2024

The Russian top diplomat dismissed French President Emmanuel Macron’s allegations that Russian President Vladimir Putin tried "to impose something on Vladimir Zelensky" as yet another lie

Marko Djuric stressed that all responsibility regarding the country’s vote on the resolution "lies primarily" with him

Zelensky told reporters that he had not yet received an invitation from US President Donald Trump to visit the White House

Chief of Russia’s General Staff, First Deputy Defense Minister Army General Valery Gerasimov reported to President Vladimir Putin on March 12 that Russian troops had liberated more than 1,100 square kilometers of territory in the Kursk Region in an offensive operation or over 86% of the area occupied by the Ukrainian army

Konstantin Kosachev said that Vladimir Zelensky is "on the back foot"

Nikolay Patrushev believes that the worsening situation is being orchestrated by London, which is "interested in undermining efforts to normalize US-Russian relations"

Some of the very promising logistical, infrastructural projects in Siberia are being delayed, the Russian top diplomat noted

Officially the fighting is still going on there, Mikhail Zhirokhov said

"We have not only defeated the enemy, liberated the territory, become stronger, but we will also restore and rebuild our villages and towns," acting governor Alexander Khinshtein added

In addition, the Ukrainian armed forces also lost 56 engineering and other vehicles, including 23 obstacle removing vehicles, one UR-77 mine-clearing vehicle, five bridge-laying vehicles, an engineer reconnaissance vehicle, 15 armored repair/recovery vehicles and a command and staff vehicle, the ministry specified

"Battlegroup North units liberated the settlements of Melovoi, Podol and Sudzha through offensive operations," the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement

Sergey Goncharov compared Operation Pipeline to the 1979 assault on Amin's palace in Afghanistan, during which Soviet special forces faced significantly greater numbers of enemy fighters

According to the CTV television, the ceremony will take place at 11:00 a.m. at the residence of Canada’s Governor General Mary Simon

"I don't want to do that because I want to get peace," the US leader told reporters

A joint statement, published after March 11 US-Ukrainian talks in Jeddah, said that the countries have agreed to sign a comprehensive agreement on the development of critically important mineral resources soon

The Russian president initially planned to take part in an economic meeting in his Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, but Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS later that the meeting had been postponed due to changes in the president’s work schedule

According to the newspaper, the document allegedly says that Moscow needs to weaken Washington's negotiating position on a settlement in Ukraine by aggravating US relations with other countries

"Armament of countries that are clearly losing their ability to operate effectively is progressing rapidly and excessively. Historically, this has always been referred to as provoking war," Maria Zakharova stated

Talks between US and Ukrainian delegations took place in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah on Tuesday

According to the report, 30 UAVs were shot down over the Bryansk Region, 25 over the Kaluga Region, six each over the Kursk and Voronezh regions, and five each over the Rostov and Belgorod regions.

On March 11, negotiations between the delegations of the United States and Ukraine took place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, lasting approximately nine and a half hours

According to the spokesman, the White House host should not support "right-wing politicians" in Israel over the future of Gaza

Alexander Lukashenko will hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated earlier that Washington had touched upon the issue of Ukraine’s territorial concessions during the March 11 talks in Saudi Arabia

In total, Ukraine lost over 67,000 soldiers in the Kursk direction

According to the statement, the US is intensifying military cooperation in the Arctic with both new and long-standing NATO members

According to Nikolay Patrushev, this is also true from a historical perspective

The Russian Armed Forces continue their operation to wipe out Ukrainian troops in the Kursk Region; five settlements were liberated in the past 24 hours

Previously, the Kremlin official said the 30-day ceasefire initiative will not benefit Russia in any way, and will only provide Ukraine with an opportunity to regroup its forces

Nikolay Patrushev noted that the Baltic Fleet is currently undergoing extensive combat training and is capable of operating effectively both in the Baltic Sea and far from its bases during long-range missions

Negotiations between the delegations of the United States and Ukraine took place in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on March 11

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, units from the battle group North have successfully liberated the villages of Melovoy, Podol, and Sudzha

Negotiations between the delegations of the United States and Ukraine took place in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on March 11

Igor Korotchenko also suggested that such reports in foreign media might be part of a strategic disinformation campaign

