RUSSIA – The latest Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap on Saturday April 11, set free 350 soldiers, 175 from each side, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. “On April 11, 175 Russian servicemen were returned from territory controlled…
RUSSIA – Russia have stressed that it won’t betray or abandon Cuba during contacts between the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov and officials in Havana. At a news conference at the Russian Embassy in the…
UKRAINE – Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday that Kyiv was asked by its partners not to attack Russian oil terminals, over the strain caused by the Strait of Hormuz disruption. “I won’t say who asked us…
RUSSIA – According to a statement by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) on Wednesday, the European Union is secretly working on the creation of their own nuclear weapons. “In the endless corridors of the European…
UKRAINE – At least 6 people were killed on both sides in overnight Russia-Ukraine drone attacks, according to local reports on Tuesday. Oleksandr Hanzha, the governor of Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, said on Telegram that a Russian…
RUSSIA – Russia and Ukraine are planning a prisoner swap before April 12, which is the Orthodox Easter, according to the Commissioner for Human Rights Tatyana Moskalkova on Thursday. “A great deal of work is underway…
RUSSIA – An overnight Ukrainian attack targeted the Russkaya compressor station that serves the TurkStream gas pipeline, according to the Russian energy company Gazprom on Thursday, adding that the drone attack was successfully repelled. “Tonight, between…
RUSSIA – The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Wednesday that its forces had complete control of the Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR). “Units of the West military group have completed the liberation of the Luhansk People’s…
RUSSIA – A fire at Nizhnekamskneftekhim petrochemical plant in Russia’s Tatarstan on Tuesday killed 2 people and injured 75 others, according to officials. Nizhnekamskneftekhim said the fire was caused by an equipment malfunction and has been…
RUSSIA – A Russian military transport aircraft AN-26 crashed in Crimea, killing all 29 onboard, according to the Defense Ministry on Wednesday. Among them were 6 crew members and 23 passengers. “During a scheduled flight over…
RUSSIA – The Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko said on Tuesday that Moscow will not deliver oil to countries supporting price cap. Rudenko said in an interview with the Russian daily Izvestia that the energy…
RUSSIA – An overnight Ukrainian drone attack on Taganrog city in Rostov region killed 1 person and injured 8 others, according to authorities on Monday. In a Telegram statement, Rostov region’s Governor Yury Slyusar described the…
RUSSIA – The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) announced on Monday that the second secretary of the British Embassy in Moscow, Jance Van Rensburg Albertus Gerardus, has been expelled over allegations of intelligence activity. The FSB…
RUSSIA – A Ukrainian drone strike on residential building in Yaroslavl Region killed a child and left both parents and another woman in nearby building injured, according to the regional governor on Saturday. “One child was…
TURKEY – Following the Iran war initiated by the US and Israel at the end of February, the global energy markets have been rattled, with European energy dependency on natural gas coming into attention. While natural…
RUSSIA – Both Russia and Ukraine reported overnight drone attacks targeting various locations on Thursday, with each side accusing the other. Leningrad Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko said in a statement on Telegram that a Ukrainian drone attack…
HUNGARY – The Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced on Wednesday that Hungary will stop supplying gas to Ukraine until Kyiv restores the flow of Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline. “In order to break the…
RUSSIA – An overnight Ukrainian drone attack targeting the Russian Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga resulted into fire, according to authorities on Wednesday. Aleksandr Drozdenko, the governor of the country’s northwestern Leningrad region, said on Telegram…
UKRAINE – Russian airstrikes on Ukraine targeting several regions overnight and on Tuesday morning left at least 4 people dead and 19 others wounded, according to Ukraine. Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said on Telegram that two…
RUSSIA – The Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that its forces had captured the village of Pishchane in the Kharkiv region in a Telegram statement. “Units of the North military group have established control over…
RUSSIA – Russia’s Starlink rival Rassvet, by a private aerospace company Bureau 1440, launched its first batch of 16 low-orbit satellites on Monday. The spacecraft successfully placed satellites into a reference orbit and will continue to…
RUSSIA – Media reports claiming that Russia had offered US to stop sharing intelligence with Ukraine, for a reciprocal move on Iran was on Monday debunked as false by the Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov. “We have…
RUSSIA – Russia on Monday warned against a US ground operation in Iran, adding that it’ll only worsen the Middle East crisis. Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko made these remarks while speaking at the plenary session…
RUSSIA – Russia and Ukraine reported overnight airstrikes on Saturday, with Russia saying it downed 283 Ukrainian drones across the country overnight. The most intensive attack was against the southern Rostov region bordering Ukraine, where 90…
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RUSSIA – Russia on Thursday expressed concern over the escalation in the Gulf, and offered to broker a diplomatic solution to the ongoing Middle East crisis. The Russian Foreign Ministry said the scale of damage to…
RUSSIA – A report by The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday asserted that Russia is sharing satellite imagery and drone technology with Iran to facilitate the targeting of US forces in the Middle East. The WSJ…
BELGIUM – EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Monday decried the ease of US sanctions on Russian oil, despite the ongoing energy disruptions due to the Middle East war, saying that it sets a dangerous…
RUSSIA – Donald Trump on Thursday lifted sanctions on Russian oil stranded at sea to stabilize energy markets, allowing a temporary purchase. There are nearly 124 million barrels of Russia-origin oil at sea across 30 locations…
RUSSIA – The Russian delegation led by presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev met with the US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, and White House Senior Advisor Josh Gruenbaum in…