Nine people, including seven law enforcement officers, died and 25 others sustained injuries during shootings in southern Russia’s Republic of Dagestan on Sunday, RIA Novosti reported. The report cited the muftiate of the republic. The shootings occurred at two Orthodox churches first at a synagogue and a traffic police post in Derbent City. Another shooting […]
Ukrainians heard powerful explosions in the Capital, Kyiv and other cities across the country in the early hours of Wednesday. This is as Russia launched an attack with missiles and drones, Ukrainian authorities and media outlets reported. Russian forces fired 24 Shahed combat drones, four cruise missiles from Tu-95MC bombers and an aeroballistic missile Kinzhal. […]
Russia’s Ministry of Agriculture said Tuesday the country’s grain exporters will shift their focus to key markets in the Middle East and North Africa. The country also plans to strengthen relationships with India and China. Russian Agriculture Minister, Oksana Lut, held a meeting with grain exporters. The meeting unanimously agreed that Turkey’s import refusal would […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Sunday, accused China of helping Russia to disrupt an upcoming Swiss-organised peace conference on the war in Ukraine. At Asia’s premier security conference, Zelenskyy said that China is pressuring other countries and their leaders not to attend the upcoming talks. He did not say which ones. “Russia, using Chinese influence in […]
Russia has no interest in having war with NATO countries, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday. In an interview with a local TV channel, Putin refuted the claims that Russia may attack NATO as “absurd and a figure of speech”. “Moscow and NATO countries have no territorial claims against each other,” he said. Putin […]
the Hundreds of people stormed the main airport in Russia’s Dagestan region, chanting antisemitic slogans and seeking passengers arriving on a flight from the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, Russian news agencies and social media reported. Russian news reports said the crowd, on Sunday, surrounded the airliner, which belongs to Russian carrier Red Wings. Authorities […]
Russia blasted an apartment block in Ukraine with missiles on Wednesday and swarmed cities with drone attacks overnight, in a display of force as President Vladimir Putin bid farewell to his visiting “dear friend” and the Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. Firefighters battled a blaze in two adjacent tall residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia. Officials said the […]
The United States will, on Tuesday, announce new aid to help Ukraine restore electricity as its people faced another week of brutal cold and darkness. This is coming after Russian missile strikes on Ukraine’s power grid caused rolling blackouts. Russia had targeted Ukraine’s power plants, transmission and distribution facilities, and water pumping stations since early […]
Russian-installed officials in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region have said they were extending an evacuation zone from the Dnipro river, repeating claims rejected by Keiv that Ukraine could be preparing to attack the Kakhovka dam and flood the region.Evacuation In a post on Telegram, Vladimir Saldo, the Russian-backed head of the region, which is partially […]
Ukraine reported further Russian missile attacks on central regions of the country, on Wednesday afternoon. According to the authorities, the Vinnytsia region, in west-central Ukraine, was among those hit but explosions were also heard in Kiev. The Ukrainian armed forces reported that Russia had fired missiles and combat drones from the territory of its ally […]