The crowd at the rally numbers several thousand people

According to Maria Zakharova, citizens of NATO member states "support and maintain equipment supplied to the Ukrainian army from the West and offer advisory support in conducting and planning operations by the Banderites and terrorist attacks against Russia and its citizens"

Marat Imankulov emphasized that this situation was a cause for concern among many states, including Syria's neighbors

The Crew-10 mission was to have blasted off from the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida

Anthony Albanese described the US measures, which took effect on March 12, as unjustified and very disappointing

According to Maria Zakharova, Zelensky and the EU leaders backing him are accountable for the ongoing conflict

No information has been disclosed regarding the aircraft’s precise flight path

According to the expert, it is "quite heated now" in the battlefields near the city

The plane entered Russian airspace from the direction of Latvia

The Polish president had already proposed a similar project to the Joe Biden administration in 2022, but the initiative failed then

It is noted that Duterte will be taken to a prison in The Hague where he is expected to be placed in pre-trial detention

"During five days alone, the Kursk Battlegroup retook 24 settlements and 259 square kilometers of the territory of the Kursk Region in all directions," Valery Gerasimov said

On the morning of March 10, the Portuguese-flagged container ship Solong collided with US-flagged tanker Stena Immaculate, which was anchored, in the North Sea

According to the media outlet, service members from the most combat-ready Ukrainian brigades have fled the Kursk Region

Business is moving to the US, the de-industrialization of Europe is taking place, the Russian top diplomat noted

The UAVs used in Kiev’s massive attack on Russian populated areas were not improvised devices and were made at factories in Germany and France, Vitaly Kiselyov said

According to data from the Flightradar tracking website, US Special Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff departed from Hamad International Airport in the Qatari capital of Doha earlier on Thursday

Top stories from the Russian press on Thursday, March 13th

"During his visit to one of the command centers in the Kursk Region, the head of state heard the reports of the commander and the deputy commander of the battlegroup North, who reported to the supreme commander-in-chief on the progress of the operation," Dmitry Peskov said

According to Chairman of the Russia's Maritime Board, NATO is simulating cyberattacks on the navigation equipment of Russian ships in the Baltic region to organize emergency situations

The minister pointed out that "Catholicism now is more and more deviating toward the new trends which we cannot understand and which we would not accept"

Maria Zakharova stressed that "in reality, according to expert estimates, there are more than 150,000 people on the run in Ukraine today"

Reuters earlier reported, citing the German company Ernst Russ, which owns Solong, that the captain of the container ship was a Russian citizen. He has been detained by UK authorities

The parties are expected to sign a set of documents as a result of the talks

Battlegroup South units liberated the settlement of Novomarkovo and Battlegroup East units liberated the settlement of Dneproenergiya in DPR

The Russian president is scheduled to take questions jointly with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko

US president made the statement at a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin

The new US administration, to put it mildly, "is concerned about the irregularities committed by the Joe Biden administration with Pentagon supplies to Ukraine"

With the support of artillery, heavy flame-throwing systems and aviation, units have improved their tactical position

Apty Alaudinov noted that emergency services and the military have also joined the evacuation effort

While some Ukrainian troops have attempted to flee toward the bordering Ukrainian region of Sumy, all roads remain under Russia’s fire control, he said

Saakashvili, who is now a citizen of Ukraine, left Georgia in 2013, after which the country initiated four criminal cases against him

Alexander Khinshtein further revealed that nearly every evacuated resident had a harrowing story to share about the Ukrainian military's atrocities

The meeting was allegedly convened by the Germans and the French to save the Minsk agreements, the Russian top diplomat recalled

"It is very hard for Ukraine to meet the recruitment targets," one of the officials said

Maria Zakharova emphasized that Russia’s position on attempts "to illegally seize, or simply steal" Russian assets that are "frozen" on the territory of the EU as part of unlawful restrictive measures, remains unchanged

The cars have been assembled in 2025, with all necessary papers and certificates in place, Kirill Chernov noted

Nikolay Patrushev emphasized that the lessons of history should not be forgotten. He highlighted that after the Second World War and up until recently, relations between Moscow and Helsinki were often viewed as an example of constructive diplomacy

According to the media outlet, the ceasefire between the parties is only a "first aid measure," but a real settlement of the Ukrainian crisis requires a systematic "treatment plan," which includes, among other things, putting into practice a new vision of security

The Russian foreign minister noted that the EC head is mobilizing everybody to re-militarize Europe