Moscow, May 14 (IANS) Russia and Ukraine are preparing for another prisoner exchange and lists are being agreed upon, Dimitry Peskov, the Presidential Press Secretary, stated in Moscow on Thursday. “Work is underway to coordinate the lists. This is the most difficult part of this work, and it is proceeding very quickly,” the Kremlin spokesman said.Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov announced earlier that Russia had agreed to US President Donald Trump’s initiative to establish a ceasefire wit…
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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, 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…
United Nations, May 6 (IANS) The United Nations welcomes the unilateral ceasefires announced respectively by Ukraine and Russia, said a UN spokesperson. “We welcome the unilateral ceasefire announced by Ukraine, to begin on the night of 5 to 6 May, as well as the one by the Russian Federation, to take place over 8 and 9 May,” said Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, on Tuesday (local time).The secretary-general looks forward to their successful implementation,…
Brussels, April 23, (IANS) The European Union (EU) on Thursday finalised a €90 billion loan to Ukraine, European Council President, Antonio Costa, announced on Thursday. This loan was agreed upon by the European Council in December 2025 and Ukraine’s most urgent budgetary and defence industrial capacity needs in 2026 and 2027 will be covered with the help of it. The loan has a robust and conditional framework, with strict conditions on Ukraine’s side, such as adherence to the rule of law, in…
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) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky should withdraw his forces from the Donbas region, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. “As we have stated, he must take responsibility and make this difficult decision. Doing so could save a great many lives,” Peskov said. “Most importantly, it would bring an end to the active phase of this conflict.”However, the pause in the trilateral talks between Russia, the United States and Ukraine is unrelated to the issue of …
Florida, March 22 (IANS) Ukrainian and US delegations discussed “key issues” and next steps on settling the Ukraine crisis in fresh negotiations held in the US state of Florida, Rustem Umerov, secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council, has said.”We continued to discuss key issues and next steps within the negotiation track. Special attention was paid to coordinating approaches for further progress toward practical results,” he was cited as saying in a report by the Interfax-Uk…
Munich, Feb 15 (IANS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that he hopes for serious and substantive discussions in the upcoming peace talks with Russia and the United States in Geneva.”We truly hope that the trilateral meetings next week will be serious, substantive, and helpful for all of us,” Zelensky said during a speech at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Saturday (local time), according to a report on the Ukrainian president’s official website.Zelensky said that the …