Category: Russia

The West is supplying weapons and helping Kiev’s military instead of de-escalating hostilities, Sergey Shoigu claims Foreign military advisers in Ukraine are directly involved in the preparation of attacks on Russian territories, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said on Friday during a high-level meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries. Apart from helping to prepare attacks,…

The Western bloc has expanded along the country’s border, compromising national security, the defense minister has said Western leaders are falsely claiming Moscow intends to attack their nations in order to justify stoking the Ukraine conflict, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu warned on Friday. The minister rebuked the US-led military bloc during a meeting with his…

The successful attack took place in Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic, according to the Defense Ministry Russian forces have struck a freight train carrying military equipment supplied to Ukraine by its Western backers, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said. The combined attack involved aircraft, missiles and artillery, the ministry said in a statement on Friday….

Washington spreads global chaos for its own benefit, the Russian defense minister has claimed The US is behind the Ukraine conflict and is deliberately trying to prolong the fighting, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said on Friday. He was speaking during a meeting with his counterparts from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a nine-strong political, economic and…

Lithuania could follow Poland’s lead in dealing with fighting-age Ukrainians, the defense chief has said Lithuanian Defense Minister Laurynas Kasciunas has acknowledged that Ukraine is “very short of mobilization reserves,” after Kiev suspended the issuing of passports for conscription-age men residing abroad. Ukraine has barred all men between the ages of 18 and 60 from receiving or renewing…

A Russian man who was on a wanted list has ended up in custody after starring in a bizarre viral video Russian police have apprehended a 40-year-old drug trafficking suspect, after he was spotted on CCTV casually carrying what was described as a “dead dolphin” around the Black Sea resort of Sochi. A bizarre video circulating…

The president was speaking at the congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs The Russian economy has demonstrated buoyant growth despite unprecedented external challenges, Vladimir Putin said during an address on Thursday to Russia’s Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP). The president stressed that he appreciated the contribution of the business community and proposed more…

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says he once had an intimate moment with a nuclear warhead Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has revealed he once got up-close and personal with a “strategic nuclear warhead” and actually hugged it. The president made the remarks on Thursday at the All-Belarusian People’s Assembly, a major gathering of top officials and…

The former Ukrainian commander-in-chief, slated to become ambassador in London, has been suspiciously absent from the public eye There is only one genuinely puzzling question left about Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky: Why is he still in office? By now, at least, everything else about him is obvious: A self-centered actor with a vast-yet-insecure ego easily…

A previously-undisclosed delivery of the long-range weapons by the US was confirmed by the White House this week The “secret” supply by Washington to Ukraine of long-range surface-to-surface ATACMS rockets only spells more trouble for Kiev, Kremlin spokesman Dimitry Peskov told journalists on Thursday. On Wednesday, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan confirmed media…