Nadezhdin last week presented the electoral commission with signatures from more than 1,00,000 supporters but the commission said its initial analysis of the signatures showed some of those listed as Nadezhdin supporters were dead people.
However, Ukrainian forces said it has come under intense Russian attack over the past 24 hours, with continuous assaults along the front line, Ukraine’s General Staff said in a statement Sunday.
Kyiv, which is fighting Russian forces in Ukraine, has neither confirmed nor denied that it downed the plane, but has challenged details of Moscow's account and called for an international investigation.
Russia's Defence Ministry said the countries exchanged 195 POWs each. After the statement was released, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said 207 Ukrainians were freed.
The legally binding final ruling was the first of two expected decisions from the International Court of Justice linked to the decade-long conflict between Russia and Ukraine that exploded into an all-out war almost two years ago.
Attacks led by the Ukraine army are dealing a heavy blow to President Vladimir Putin’s attempts to reassure Russians that life in the country is largely untouched by the nearly 2-year-old war.
The Russian Defence Ministry said that an IL-76 cargo aircraft carrying 65 captured Ukrainian service members as well as six crew members and three people accompanying the POWs went down during a pre-planned flight at around 11 am local time.
The Russian Defence Ministry, in a statement, said that an IL-76 cargo aircraft carrying 65 Ukrainian Prisoners of War (PoWs) as well as six crew members and three others went down near the Ukrainian border region.
Quoting Russia's ministry of defence, Ria Novosti news agency said another nine people were on board, including six crew.
Turkey, a NATO member, has been dragging its feet on ratifying Sweden’s accession for more than a year, accusing the country of being too lenient toward groups it regards as security threats.
Zelenskyy described the former president’s rhetoric as “very dangerous” and appeared apprehensive that Trump’s idea of a negotiated solution might involve Ukraine making major concessions to Russia.
According to Alexei Kulemzin, the city's Russian-installed mayor, Ukrainian forces shelled a busy area where shops and a market are located.
The Russian Foreign Minister said Washington's push for restarting nuclear arms talks is rooted in a desire to “try to establish control over our nuclear arsenal and minimize nuclear risks for itself,” but added that “those risks are emerging as a result of forceful pressure on our country.”
Putin dismissed "so-called peace formulas" being discussed among Western countries and Ukraine and the "prohibitive demands" these negotiations entailed. This came as the United States and the European Union are unable to fund Kyiv due to their own internal complications.
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.
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.
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 in what officials called the biggest aerial attack in the 22-month war on Friday, killing at least 31 civilians.
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.
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.
Top News
Latest News
