Moscow, May 24 (IANS) The Russian Defence Ministry on Sunday listed the targets of its attack in Ukraine and the weapons used in the wake of four UAVs targeting the academic building and dormitories of the Starobelsk Professional College in the Luhansk region, leaving several young students dead. The Ministry said that it used “ballistic missiles, Iskander air-launched ballistic missiles, Kinzhal hypersonic air-launched ballistic missiles, and Tsirkon cruise missiles, air-, sea-, and ground-base…
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Kyiv, May 11 (IANS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine has submitted to the Russian side a list of 1,000 detainees for the planned prisoner exchange, according to the presidential press service.”The prisoner exchange, 1,000 for 1,000, is being prepared and must take place. The Americans assumed responsibility for these guarantees,” Zelensky said in his evening address on Sunday.He also stressed that the conflict with Russia must be brought to an end and reliable security mu…
Moscow/Kyiv, May 11 (IANS) Russia and Ukraine on Sunday accused each other of violating a declared three-day ceasefire.The Russian Defence Ministry said Sunday that Ukrainian forces committed 16,071 violations of the ceasefire regime in the past 24 hours, Xinhua news agency reported.Russian forces responded to the ceasefire violations in kind, launching retaliatory strikes against multiple launch rocket system, artillery, and mortar positions, as well as command posts and drone launch sites, the…
Moscow, May 8 (IANS) Russian air defence forces shot down at least 37 drones flying toward Moscow on Friday, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said.Emergency services are working at sites where debris from the intercepted drones fell, Sobyanin said on Telegram.Earlier in the day, the Russian Defence Ministry said air defence systems had shot down 145 Ukrainian drones in seven hours from 7 am to 2 pm (0400-1100 GMT) across multiple regions, Xinhua news agency reported.On Thursday, the Russian capital experie…
Moscow/Kyiv, May 7 (IANS) The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said it had sent a note to all foreign diplomatic missions and international organisations accredited with the ministry, urging them to ensure the evacuation of personnel from Kyiv. According to the statement, the note referenced a warning on Monday by the Russian Defence Ministry about threats from the Ukrainian authorities to carry out attacks on Moscow during Victory Day celebrations.The Russian Foreign Ministry called on g…
Moscow, Jan 1 (IANS) Russian air defences have downed 250 drones over the past day, including 12 targetting the Moscow region overnight, Russia’s Defence Ministry said Thursday. The air defences also shot down one guided aerial bomb and a Ukrainian Su-27 aircraft, the ministry said.Russian forces have hit Ukrainian energy facilities, ammunition depots, drone assembly sites, as well as 154 temporary deployment sites of the Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries, it added.Russia’s Ministry…
Moscow, Dec 25 (IANS) Moscow is analysing a peace proposal on Ukraine submitted by a Russian special envoy following his recent meeting with US officials, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday. Peskov said Moscow is currently examining the information provided by Kirill Dmitriev, Russia’s special presidential representative for investment and economic cooperation, on his talks with US officials in Miami over the past weekend.”We are analysing these materials, and subsequently, in acco…
Moscow, Dec 25 (IANS) The Russian Defence Ministry said on Thursday that units of its Southern Group of Forces had taken control of the settlement of Sviato-Pokrovske in the Donetsk region. “As a result of decisive actions, units of the Southern Group of Forces liberated the settlement of Sviato-Pokrovske in the Donetsk region,” the ministry said in a statement.Additionally, Russian air defence systems shot down six aerial bombs, one US-made HIMARS rocket, and 472 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehi…