Contents tagged with Russia

  • Russia threatens to take ‘military measures’ if Finland joins NATO

    The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Finland's membership in NATO will not strengthen the country's security. If Finland joins NATO, the Russian military will consider "all necessary measures", said the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko.

    Grushko did not specify what measures might be taken.

    "It is clear that from the security point of view, we will not remain indifferent. Our military will consider all necessary measures that will be required to ensure legitimate defense …

  • Lithuania recognizes Russia as a terrorist state

    The Kremlin regime seeks to destroy the Ukrainian nation. These actions should be recognized as genocide, and Russia as a state that supports and carries out terrorism, said the Seimas of Lithuania in a resolution which was supported unanimously by Lithuanian MPs.

    In the resolution, the Lithuanian parliament stated that the Russian armed forces and mercenaries committed war crimes in the territory of Ukraine, especially in the cities of Bucha, Irpin, Mariupol, Borodyanka and Hostomel. …

  • Ukrainian media: Johnson tells Zelensky not to negotiate with Putin and fight Russia to a victorious end

    British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged Ukrainian President not to negotiate with Putin but to put pressure on him, writes the Ukrainian news website Ukrainska Pravda, citing a source close to the Ukrainian President.

    "Johnson brought two simple messages to Kyiv. Putin is a war criminal. Pressure must be put on him. No negotiations are possible. And secondly, if you are ready to sign any agreement with him, then we will not be part of it. We can have agreements with you, but not with …

  • Israeli media: Russia is moving its troops from Syria to Ukraine

    Russia has begun withdrawal of its armed forces from Syria. The troops are being moved to three Syrian airports for further deployment to Ukraine.

    Russia is handing over its military bases to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah, reports the Israeli website Debka, citing its sources.

    Among them are Khmeimim airbase, Qamishli, Deir ez-Zor and T4 airbase, located in the Syrian province of Homs.

    The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has already …

  • Media: there were hundreds of conscripts aboard Russian missile cruiser Moskva sunk by Ukraine

    There were hundreds of conscripts aboard the Russian cruiser Moskva destroyed by Ukrainian missiles, reported the news outlet Agentsvo.Novosti, citing sources.

    "It all comes down to about 300 conscripts," said a source who helps the relatives of the missing sailors to find tehm. “This is a common practice on all ships, Neustrashimyy, for example, with the same configuration. We need “go-and-get” sailors. All navy conscripts are distributed among the ships."

    Another source of the Agenstvo …

  • Russian media banned from quoting Kadyrov without permission

    Russian state media has been banned from quoting the head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, without the approval of the top management, reported the journalistic investigative association Proekt with reference to two employees from the Russian state news agency TASS.

    According to Proekt’s sources, if earlier they could publish Kadyrov’s statements at their discretion, now an approval of one of the deputy editors-in-chief is required and further approval from the Kremlin might be needed. …

  • Russia accuses Israel of ‘supporting Nazism in Ukraine’

    The Russian Foreign Ministry accused Israel of supporting the "neo-Nazi regime" in Ukraine.

    "We drew attention to the ahistorical statements of Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, largely explaining the course of the current Israeli government to support the neo-Nazi regime in Kyiv," said the Russian Foreign Ministry on Twitter.

    The Russian Foreign Ministry published a link to its article with selective examples of Jewish cooperation with the Nazis during the Second World War. The article …

  • US Chairman of Joint Chiefs: Russia's invasion of Ukraine threatens stability throughout world

    During a statement given at a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on the defense budget on Tuesday, US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley said the world is witnessing "the greatest threat to peace and security of Europe and perhaps the world” in decades due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

    “The Russian invasion of Ukraine is threatening to undermine not only European peace and stability, but global peace and stability that my parents and generations of Americans …

  • Ukrainian Security Service has identified almost 900 Russian servicemen responsible for war crimes in Kyiv region

    The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reported that it had identified almost 900 Russian servicemen who committed crimes against civilians in the Kyiv region. "The Ukrainian special services have all the information on the occupiers, as well as evidence of their atrocities," said SBU spokesman Artem Dekhtyarenko.

    According to him, the SBU is currently verifying more than 2,500 Russian soldiers who serve in units that were deployed to the Kyiv region. As part of the investigation, 7,000 …

  • Lavrov on Zelensky: Hitler had Jewish blood too

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with the Italian news agency Mediaset that Adolf Hitler had Jewish blood too, and the most ardent anti-Semites, as a rule, are Jews. The text of the interview was published on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

    "He (President Volodymyr Zelensky) puts forward the argument: what kind of Nazification can there be if he is Jewish. I could be wrong, but Adolf Hitler also had Jewish blood. It means absolutely nothing. The wise …