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September 24, 2024 1:20 PM

“We welcome everyone’s participation in peacemaking, it is hard work…”: US Ambassador Garcetti on PM Modi’s visit to Russia, Ukraine

In light of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent visits to Russia and Ukraine, US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti stated that the United States welcomes the involvement of all parties in peacemaking efforts. Garcetti emphasized that India's established relations with both nations position PM Modi and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to play crucial roles in fostering dialogue amid ongoing conflict. Garcetti highlighted the significance of respecting national sovereignty, asserting tha...

September 13, 2024 10:26 PM

Ukraine secures release of 49 citizens from Russian captivity

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the successful return of 49 Ukrainians from Russian captivity on Friday. The group includes personnel from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard, the National Police, border guards, and several civilians. This marks the 56th prisoner exchange since the war began in February 2022, with a total of 3,569 Ukrainians brought back from Russian detention so far, according to Dmytro Lubinets, Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, as report...

September 13, 2024 8:38 PM

Russia expels six British diplomats as East-West tensions rise over Ukraine missiles

Russia's FSB security service said on Friday it had revoked the accreditation of six British diplomats in Moscow after accusing them of spying and sabotage work, signalling the Kremlin's anger at what it sees as London's vital role in helping Ukraine. Russia announced the expulsions hours ahead of planned talks in Washington between British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and U.S. President Joe Biden on the next steps in supporting Ukraine, centring on whether to allow Western missiles to be used t...

September 13, 2024 3:53 PM

Nine European countries protest against IMF resuming missions to Russia

Nine European countries protested on Friday against the International Monetary Fund's plans to resume missions to Russia, saying it would damage the reputation of the Fund to resume dialogue with a country that has invaded another. After Moscow's all-out invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the IMF stopped its annual consultations with Russia, which the Washington-based lender of last resort does for all its members. But on Sept 2, the IMF's Russian executive director Aleksei Mozhin told Reut...

September 16, 2024 3:25 PM

“Peace in border areas, respect for LAC essential for normalcy in India-China ties”: NSA Ajit Doval at BRICS summit

India's National Security Adviser Ajit Doval met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday in St. Petersburg, Russia. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the BRICS High-Ranking Officials Meeting on Security Matters, according to a press release from the Ministry of External Affairs. During the talks, Doval said that peace and tranquility in border areas, along with respect for the Line of Actual Control (LAC), are paramount for restoring normalcy in India-China relations. This st...

September 13, 2024 10:48 AM

Putin says West will be fighting directly with Russia if it lets Kyiv use long-range missiles

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the West would be directly fighting with Russia if it allowed Ukraine to strike Russian territory with Western-made long-range missiles, a move he said would alter the nature and scope of the conflict. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been pleading with Kyiv's allies for months to let Ukraine fire Western missiles including long-range U.S. ATACMS and British Storm Shadows deep into Russian territory to limit Moscow's ability to launch at...

September 11, 2024 11:14 AM

Top Russian official reports swift advance in Ukraine, rules out talks for now

Russia said on Tuesday its forces had advanced by 1,000 square kilometres (390 square miles) in eastern Ukraine in August and September despite a Ukrainian incursion into western Russia, which ruled out any ceasefire talks with Kyiv. Since Russia sent armoured forces into Ukraine in February 2022, the war has largely been a story of grinding artillery and drone strikes along a heavily fortified 1,000-km (620-mile) front involving hundreds of thousands of soldiers. Russian Security Council Se...

September 10, 2024 7:18 PM

Blinken says Russia received missiles from Iran, warns of threat to European security

Russia has received ballistic missiles from Iran and will likely use them in Ukraine within weeks, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday, warning that cooperation between Moscow and Tehran threatens wider European security. Blinken, speaking at a news conference in London ahead of a visit to Kyiv alongside Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy, said Washington had privately warned Iran that providing ballistic missiles to Russia would "constitute a dramatic escalation" and sa...

September 9, 2024 10:36 AM

Russia takes Ukrainian town in advance on Pokrovsk

Russia said on Sunday its forces had taken full control of a town in eastern Ukraine as Moscow's forces advance on the strategically important city of Pokrovsk and seek to pierce the Ukrainian defensive front lines. Russian forces, which control about a fifth of Ukraine since invading in February 2022, are advancing in eastern Ukraine in an attempt to take the whole of the Donbas, which is about half the size of the U.S. state of Ohio. Russia's defence ministry said its forces had taken the t...

September 6, 2024 4:26 PM

Ukraine presses for long-range strike support, US announces more aid

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged Western allies on Friday to ignore Moscow's "red lines" and allow Kyiv to use long-range weapons for strikes on Russian territory, as Washington pledged another $250 million in weaponry for Kyiv. Zelenskiy made his first appearance at a regular U.S.-hosted gathering of Ukraine's allies at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, and sought to present the long-range strike options as another way to pressure Russia to end its 2-1/2-year-old invasion. He spoke a...