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.
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.
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.
"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.
The man walked into a room where the Keretsky village council were discussing the community's budget on Friday morning, after which he took three explosives out of his pocket, pulled the pins out and threw them to the floor. The bomber was killed, as per preliminary police information.
Orban, who maintains close relations with Russia, refused to green-light the funding to help Ukraine's government at a critical juncture in the war against Russia. The Kremlin praised Orban's stance and criticised the EU's decision on membership talks as "politicised".
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