Lieutenant general Igor Kirillov. (ANI) MOSCOW: A top Russian general accused by Ukraine on Monday of being responsible for the use of banned chemical weapons against its troops was assassinated in Moscow on Tuesday morning in the most high-profile killing of its kind since the beginning of the war.Lieutenant general Igor Kirillov (54), who was…
PALM BEACH: President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday that Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky should be prepared to make a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to bring an end to the nearly three-year-old Ukraine war. “Gotta make a deal,” Trump said at a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida.Trump said he…
Russia unleashed a massive wave of missiles and drone strikes across Ukraine on Thursday, targeting critical power plants and plunging millions into darkness as temperatures hovered around freezing. Ukrainian officials reported major damage in nine regions, with over a million people immediately losing power and many more facing intensified rolling blackouts.Russian President Vladimir Putin said…
NEW DELHI: For the second year in succession, the G20 declaration refrained from explicitly condemning Russia for its invasion of Ukraine while diluting further the support for Kyiv amid pressure from the incoming Trump administration to end the war.While G20 Delhi Declaration too was seen as soft on Russia, focused as it was more on…
Russia announced on Tuesday that Ukraine launched six American-manufactured ATACMS long-range missiles into its Bryansk region in the west.Ukraine has not yet acknowledged using the ATACMS, which would mark their first deployment since President Joe Biden authorised Kyiv to use them against Russia, following persistent requests from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.“Last night at 3.25 (0025 GMT)…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed on Saturday his desire to conclude the conflict with Russia through diplomatic channels next year, as both nations anticipate Donald Trump‘s return to the White House.February 2025 would signify three years since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, with Russian forces currently advancing against Ukraine’s under-resourced military, AFP News agency reported.Trump’s potential…
Modi and Putin in Kazan Tuesday. ‘We have such a relationship that I feel you do not need any translation,’ Putin told the PM. (Reuters) In their second bilateral meeting this year, PM Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin that the Russia-Ukraine conflict “should be resolved only through peaceful means”, while saying that India fully…
External affairs minister S Jaishankar at Kautilya economic conclave NEW DELHI: India must remain with all major players in the Middle East amidst ongoing conflict, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Sunday. He added that New Delhi is seen as a country with a greater sense of responsibility towards the global polity.While speaking at…
Modi in Kyiv but shift unlikely in Indian positionNEW DELHI: Ahead of PM Narendra Modi’s “landmark and historic” visit to Ukraine, the Indian government indicated Monday its position on the Russia-Ukraine war – that ensuring peace is possible only through dialogue and diplomacy and the involvement of both parties in any peace initiative – remains…
The solution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict will not emerge from the battlefield, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Monday adding that the countries need to keep in touch with both nations. Reiterating the need for dialogue and diplomacy only solution to the conflict, Jaishankar in Tokyo said, “From the very beginning, we had the…
