Russia

Ukraine claims responsibility for last year's Crimea bridge blast

Jul 27, 2023 08:39

Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) has claimed responsibility for an attack on the Crimean Bridge connecting Russia and the Crimean Peninsula in October last year.
Ukraine wasting Western military training: German intelligence report

Jul 27, 2023 03:03

Ukraine's counteroffensive is failing to make progress because its army is not fully implementing the training it has received from the West, a leaked German intelligence document has revealed, blaming Ukraine’s lack of success on the tactics of its commanders.
There will be no Ukraine if it joins NATO: Duma deputy speaker

Jul 26, 2023 09:29

A top Russian lawmaker insists that there will be no Ukraine if the East European country joins the US-led NATO military alliance.
US keeps backing Kiev's 'terrorist plans' by its military aid: Russia

Jul 26, 2023 08:32

The US government keeps sponsoring the "terrorist plans" of Kiev by sending military aid to the ex-Soviet country, causing more death and suffering, Russia's ambassador to Washington has reiterated.
US claims drone damaged by flares from Russian jet over Syria amid escalating tensions

Jul 26, 2023 08:24

A Russian jet fighter flew recently within a few meters of an occupying US spy drone over Syria and fired flares at it, striking the illegally flying American aircraft and damaging it, the US military has claimed amid multiple encounters between the rival military powers over Syrian air space in recent weeks.
Russia's defense chief, Chinese officials in N Korea to mark Victory Day, expand ties

Jul 26, 2023 05:58

Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has arrived in North Korea leading a military delegation, joining a high level Chinese delegation to attend the country's Victory Day events marking the end of the Korean War and hold talks on expanding defense ties.
US addiction to sanctions will prove to spell its downfall: Report

Jul 26, 2023 05:47

Washington’s widespread use of illegal sanctions as a political tool to punish independent and rival governments as well as politicians and traders have prompted a broad coalition of nations across the globe to “rewrite” the rules of international financial system aimed at ending the US-dominated order, a major Washington-based journal vows.
Syria’s Assad blames US, allies for fomenting ‘global instability’ to harm Russia

Jul 26, 2023 04:46

Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has blamed the US for fomenting global crises, saying Washington and its Western allies have generated “a state of global instability” in efforts to weaken rival Russia.
Anti-war activists rally in Germany to protest against arming Ukraine with cluster munitions

Jul 25, 2023 11:47

Hundreds of German protesters have taken to the streets in Nuremberg to call on the West to stop deliveries of weapons, including US-made cluster munitions, to Ukraine.
Russia dismisses UN call to return to Black Sea grain deal

Jul 25, 2023 11:27

Russia has rejected a UN call to return to a deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain via the Black Sea.