Russia has resumed military action against Ukrainian forces after a 30-hour Easter ceasefire, President Vladimir Putin has said. Kiev’s first reaction to the ceasefire announcement on Saturday was indicative of its attitude to any peace initiatives, he added. Putin announced the unilateral suspension of hostilities on Saturday, ordering Russian troops to …
Read More »Putin aide confirms talks on rare earths with US
Discussions with the US on rare-earth mineral projects in Russia are underway, a senior adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. According to Kirill Dmitriev – the CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and a key member of Moscow’s delegation to talks aimed at normalizing relations with …
Read More »Putin officially confirms new defense minister
Russian President Vladimir Putin has officially appointed Andrey Belousov as the new minister of defense. Belousov, an economist by trade, is a former first deputy prime minister and Putin’s long-time adviser on economic matters. Earlier this week, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov explained his appointment by the fact that the “battlefield …
Read More »Russia confirms ‘massive barrage’ on targets in Ukraine
The Russian Defense Ministry has confirmed that its forces launched a series of air attacks against multiple targets in Ukraine in the last week. A statement from the ministry on Friday detailed 50 “group” strikes and a single “massive” barrage using precision missiles and drones. The ministry described the intended targets …
Read More »Wagner boss confirms cancellation of advance on Moscow
The Wagner Group private military company (PMC) is returning to its “field camps,” its leader Evgeny Prigozhin announced late on Friday. His units staged a mutiny overnight, seizing control of multiple military and administrative sites in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, as well as launching an advance towards Moscow. The insurrection had …
Read More »Election body confirms Erdogan’s win
The head of Türkiye’s Supreme Election Council has announced that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won a third term in office after defeating Kemal Kilicdaroglu in a runoff election. Erdogan claimed 52.14% of the vote to Kilicdaroglu’s 47.86%, Supreme Election Council chairman Ahmet Yener told reporters on Sunday night. Erdogan …
Read More »Russian military confirms major prisoner exchange with Ukraine
A total of 110 Russians have returned home from Ukraine as part of a major prisoner exchange with Kiev, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday. The group included 72 civilian sailors who had been held in Ukraine since February 2022, it added. In exchange, Moscow released 108 female soldiers …
Read More »Biden privately confirms intention to run for second term – NBC
Joe Biden told Reverend Al Sharpton in a private conversation last month that he intends to run for the US presidency again in 2024, NBC has reported. The remark was made during Biden’s meeting with the leaders of black civil rights groups, which took place at the White House on …
Read More »US confirms strikes on ‘Iran-backed groups’
The US military has launched multiple airstrikes on targets in eastern Syria, claiming it struck sites used by Iran-backed fighters while suggesting they may have been behind a drone attack on an American base earlier this month. US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced the operation in a statement on Tuesday night, …
Read More »Israel confirms Gaza ceasefire
Israel has announced a ceasefire between its forces and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), due to take effect at 11:30pm local time. The agreement ends three days of tit-for-tat airstrikes and rocket attacks, which left the leadership of the PIJ decimated and dozens of Palestinians dead. In an official statement, …
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