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Russia comes close to achieving special military operations’ goals — intel chief

"Russia holds the initiative in all areas, while the Ukrainian armed forces are on the verge of collapse and the Zelensky regime has lost its legitimacy, along with the ability to make...

Kremlin spokesman sees no grounds for Russia-Ukraine negotiations so far

Dmitry Peskov added that number of countries have already offered to host such talks, including Qatar MOSCOW - Reasons for Russian-Ukrainian negotiations are non-existent at this point, Russian Presidential...

Accords of undefined status cannot be subject of Ukraine talks — Russian senate speaker

Valentina Matviyenko emphasized that the Russian president had outlined all the conditions, "and it’s only on this basis that genuine talks can be held" MOSCOW - Moscow will make...

A ‘massive’ Russian missile and drone attack targets Ukraine’s energy infrastructure

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia conducted a “massive” missile and drone attack against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure on Thursday, officials said, adding to fears that the Kremlin aims to cripple the country’s power generation...

World leaders react to Lebanon war ceasefire

PARIS: World leaders have welcomed a ceasefire deal between Israel and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, which came into force on Wednesday morning (0200 GMT). The ceasefire between Israel and...

Anti-mine treaty signatories slam US decision to send land mines to Ukraine

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has called the mines “very important” to halting Russian attacks Ukraine receiving US mine shipments would be in “direct violation” of the anti-mine...

Senators support Putin’s decision to launch Oreshnik missile — speaker

Valentina Matviyenko noted that the Federation Council is willing to further support actions aimed at protecting Russia MOSCOW - Senators express unanimous support for President Vladimir Putin's actions to...

Russia’s Medvedev warns West over discussing nuclear weapons for Ukraine

MOSCOW : Senior Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that if the West supplied nuclear weapons to Ukraine then Moscow could consider such a transfer to be tantamount to an...

US gives Ukrainian servicemen guidance on selecting targets for ATACMS — White House

The Ukrainian servicemen "are able to use ATACMS to defend themselves on an immediate need basis," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said WASHINGTON - The US administration has...

Ukraine sustains almost 65,000 casualties from Russia’s Battlegroup North since May

Also, since mid-May, the Ukrainians have sustained at least 2,500 casualties per week from the Battlegroup West which has been active in areas adjacent to the area of the Battlegroup North’s responsibility