Moscow, May 3 (IANS) Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday that Russia would prefer to achieve its goals in Ukraine through a peace agreement, media reported.If Kyiv is not inclined to do so with a peace agreement then Russia will achieve its goals through a strategic military alliance, he added.The Kremlin spokesperson commented on US President Donald Trump’s remarks about an imminent deal with Ukraine.He said that being close to a deal is a very broad concept, but Russia pr…
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Moscow, April 30 (IANS) Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is going to decide the dates and timings of the ceasefire with Ukraine for the ‘Victory Day’ celebrated on May 9, the Kremlin spokesman stated on Thursday.Victory Day is celebrated annually on May 9, which marks the surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945, commemorating the Soviet victory.Putin announced his readiness to declare a ceasefire for the Victory Day celebrations during a phone call with US President Donald Trump on Wednesday. Trump…
Pyongyang, April 26 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian Defence Minister Andrey Belousov held talks in Pyongyang on Sunday, Russian media reported.They discussed the current state and prospects of military cooperation between Russia and North Korea, state-owned news agency TASS reported.Defence Minister Belousov said: “We agreed with the DPRK Ministry of Defence to transition military cooperation to a sustainable, long-term basis. We are ready to sign a Russian-Korean Military Coo…
Moscow, April 10 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a ceasefire for Orthodox Easter, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressing Kyiv’s willingness to abide it. According to the Kremlin, the ceasefire will remain in effect from 4 pm (Moscow time) on April 11 and until the end of April 12, leading Russian news agency Tass reported.The statement reads, “By decision of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, a ceasef…
Moscow, April 1 (IANS) Six crew members and 23 passengers were killed when a Russian An‑26 military transport plane crashed in Crimea, the Russian Ministry of Defence confirmed early Wednesday.The aircraft collided with a cliff, a source at the scene told TASS news agency.The Russian defense ministry said late Tuesday that the An-26 had lost contact during a scheduled flight over the Crimean Peninsula, Xinhua news agency reported.According to preliminary information, the crash was caused by a …
Moscow, Dec 24 (IANS) Three people, including two police personnel, were killed in an explosion in Moscow on Wednesday, according to the press service of the Russian Investigative Committee, local media reported. According to the investigators, two traffic police officers saw a suspicious person near their patrol car on Yeletskaya Street in Moscow in the morning hours of Wednesday, Russia’s leading news agency Tass reported. As the police personnel approached to arrest the person, an explosive e…