Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are seen by Russia as possible venues for a summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, two Russian sources with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters. Trump has said he will end the war in Ukraine as soon as possible and said he is ready…
He said he would like to see the United States of America, Ukraine, the Russians and European Union at the negotiating table. Vladimir Zelensky said again that he expects to start talks on the peaceful settlement of the Ukrainian conflict with participation of Moscow, Brussels, Washington and Kiev. “[After the conversation with US President Donald…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday said allies should work toward determining a format for any upcoming peace talks with Russia and that Kyiv must be involved for successful negotiations. His comments are the latest to pile speculation over the possibility of talks to end the brutal conflict that has cost tens of thousands of…
The Kremlin official noted that additional details will be provided later Russian President Vladimir Putin will traditionally attend a church Christmas service this year, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. “Yes, of course, the president will observe this tradition this year as well,” he said, replying to a question on the matter. The Kremlin official noted…
The Russian leader noted that he did not know when he would meet with the US president-elect Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he is ready for a conversation with US President-elect Donald Trump at any time and agrees to meet with him. “I am ready for this [conversation], of course, at any time….
Russia is ready to consider any proposals from the United States to bring mutual relations back to “normality,” Russian state agency TASS cited Russian deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on Wednesday. Moscow has not yet received a response to its request asking Washington to approve Russia’s new ambassador to the United States, Ryabkov…
President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia could deploy its new Oreshnik intermediate-range hypersonic missile on the territory of its ally Belarus in the second half of next year. Putin was responding to a request by his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko at a summit in Minsk, where the two leaders signed a mutual defense…
The Kremlin said Monday that it continued to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after opposition fighters last week wrested swathes of territory from government control. Moscow said so after al-Assad spoke of the “importance” of his allies in facing an opposition offensive that saw the Syrian government lose control of Aleppo. “We of course continue…
The command expressed the readiness of “the Syrian army to continue coping with its tasks” The Syrian army with Russian air support has destroyed five command centers and seven warehouses of terrorists in Aleppo and Idlib provinces over the past 24 hours. “Over the past 24 hours, the Syrian Army, supported by friendly Russian forces,…
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Moscow would carry out more tests of the hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile in “combat conditions,” a day after firing one on Ukraine. “We will continue these tests, including in combat conditions, depending on the situation and character of the security threats posted to Russia,” Putin said in a…
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday said Russia’s threat of more strikes with new weapons should be taken seriously, warning “there will be consequences.” Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said the conflict in Ukraine had characteristics of a “global” war and did not rule out strikes on Western countries, just after Russia struck…
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a televised address from the Kremlin on Thursday evening, on his statement Putin said that he would like to inform the military personnel of the Russian Federation Armed Forces, citizens of our country, our friends across the globe, and those who persist in the illusion that a strategic defeat can be inflicted upon Russia, about the events taking place today in the zone of the special…
Russia launched a barrage of missiles at Ukraine Thursday in its first major retaliation for Ukraine’s attack earlier in the week on a military facility in the Russian region of Bryansk. That strike saw the Ukrainians use American-made and supplied long-range missiles known as ATACMS, which President Biden had given the Ukrainian forces permission to…
