This is Beirut, 21/05 13:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Iranian parliament ratified a 20-year strategic partnership treaty with Russia on Wednesday, state media reported, consolidating closer ties between the two countries amid growing tensions with the West. The deal, which was signed by Presidents Masoud Pezeshkian and Vladimir Putin in January, was already ratified by Russia's State Duma ...
This is Beirut, 15/05 14:25 - Reading : less than a minute
The Kremlin said Thursday President Vladimir Putin currently had no plans to go to Istanbul, where Kyiv and Moscow are due to hold talks, despite US leader Donald Trump saying he would be ready to go. "No, there are no such plans at the moment," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. He declined to answer AFP's question on why Putin refused to go ...
This is Beirut, 13/05 13:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Ukraine on Tuesday said that if Russian President Vladimir Putin skips talks in Turkey on Thursday with Volodymyr Zelensky, it would be a clear sign that Moscow does not have any intentions of halting its invasion. Zelensky has called on Putin to personally attend direct Russia-Ukraine talks that the Kremlin leader himself suggested, but Moscow ...
This is Beirut, 09/05 19:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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European leaders from the "coalition of the willing", a grouping of countries which have pledged strengthened support for Kyiv, will meet in Ukraine on Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. Zelensky did not say who would attend or where the summit would take place. Around 30 countries are part of the coalition, led by Britain ...
This is Beirut, 08/05 17:25 - Reading : less than a minute
In Kyiv, Russia’s announcement of a three-day ceasefire is met with deep skepticism, despite the absence of missile strikes on the capital on the first day.
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Beyond the rhetoric of victory, the war has now reached Moscow’s skies. In a dramatic escalation, Ukraine launched a massive drone strike overnight, from Monday to Tuesday, targeting Russian territory. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, 105 drones were intercepted or neutralized by air defense systems, with 19 aimed directly at the ...
This is Beirut, 06/05 09:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin will address the "grandest" ever annual Victory Day parade in Moscow on Friday, evoking the Soviet Union's defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II to rally support for his troops fighting in Ukraine. Russia marks the event more than three years into its offensive, and after it pummelled Ukraine with a string of ...
This is Beirut, 03/05 17:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed a three-day truce ordered by Russian leader Vladimir Putin as theatrics but said Kyiv was ready for a full ceasefire. Moscow said the truce, set to coincide with its World War II commemorations on May 9, was aimed at testing Kyiv's "readiness" for long-term peace and accused ...
This is Beirut, 28/04 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Recognizing Russia's annexation of the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula of Crimea would undermine the international order and raise serious legal challenges, experts said, as the Kremlin on Monday called the concession "imperative" to resolving the conflict. The comments came as US President Donald Trump pushed Russia to accept a ceasefire, telling ...
This is Beirut, 28/04 14:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a surprise three-day ceasefire in Ukraine from May 8-10, coinciding with Moscow's World War II Victory Day commemorations, the Kremlin said Monday. The announcement came after US President Donald Trump urged Putin to "stop shooting" and "sign a deal" to end the three-year conflict, which the White ...
This is Beirut, 22/04 18:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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US envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to visit Russia this week, a Kremlin aide said Tuesday, as US President Donald Trump seeks a speedy deal to end the three-year Ukraine conflict. Trump, who promised on the campaign trail to strike a deal between Moscow and Kyiv in 24 hours, has failed since his return to office three months ago to wrangle ...
This is Beirut, 22/04 14:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Russian hackers targeted a Dutch public facility last year in what is believed to be the first such attack on the country's infrastructure, the Netherlands’ military intelligence service said on Monday. The Netherlands remains an "interesting target country" for Moscow due to its continued support for Ukraine, the presence of Hague-based ...