The Group of Seven (G7) nations have not reached consensus regarding sanctions on the Russian diamond industry, according to a statement by foreign ministers published on Wednesday following a meeting in Tokyo. In a section dedicated to the Ukraine conflict, the group reiterated its earlier pledge to pursue its sanctions …
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has let her nation down by getting tricked into discussing matters of national security by a pair of Russian pranksters, politicians from opposition parties have claimed. Giuseppe Conte of the Five Star Movement, who held the Italian premiership from 2018 to 2021, has branded the …
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Kiev’s attempts to advance on the front line remain fruitless and are resulting in high battlefield losses and decreasing morale among Ukrainian troops, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has said. “Despite the supply of new kinds of NATO weapons, the Kiev regime is losing. The Russian forces keep conducting active …
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A large crowd of angry protesters gathered at the airport in Makhachkala, the capital city of Russia’s majority-Muslim Dagestan Republic, on Sunday searching for alleged “Jewish refugees”. The unrest prompted the deployment to the scene of law enforcement teams in riot gear. The crowd breached the airport’s security zone and even made …
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Russia has conducted a major exercise aimed at testing its strategic nuclear forces, the Kremlin said on Wednesday. The drills involved all three components of the nuclear triad: intercontinental ballistic missiles, nuclear-armed submarines, and strategic bombers, the statement said. According to Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, the drills focused on …
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A video unveiled on Tuesday, apparently created by the 100th Reconnaissance Brigade, shows the effective use of anti-tank missiles against US-made Stryker infantry fighting vehicles operated by Ukraine on the frontline in the Zaporozhye Region. The video captures the destruction of two armored vehicles near the Kiev-controlled city of Orekhov. …
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Three people, including a young child, have been killed and two others severely wounded in a suspected Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Belgorod Region, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said Thursday morning. According to the governor, a plane-type UAV was intercepted by the air defenses en route to the regional capital, but its …
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Israel does not believe that Russia was in any way connected to last week’s Hamas attack, the country’s ambassador to Moscow, Alexander Ben Zvi, said in an interview with Kommersant on Wednesday. Ben Zvi was asked to comment on allegations against Russia on social media and by a number of …
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The Russian military has enough troops to carry out its operation in Ukraine, thanks to a large number of volunteers, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has said. “The General Staff has no plans for additional mobilization,” the Russian minister assured military commanders during a conference on Tuesday. One of the reasons …
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The Russian military leadership has no plans to conduct mobilization as its current needs are fulfilled by career military service members, including those who volunteered to fight against Ukraine, according to a senior official. The pledge not to draft additional troops was reiterated on Friday by Vladimir Tsimlyansky, the deputy …
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