Maria Zakharova

November 27, 2025 6:52 PM

Russia says Ukrainian NATO membership would be unacceptable for Moscow

Russia said on Thursday that Ukrainian membership of the U.S.-led NATO military alliance would be unacceptable to Moscow. “For us, the threat is still the expansion of NATO,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters in Moscow. “NATO’s desire to pull Ukraine into its orbit remains a threat to us.” “This country’s membership of an aggressive military alliance that has declared Russia to be its target, calling it a security threat in all operational enviro...

September 4, 2025 10:45 AM

Russia says potential military troops deployment in Ukraine unacceptable

Russia has no plans to discuss any potential foreign military deployment in Ukraine in any format, calling it "unacceptable", foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters on Thursday. She was commenting on remarks by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on plans to send European troops to Ukraine, a move, which was also rejected by Germany. In an interview to the Financial Times on Sunday, von der Leyen said Europe was drawing up "pretty precise plans" for a multin...

August 19, 2025 10:22 AM

Moscow calls on London not to hinder efforts to settle Ukrainian conflict: Russian Foreign Ministry

Russia has called on the UK authorities to refrain from actions that undermine Russia and the United States’ efforts to settle the Ukrainian conflict, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said. "Against the backdrop of the genuine desire demonstrated by the Russian and US leadership in Anchorage for a comprehensive, fair, and sustainable settlement of the conflict around Ukraine, including the elimination of its root causes, statements continue to pour out of London that no...

October 23, 2024 6:38 PM

Russia says ‘unprecedented’ cyber attack hits foreign ministry amid BRICS summit

The Russian Foreign Ministry was targeted by a severe cyber attack on Wednesday, coinciding with the major BRICS summit taking place in the country, spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. Earlier Zakharova said that the ministry had been targeted by a large-scale distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS). "A massive cyberattack from abroad began this morning on the infrastructure of the official website, the Russian Foreign Ministry's portal," Zakharova said. She noted that the ministry regularl...

September 16, 2024 6:37 PM

On first day in office as Prime Minister for the third time, PM Modi signs file on Kisan Welfare

Prime Minister Narendra Modi commenced his historic third consecutive term on Monday by authorizing the release of the 17th installment of the PM-KISAN scheme, which aims to benefit 9.3 crore farmers with a disbursement of around Rs 20,000 crores. Arriving at his office in South Block on the first morning after taking oath, PM Modi signed the file pertaining to the flagship scheme's installment for farmers, underscoring his government's commitment to their welfare. After signing the file, PM M...