Lisbon, Portugal | Xinhua | The Portuguese Council of Ministers announced on Friday a measure to halve the price of gas used for electricity production for both domestic and industrial consumers, who have been severely affected by this year’s electricity price inflation. The mechanism adopted by Portugal after negotiation with …
Read More »US, Russian defense chiefs hold first phone conversation since start of Ukraine conflict
Washington, US | Xinhua | U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu spoke over the phone on Friday, marking the first call between the two since Russia launched the special military operation in Ukraine. Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said in a brief statement following the …
Read More »Russia accuses Pentagon of experimenting on patients in Ukraine
Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | The Russian military said that it had obtained new information revealing details of “the Pentagon’s inhuman experiments on Ukrainian citizens” in a psychiatric hospital in Ukraine’s Kharkov region. “The main category of the experimental subjects was a group of male patients aged 40-60 with a …
Read More »Russia won’t participate in special session of UNHRC on Ukraine
Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | The Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that Russia has chosen not to participate in an upcoming special session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Ukraine, calling the event biased. “Unfortunately, our arguments and explanations with regard to the true goals of the special …
Read More »Ukraine not to agree to “frozen conflict” with Russia: Zelensky
Kiev, Ukraine | Xinhua | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Kiev will not agree to any deal that would lead to a “frozen conflict” with Russia, the Ukrinform news agency reported on Wednesday. “We will not settle for a frozen conflict… I am against it. We will definitely not have …
Read More »Russia threatens to attack NATO vehicles delivering military supplies in Ukraine
Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Any vehicle of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) that arrives in Ukraine with weapons or material for the needs of the Ukrainian armed forces is considered by Russia as “a legitimate target for destruction,” Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Wednesday. Shoigu made the remarks …
Read More »Ukraine may put neutral status on referendum: Zelensky
Kiev, Ukraine | Xinhua | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that his country may put the issue of neutral status on a nationwide referendum, the Ukrinform news agency reported Tuesday. If Russia’s desire for Ukraine’s neutral status is one of the provisions of the agreements on ending the conflict, “we are …
Read More »Putin urges West to stop arming Ukraine in conversation with Macron
Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russian President Vladimir Putin urged Western countries to stop supplying Ukraine with weapons during a telephone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday. Putin told Macron about Russia’s efforts in the evacuation of civilians from Mariupol, the Kremlin said in a statement. The Russian president …
Read More »Russia not to artificially complete military actions in Ukraine by V-Day: FM
Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | The Russian military will not artificially adjust its actions during the special operation in Ukraine to any date, including Victory Day, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Sunday. “We will solemnly celebrate May 9, as we always do,” Lavrov said in an interview with Italy’s Mediaset …
Read More »Ukraine seeks to seize Russia’s assets for post-conflict recovery: PM
Kiev, Ukraine | Xinhua | Kiev is willing to seize Russian assets to finance Ukraine’s post-conflict recovery, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Thursday. “The funds of the Russian government and oligarchs will be one of the main sources for filling the Fund for the Reconstruction of our country,” Shmyhal …
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