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BERLIN: Ukraine wants its citizens taken as prisoners of war by the Russian forces to be released. In return, it is ready to free Vladimir Putin's most high-profile ally in the country - Viktor Medvedchuk. Ukrainian security services have announced the...
MOSCOW: Over 1,000 Ukrainian troops, including 162 officers and 47 female service members surrendered in Mariupol, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Major-General Igor Konashenkov said on Wednesday. "As a result of successful offensive operations by...
WASHINGTON: The Russian embassy in Washington dismissed as baseless US Department of State Spokesperson Ned Price’s claims about the possibility of Russia using chemical weapons in Ukraine. "We took note of the provocative statements made by Press Secretary...
BERLIN: With China and Russia seeking to become leading space powers in the near future, a senior defence analyst for space and counter space of the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Keith Ryder warned on Tuesday that Moscow and Beijing plan to explore...
NEW DELHI: India and the US have reaffirmed their ambitions for building an advanced and comprehensive defence partnership in which militaries of the two nations coordinate closely together across all domains. In a joint statement issued after the conclusion...
NEW DELHI: India and Russia are ‘natural allies’, but this relationship does not negatively affect the country's cooperation with the United States, Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said in an exclusive interview with the Hindustan Times. "I don't...
VOSTOCHY SPACEPORT: Russian President Vladimir Putin has tasked the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) to organize a space flight on a Russian spaceship for representatives of Belarus. "I ask Roscosmos to organize the necessary training and a [subsequent]...
Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation in Ukraine. MOSCOW: Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry (11.04.2022) The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special...
BERLIN: Pro-US Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has reached out to the African Union (AU) for support against Russia's aggression and requested to address the continental organisation. Zelensky called Senegalese President Macky Sall on Monday and...
COLOMBO: Faced with critically low forex reserves, Sri Lanka on Tuesday announced that the crisis-stricken country will default on its external debt pending a bailout package from the International Monetary Fund. A statement from the finance ministry...
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States was monitoring what he described as a rise in human rights abuses in India by some officials, in a rare direct rebuke by Washington of the Asian nation's rights record. "We regularly...
MOSCOW: The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed the liquidation of one of the leaders of the organization "Right Sector" banned in the Russian Federation - Taras Bobanich. Russian special forces killed a militant 5 kilometers south of Izyum, the ministry...