Russian President Putin publicly endorses evacuation of civilians from Kherson
Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly endorsed the evacuation of civilians from parts of Ukraine's southern Kherson region on Friday, the latest sign of Russia's retreat in one of the most bitterly contested areas in Ukraine.
China and Russia can halt North Korean Nuclear Tests, says US
The United States believes China and Russia have leverage they can use to persuade North Korea not to resume nuclear bomb testing, a senior U.S. administration official said on Thursday.
Russian missiles strike Kyiv after Russia pull out of grain deal
Blasts were heard in Kyiv on Monday when Russian missile strikes around the country, after Moscow blamed Kyiv for an attack on its Black Sea fleet and pulled out of a deal to allow Ukrainian grain shipments.
Russia finished calling up reservists to fight in Ukraine
Russia said on Friday it had finished calling up reservists to fight in Ukraine, having drafted hundreds of thousands in a month and sending more than a quarter of them already to the battlefield.
U.S. lowering nuclear threshold, says Russia
Russia said on Saturday that the accelerated deployment of modernised U.S. B61 tactical nuclear weapons at NATO bases in Europe would lower the "nuclear threshold" and that Russia would take the move into account in its military planning.
Putin’s nuclear warning biggest risk since Cuban missile crisis: Biden
"We have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban missile crisis," Biden said.
Talks defying the West see Putin & Xi hailing relations as “great power”
The Kremlin has touted the SCO summit in the ancient Silk Road city of Samarkand as showing there is an "alternative" to Western dominated international institutions.
President Erdogan on a one-day visit to Ukraine
President Erdogan is visiting Ukraine to hold talks with President Zelenskyy and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Finding a solution to the prevailing crisis in the war-hit country is on the agenda of the meetings.
Russian FM: West’s weapons delivery to Ukraine will expand Russia’s geographical tasks
As West sends more long-range weapons into Ukraine, geographical aims of Russian troops will move even further, says foreign minister
After cheap oil, India to import 157,000 tonnes of coal from Russia
India’s biggest cement company, Ultratech, will import 1,57,000 tonnes of coal from western sanction-hit Russia for $25.81 million.
Payment deadline expiry intensifies default risk for Russia
Russia has struggled to keep up payments on $40 billion of outstanding bonds since its invasion of Ukraine
World Bank issues warning of global recession
World Bank stated that the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war could bring a global recession as food, energy, and fertilizer the prices go higher