New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Wladyslaw Teofil Bartoszewski, Poland’s Secretary of State and Deputy Foreign Minister, on Tuesday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as an “extremely competent and accomplished” global leader who has changed India phenomenally with his leadership. “He’s a major global leader; there’s no question about that. I mean, he’s extremely competent, extremely accomplished. India has changed phenomenally under his leadership. I have had the honour of meeting him and talking to …
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Ankara, July 8 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that the United States would allow Ukraine to manufacture Patriot missile interceptors, signalling a potentially significant expansion of military cooperation with Kyiv as he praised President Volodymyr Zelensky’s leadership and expressed optimism about ending the war with Russia.Meeting Zelensky on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, Trump said the two leaders had developed a strong working relationship and would dis…
Ankara, July 7 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Tuesday expressed optimism that Russia and Ukraine could be moving closer to a peace agreement, saying he believes both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky now want to end the war after his latest conversations with the two leaders.Speaking alongside Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan before their bilateral meeting in Ankara ahead of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Summit, Trump said he h…
Washington, July 6 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Monday said he believes both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky want to end the war in Ukraine, expressing confidence that negotiations are making more progress than is publicly recognised.Speaking at the White House after launching the “Trump Accounts” investment programme, Trump said he had recently held what he described as “a very good call” with Putin and expected Ukraine to dominate discussions …
Moscow, July 5 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump, according to Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov.The United States is commemorating the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding on Saturday, its Independence Day. Ushakov confirmed that Putin congratulated Trump on the holiday, reports Xinhua news agency.”This conversation, the fourth such exchange this year, was naturally not merely a routine protocol exchange but business-…
Moscow, July 4 (IANS) Russia’s presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov on Saturday said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky could travel to Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin once he is ready to make what the Kremlin described as important and responsible decisions, local media reported.Speaking to Radio KP, Peskov commented on Zelensky’s proposal to meet Putin in Kostiantynivka, according to Russia’s state-run TASS news agency.He said that Putin had expressed his willing…
Moscow, July 4 (IANS) Ukrainian military strikes have claimed the lives of nearly 8,500 civilians in Russia since February 2022, Russian Foreign Ministry’s Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik said at a briefing. From February 2022 to June 30, 2026, the total number of casualties reached 30,913, including about 8,434 fatalities, Miroshnik said on Friday (local time).Miroshnik said Ukrainian attacks had damaged civilian infrastructure across 42 Russian regions over the past three months, reports …
Moscow, July 4 (IANS) Russia claimed that its armed forces had taken full control of the city of Konstantinovka in eastern Ukraine.”The main news is that Konstantinovka has been completely taken,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov was quoted by RIA Novosti as saying on Friday.Konstantinovka is a key stronghold located in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, reports Xinhua news agency.Following the announcement, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the capture of Konstantinovka “carries great strategic si…
Moscow, July 2 (IANS) The Russian Armed Forces struck military industry enterprises and fuel and energy facilities in Ukraine, especially in and around region, using long-range precision weapons from air, land, and sea, as well as strike drones, the Russian Defence Ministry said Thursday.The Russian forces also targeted military airfield infrastructure in the Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, and Kyiv regions, local media reported.Russia’s air defence systems shot down 11 aerial bomb…
Moscow, June 26 (IANS) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday called for clarity on the role the US intends to play in resolving the conflict in Ukraine following US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s comments on the outcomes of the Anchorage summit.”Of course, this whole situation needs to be clarified. But the fact remains: US proposals were discussed in Alaska, and they were accepted by the Russian side,” Lavrov said in a statement.On Thursday, Rubio said that Russian President Vlad…