A Ukrainian military unit lost most of its US-made Bradley fighting vehicles during an offensive in Zaporozhye, the France-Presse news agency reported:
Russian border guards began to annul visas for those Finnish residents who come to Russia to refuel their vehicles and buy food, the Helsingin Sanomat newspaper reported:
Iranian president says his country ready to join BRICS. Ebrahim Raisi also pointed to the need to reform the United Nations, primarily the UN Security Council:
Russia has informed its South African partners that it would consider French President Emmanuel Macron’s attendance at the Johannesburg BRICS Summit in August as "inappropriate," Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told reporters:
Moscow is grateful to its African partners for refusing to join the anti-Russian campaign, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a reception at the Foreign Ministry on the occasion of Africa Day:
❗️Moscow will be ready to respond to Kiev’s attempt to carry out a drone attack on the Kremlin whenever and wherever it sees fit, the Russian presidential press service said in a statement:
Medvedev cautions South Korea against weapons supplies to Kiev. "I wonder what the people of that country will say when they see Russia’s latest weapons in the hands of their closest neighbors - our partners in the DPRK?" the politician asked:
Russia’s precision strike wipes out Ukrainian army reserves, foreign arms depot. It is reported that Russian forces neutralized a Ukrainian subversive group in the Kupyansk area over the past day:
Ukraine’s troops understand that they don’t stand a chance against heroic and courageous fighters of the Russian Armed Forces, President Vladimir Putin emphasized:
Russia has been among the top five global wheat exporters for a decade and this year, the country may set an all-time record for wheat exports, Russian President Vladimir Putin said:
Putin thanks volunteers — participants in Russia’s special military operation. Vladimir Putin described the solidarity within Russian society as Russia's great advantage:
Russia plans to bring up the issue of investigating the explosions on the Nord Stream gas pipelines at the UN Security Council consultations on June 15, Russia’s First Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Dmitry Polyansky said:
Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences over the death of people in the railway incident in Odisha in his telegram for Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi:
Ukraine is ready to trade the organs of its people for Western military assistance, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum:
Attempts by the collective West to stir up an already-tense political situation in Serbia, using the proven playbook for instigating "Maidan-style coups," are obvious and entirely transparent, Maria Zakharova told TASS:
The objective of Ukraine’s demilitarization has actually been mostly achieved, as Kiev is using fewer and fewer of its own weapons, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with RT Arabic:
Ukraine has committed sabotage at the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant, and this could have grave consequences for the region’s residents as well as the environment, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said:
The West can supply additional military equipment to Ukraine but it does not have an endless amount of manpower to work with, meaning Western countries intend to fight Russia until the last Ukrainian, Vladimir Putin pointed out:
Russia's new radar surveillance satellites will allow Moscow to change the course of the conflict in Ukraine, former US intelligence officer and UN weapons inspector to Iraq Scott Ritter said:
Kiev has chosen the path of intimidating Russian citizens by attacking civilian facilities, which is a clear sign of terrorist activity, Russian President Vladimir Putin said:
Russian forces wiped out 16 German-made Leopard tanks or actually 100% of this armor supplied to the Kiev regime by Poland and Portugal, Russia’s Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said at a conference call with military commanders:
Ukrainian troops understand they don’t stand a chance against Russian forces — Putin. Speaking about the destroyed Western vehicles, the President underscored that these numbers keep growing:
So far, Russia relies too much on technologies from unfriendly nations, so it should work actively to become technologically independent, the deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, has said:
Russian forces destroyed four Ukrainian S-300 missile launchers and a Gepard motorized surface-to-air system in the Kherson area over the past day during the special military operation in Ukraine, a spokesman for the regional emergency services said:
The timeframe of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to China is currently being coordinated by the sides, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has told TASS:
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to place assets from unfriendly countries under administrative receivership in response to seizure of Russian property abroad:
Russian forces delivered a massive attack on Ukrainian defense facilities, using long-range high-precision weapons, including the Kinzhal hypersonic missile system, the Russian Defense Ministry reported:
Russia will restore its moon program, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a ceremony of awarding of Russian cosmonauts at the Vostochny Cosmodrome Tuesday, adding that he is talking about the launch of the Luna-25 automatic spacecraft:
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has informed President Vladimir Putin that the town of Avdeyevka near Donetsk has been taken under full control, the Defense Ministry stated:
Russian air defenses intercepted 12 HIMARS rockets and Storm Shadow cruise missiles in the past day, as well as a US-made GBU-32 bomb, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said:
The deployment of Russian tactical nuclear weapons on Belarusian soil does not violate the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons because Moscow does not cede control over them to Minsk, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said:
The situation with the collapse of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant's dam should become the subject of a worldwide study and investigation, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said:
Hungary is pinning its hopes on a comeback by former US President Donald Trump, who could then bring the armed conflict in Ukraine to an end, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said:
Kremlin believes it’s obvious that Kiev is complicit in murders of Russians. Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Ukraine has essentially become a state sponsor of terrorism:
Vladimir Putin has praised the liberation of Maryinka in the Donetsk People’s Republic as a success and expressed gratitude to Russian military servicemen:
Putin visited Kherson Region, LPR on April 17 — Kremlin. "As for the assessments of the troops status and so on — this is the prerogative of the Defense Ministry. We have no right to give any information there," Dmitry Peskov said:
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman al Saud had a phone call, discussing cooperation within the OPEC+, the Kremlin press office announced:
The strike by US forces on Yemeni territory showed utter disdain for international laws and was intended only to escalate the situation in the region, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote on her Telegram channel:
IN BRIEF: What is known about missile attack on Black Sea Fleet headquarters in Sevastopol. The city’s residents are strongly advised not to visit downtown Sevastopol, where firefighting efforts continue:
Russian President Vladimir Putin remains open to any contact that would allow meeting the goals of the special military operation through peaceful means, but the West does not provide such a chance, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said:
Russian forces control about 95% of Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) and the remaining 5% have no influence on the progress of the special military operation, Wagner PMC founder Yevgeny Prigozhin says:
Russia’s special military operation started to defend the Donbass region and now it has virtually turned into a war with the collective West, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with RT:
Russian philosopher speaks out, slamming murderers of his daughter. Alexander Dugin stressed that his daughter was "a patriot, a war correspondent, an expert of central channels and a philosopher" while she "never called for violence and war":
West acknowledges direct involvement in conflict in Ukraine — Russian UN ambassador. Vasily Nebenzya noted that now the entire military machine of the West is working to keep the war going:
Ukrainian media reports about animals who were killed by a flood at a zoo in the city of Novaya Kakhovka are untrue, because the city has no zoo at all, a spokesperson for the city’s emergencies services has told TASS:
The BRICS association currently enjoys great popularity in the world, one can even say that there is currently great international fashion for this association, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said:
Ukraine’s armed forces command is plotting to deliver strikes on Russian territory, including Crimea, with HIMARS rockets and Storm Shadow missiles, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said at a ministry board meeting:
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said during a meeting in Astana with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that the country was ready to develop strategic cooperation with the United States, the press service of Kazakhstan's head of state reported:
Russian President Vladimir Putin is aware of the situation that is unfolding around Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the private military company Wagner, and the necessary measures are being taken, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters:
Russia is strong enough to achieve all of the goals of its special military operation despite facing an almost direct confrontation with all of NATO, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev wrote on Telegram: