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Commenting on the most recent round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in Turkey’s Istanbul, Wang Wenbin noted “positive signals” demonstrated by both parties Cooperation between Russia and China in the sphere of security and regarding measures to resist global hegemony has no boundaries, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Wednesday. “The cooperation between Russia and China has no boundaries. It regards our bilateral measures on maintaining peace and security as well as joint steps to resist hegemony,” the diplomat said at a press briefing in response to a question about how far this cooperation between Moscow and…

Self-propelled heavy artillery pieces were described as one of the options UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson allegedly told his cabinet on Tuesday that he wants to provide Ukraine with “more lethal” military aid to help the country repel the Russian attack, The Times reported on Wednesday, citing a government source. Western countries have been urgently supplying Ukraine with weapons after Moscow launched its military campaign on February 24. Kiev, however, has repeatedly asked for more aid, arguing that the current level of support is not enough. Admiral Tony Radakin, the chief of the Defense Staff, was said to have stated at the…

The US and EU have “tarnished their reputation” by freezing Russia’s central bank reserves, ex-President Dmitry Medvedev has said A new financial order will be negotiated in the world, and the West won’t have the main say in it anymore, ex-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has claimed. The “hellish” sanctions imposed on Russia by the US, EU, and their allies over the conflict in Ukraine have failed to cripple to the country, but are instead “returning to the West like a boomerang,” Medvedev, the former Russian president who is now the deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, wrote on Telegram. “This is hurtful for our…

The former Ukrainian peninsula is part of Russia and not subject to debate, the Kremlin spokesman says The status of Crimea is settled for Russia, so Moscow will not discuss the issue with Kiev or any other party, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Wednesday, commenting on the outcome of peace talks on the previous day. Kiev’s proposal for a peace treaty with Russia included a pledge to resolve the territorial dispute over Crimea within 15 years without the use of force. “Crimea is part of the Russian Federation. According to our constitution, we cannot discuss with anyone the…

The facilities destroyed include schools, kindergartens and residential buildings Some 700 public infrastructure facilities have been damaged and destroyed by shellings in Donetsk over the past three weeks, the head of the city administration, Alexey Kulemzin, told the Rossiya-24 TV channel on Wednesday. “The shellings don’t stop, in the last three weeks we have had about 700 facilities destroyed and damaged. This includes schools, kindergartens and residential buildings. <…> The shellings of civilian facilities continue,” he said. The mayor noted that on Wednesday two schools were shelled and two kindergartens were destroyed. “Here [from Ukraine’s side] all kinds of heavy…

On Monday, Biden said a new personal meeting with Putin was possible, adding that prospects for such talks would depend on their agenda A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden is possible only after a significant de-escalation in Ukraine, White House Director of Communications Kate Bedingfield told reporters on Tuesday. “He said yesterday that he would be willing to meet with President Putin again or talk to him,” she said. “I’m not going to set preconditions for a conversation between President Biden and President Putin, except to say that we have been very clear…

This to be done for the purpose of the implementation of Ukraine’s off-bloc and nuclear-free status Kiev’s proposals envisage that Ukraine will be proclaimed a neutral state under guarantees of a number of guarantor nations of its security, Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, who leads the Russian delegation to the talks with Ukraine, said on Tuesday, after an Istanbul round of talks. “We have received the Ukrainian delegation’s proposals. As far as I understand, they were agreed with Ukraine’s leadership. In brief, they are: Ukraine is proclaimed a permanently neutral state under international legal guarantees for the purpose of the…

Nikolay Patrushev emphasized that “the entire world is interested in answers to these questions” The US should explain to Europeans the true designation of funds directed at the financing of Ukrainian biological labs, Secretary of Russia’s Security Council Nikolay Patrushev said in an interview with the Argumenty i Fakty weekly. According to him, “the creation of biological weapons by Washington and its lack of desire to destroy poisonous substances pursue quite definite goals.” “This is why the Group of Seven should above all ask the US about its plans to use these types of weapons of mass destruction, about whether…

If the work on the treaty and a required compromise proceeds swiftly, the possibility of peace will be much closer, Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky noted Russia suggests a meeting between Russian and Ukrainian Presidents, Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky, be organized concurrently with the initialing of a bilateral treaty by the two countries’ foreign ministers, Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, who leads the Russian delegation to the talks with Ukraine, said on Tuesday. “After today’s meaningful conversation, we agreed and suggest a solution, under which a meeting between the heads of state is possible concurrently with the initialing of…

Moscow said the move was for the sake of successful peace negotiations Russia has “drastically” reduced its military activity near Kiev and Chernigov as talks with Ukraine enter the “practical” stage, the deputy minister of defense Alexander Fomin announced on Tuesday. Speaking to the press following the talks with the Ukrainian delegation, Fomin said that “a decision was made to drastically, in several times, reduce the military activity on the approaches to Kiev and Chernigov.” “We expect that relevant key decisions will be taken in Kiev and the conditions for further normal work will be created,” he said. Fomin called on Ukraine “to fully abide by the…