Russian air defense forces downed 339 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over a 13-hour period, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Saturday. The drones were shot down over more than a dozen regions including the Moscow region, as well as over the waters of theContinue Reading
Ukraine’s state-run nuclear energy operator Energoatom on Sunday accused Russia of attacking its spent nuclear fuel storage facility near the disused Chornobyl power plant. According to Energoatom, a drone strike occurred at around 2:10 a.m. local time (2310 GMT Saturday), partially destroying the facility’s container-receiving building. The agency saidContinue Reading
Russian presidential aide Kirill Dmitriev said during the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on Friday that the United States has moved towards dialogue with Moscow only after realising it couldn’t ‘break down’ Russia through sanctions. “No one believed it was possible to withstand pressure from so many countries,” DmitrievContinue Reading
President of Xinhua News Agency Fu Hua (C), TASS Director General Andrey Kondrashov (R), Chinese Consul General in St. Petersburg Luo Zhanhui jointly unveil the Russian edition of the first volume of “China’s Governance Under Xi Jinping’s Leadership” during the launch ceremony at the 29th St. Petersburg International Economic ForumContinue Reading
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan received her honorary doctorate at Russia’s Patrice Lumumba Peoples’ Friendship University – known as RUDN University – in Moscow on Thursday. Footage shows the African leader putting on an academic dress during the ceremony at the institution, named after the late DRC leader. “I renderContinue Reading
A total of 50 drones were shot down in Russia’s Leningrad Region on Wednesday, ahead of an international economic forum in Russia’s second-largest city of St. Petersburg, which is surrounded by the region, said regional Governor Alexander Drozdenko. “Fifty UAVs have been shot down over the territory of theContinue Reading
Ukrainian forces struck the Tuapse oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar region overnight on Wednesday, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said Thursday. According to the statement, fire and smoke were observed at the facility, while the extent of the damage is still being assessed. The refineryContinue Reading
