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Several Ukrainian drones were brought down by air defenses in the town of Dzhankoy in Crimea late on Monday, local officials have said. Debris from the destroyed UAVs damaged a house and a shop in the area, the leader of the Republic of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, wrote on Telegram on …

The 2022 annual human rights report, published by the US State Department on Monday, blames the censorship of media, bans on political parties and extrajudicial executions in Ukraine on the Russian “invasion.” Kiev’s crackdown on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is not mentioned at all.  The report notes that businessman Denis …

Russian President Vladimir Putin is holding informal talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during the latter’s three-day visit to Moscow during which they will discuss key global issues and Russian-Chinese relations.  The two leaders are expected to conclude the portion of the visit devoted to negotiations on Tuesday by signing a …

Chinese President Xi Jinping has set the tone for his visit this week to Moscow by touting improving relations with Russia in the ten years since he took office and vowing that the transition to a “multipolar world” liberated from US domination will not be stopped. “The world today is …

Poland may end up “joining” the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine should the latter fail to protect its “independence,” the Polish ambassador to France, Jan Emeryk Rosciszewski, has said. The senior diplomat made the remarks on Saturday while speaking live to the broadcaster LCI.  Rosciszewski squarely blamed the hostilities, …

Serbia and its breakaway province, Kosovo, have made headway in normalizing ties and reached agreement on several crucial points, President Aleksandar Vucic announced on Saturday. Pristina has consented to the creation of the Community of Serb Municipalities (CSM), which would give greater autonomy to the Serb population in several areas …

President Vladimir Putin reportedly made an unannounced working trip to Mariupol, the Black Sea port city which was liberated by Russian forces last spring amid the military operation in Ukraine, and joined Russia as part of the Donetsk People’s Republic following a referendum in September. Putin arrived in Mariupol by …

Former US President Donald Trump warned that he will be “arrested on Tuesday” in an all-caps post on the social media platform Truth Social on Saturday, crediting “illegal leaks from a corrupt & highly political Manhattan district attorney’s office” for his advance knowledge.   “With no crime able to be proven, …

Washington’s reaction to the International Criminal Court’s ‘arrest warrant’ for Russian President Vladimir Putin seems schizophrenic, Moscow’s diplomatic mission in the country has said. The embassy added that the US, while uncooperative with the court in cases that involve Americans, was quick to welcome its latest decision regarding Russia. In …

US President Joe Biden admitted on Friday that Washington doesn’t recognize the International Criminal Court, but agreed with its claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin committed “war crimes” in Ukraine. “Well, I think it’s justified,” Biden told the White House press corps before boarding a helicopter on Friday evening, when …