Russian foreign minister to visit North Korea this week in latest sign of expanding ties

[ad_1] Russia foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov SEOUL: ©© will travel to North Korea for a three-day visit beginning Friday in the latest sign of the countries’ deepening ties during Russia’s war in Ukraine, state media reported. North Korea’s official Korean central news agency said Lavrov was invited by the country’s Foreign Ministry but did not […]

Wave of Russian strikes wounds 7 in Ukraine

[ad_1] KYIV: Fresh Russian strikes targeting Ukrainian regions in the night of Saturday to Sunday wounded at least seven people, according to the war-torn country’s authorities, calling on Western allies for increased military support.Since launching its invasion in February 2022 Russia has launched near-nightly bombardments of its neighbour’s towns and cities, raining down drones and […]

A Ukrainian journalist is released from Russian custody in occupied Crimea

[ad_1] A Ukrainian journalist is released from Russian custody in occupied Crimea (Image: AP) Ukrainian Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko was released Sunday after more than four years in Russian custody in Crimea, according to RFE/RL. Yesypenko was arrested and jailed on March 10, 2021, in Crimea, which was illegally annexed by Russia […]

Ukraine denies postponing POW swaps as Russian strike kills three

[ad_1] Ukraine denied Russian allegations on Saturday that it had indefinitely postponed prisoner swaps, accusing Moscow of “playing dirty games” after overnight Russian missile and bomb strikes on Kharkiv left three people dead and 22 injured.Separately, Russian officials said a Ukrainian drone attack in the Moscow region wounded two people. At a second round of […]

Ukraine claims ‘successful’ night-time strikes on two Russian airfields

[ad_1] KYIV: Kyiv said on Friday that it had launched “successful” strikes on two military airfields inside Russia that Kyiv said were used to stage aerial attacks on Ukraine.Russian and Ukrainian bombardments have escalated in recent weeks despite a flurry of diplomatic efforts spearheaded by the United States aimed at halting Moscow’s more than three-year […]

Fact check: How credible is Russian Fact-check Site GFCN?

[ad_1] Representative Image (AI-generated) In early April, Russia’s ministry of foreign affairs unveiled the Global Fact-Checking Network (GFCN) — a self-proclaimed international alliance of fact-checkers and media outlets.The initiative was first presented at the “Dialogue about Fakes 2.0” forum in Moscow in November 2024. At a press briefing following the April announcement, Russian foreign ministry […]

Moscow security chief in Pyongyang for talks with Kim Jong Un: Russian news agencies

[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and North Korean President Kim Jong Un (AP) MOSCOW: Moscow’s top security official Sergei Shoigu arrived Wednesday in Pyongyang, where he will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for talks, Russian news agencies reported.Shoigu arrived on orders from Russian President Vladimir Putin, TASS reported, with RIA Novosti saying […]

Russian defence ministry confirms 5 airbases targeted in Ukrainian drone strike

[ad_1] The Russian defence ministry confirmed on Sunday that the Ukrainian drone strikes targeted 5 airbases across the country, damaging an unspecified number of aircrafts.In a statement, the Russian defence ministry accused Kyiv of carrying out “a terror attack with the use of FPV drones on airfields in the Murmansk, Irkutsk, Ivanovo, Ryazan, and Amur […]

Russian missile strike hits Ukrainian training base, 12 dead

[ad_1] Representative image (AP) At least 12 Ukrainian soldiers are reported dead and over 60 others injured in a Russian missile strike which hit a Ukrainian army training unit on Sunday, according to a statement put out by Ukrainian ground forces in a statement.The strike took place at 12:50pm (local time), said the statement, which […]

Bridge collapses that killed 7 were ‘acts of terrorism’, say Russian authorities

[ad_1] Two train bridges in western Russia collapsed overnight in separate incidents now being investigated as “acts of terrorism”, according to Russian authorities. The explosions took place in the Bryansk and Kursk regions close to the Ukrainian border, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens more.Svetlana Petrenko, Russia’s Investigative Committee spokeswoman, confirmed the classification. […]