EAM S Jaishankar spoke with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and the duo had discussions on variety of subjects including increasing humanitarian aid to Gaza.
US National Security Council said that recently declassified intelligence found that Russia had access to North Korean ballistic missile launchers and several ballistic missiles. The US is also concerned that Russia’s negotiations to acquire close-range ballistic missiles from Iran are advancing.
According to Kuleba, the Indian side agreed to hold the first meeting of the India-Ukraine Inter-Governmental Commission since 2018 in the near future.
At least 24 people were killed and over 110 injured in a retaliatory attack by Ukraine in Russia's Belgorod on Saturday. Putin called it "a terrorist act" that would not go unpunished and promised more strikes on Ukrainian targets.
A further 110 people were wounded in the strike, said regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, making it one of the deadliest attacks on Russian soil since the start of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine 22 months ago.
Russia launched a massive barrage of 122 missiles and 36 drones against Ukrainian targets on Friday, killing 31 people and injuring 120 others. This was the largest aerial assault since the war erupted last year, as the previous biggest assault was in November 2022 when Moscow launched 96 missiles.
Air Force commander Mykola Oleshchuk described the barrage as the "most massive aerial attack" on his official Telegram since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February last year. At least 88 people were injured and an unknown number were buried under rubble during the 18-hour Russian attack.
The party, in Moscow's Mutabor nightclub on December 21, was organised by blogger Anastasia (Nastya) Ivleeva and was attended by well-known singers in various states of undress who have been staples on state TV entertainment programmes for years.
Both Jaishankar and Lavrov are expected to discuss a wide range of issues including bilateral, trade, currency, the Middle East conflict, the Ukraine crisis and other global issues.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dropped his objection to Sweden’s membership during a NATO summit in July, but it took him several months to send the bill to parliament for ratification and weeks for the parliamentary committee to give its consent.
One person was killed, two injured and a large landing ship called Novocherkassk was damaged in an overnight Ukrainian attack on the Crimean port city of Feodosia, Russia's defence ministry and officials said on Tuesday (December 26).
The two ministers will discuss transport, banking and financial chains as well as security in the Indo-Pacific region, the situation in Ukraine and Afghanistan, and the Israel-Hamas war, said the Russian Foreign Ministry. This comes weeks ahead of Russia's presidential elections.
Ukraine claimed that it destroyed the 'Novocherkassk' landing ship, however, the Russian defence ministry reported that the ship was damaged after Kyiv launched air-launched missiles to attack the Crimean port of Feodosia. Crimea governor Sergei Aksyonov said that one person was killed.
Zelenskyy's speech which is uploaded on social media platforms, seems the most emotional one as it has various dimensions of war-- from the perspective of a child to a father who is willing to meet his beloved children.
EAM Jaishankar's visit is marked crucial as it comes nearly three months before Russia is scheduled to hold Presidential elections which the incumbent Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin is expected to return to the chair despite the ongoing war.
Recalling that Jesus was born during a census meant to reinforce King David’s power, Francis warned against “the quest for worldly power and might, fame and glory, which measures everything in terms of success, results, numbers and figures, a world obsessed with achievement.”
"We are not going to abandon the goals of the special military operation," Putin said, though he added that Russia needed better military communication, reconnaissance, targeting and satellite capability.
Putin said in an interview published on Sunday by Rossiya state television, saying it was an attempt by Biden to justify his "erroneous policy" on Russia.
The Kremlin leader vowed to achieve the "de-Nazification, de-militarisation and a neutral status of the country" of Ukraine as part of its "special military operation". Offering a rare detail, Putin said that a total of 617,000 Russian troops are currently fighting in Ukraine.
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