Authorities in Ukraine say Russia killed at least two civilians, injured several others and damaged commercial and residential buildings in a drone strike overnight Friday. The Interior Ministry said two victims were killed by drone debris in the central Kyiv area. It said the infrastructure damaged during the attack included a multi-storey residential building and … Read more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that if a ceasefire deal with Russia is reached, “at least 200,000 European peacekeepers” would be needed in Ukraine to defend the Eastern European country against a possible attack from Russia. Zelensky, speaking a day after Donald Trump’s return to the US presidency, said Europe should “take care of … Read more
Ukrainian officials say at least four people were killed early Saturday in a nighttime Russian attack on the capital Kiev. Timur Tkachenko, head of the Ukrainian capital’s military administration, said on Telegram that the deaths occurred in the city’s Shevchenkivskyi district. He said Holosiivskyi District, located on the west bank of the Dnipro River, which … Read more
Moscow — Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian arrived in Moscow on Friday to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and sign a strategic partnership treaty linking closer defense cooperation, in a move that is likely to alarm the West. On his first visit to the Kremlin since winning the presidency last July, Pezeshkian will hold … Read more
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accused the United States of “blatant hypocrisy” for allowing prisoners to fight the Los Angeles wildfires. Russia’s state-owned news agency RIA Novosti quoted Zakharova on January 12 as saying that the use of prisoners as firefighters is no different from China’s use of forced labor, which the US has … Read more
Russia’s nearly three-year invasion of Ukraine has become a “war of attrition” and a “stalemate” that must end, Senator Marco Rubio, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state, said on Wednesday in his Told senators at confirmation hearing. , Rubio broke with the passive stance of the administration of outgoing President Joe Biden, who … Read more
Pro-Kremlin Russian media lost millions of readers and viewers in 2024, with the audience of some state propaganda outlets falling by up to a third. The main propaganda TV channel, Channel One, has lost a quarter of its viewers following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Experts who spoke to VOA Russian said this … Read more
Moscow — Russian President Vladimir Putin will host his Iranian counterpart this week to sign a comprehensive partnership agreement between Moscow and Tehran, the Kremlin said on Monday. The Kremlin said a “comprehensive strategic partnership” agreement between the countries would be signed during Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian’s visit to Moscow on Friday. It said the … Read more
Nearly 300 North Korean soldiers have been killed and 2,700 others wounded in Russia’s war in Ukraine, South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers in a closed briefing on Monday. The National Intelligence Service said he had taken part in the interrogation of several North Korean soldiers who were captured by Ukrainian forces. The briefing came … Read more
Moscow — Russia said on Saturday that Ukraine carried out drone strikes in several regions of Russia, including two residential houses in the Tambov region that were hit and at least three people injured. People were treated for injuries caused by broken windows caused by a drone strike on two houses in the city of … Read more