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…
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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…