Tag: moscow
Overnight drone attack on Moscow injures 1, prompts temporary airport closure
MOSCOW: Russian authorities say three Ukrainian drones attacked Moscow in the early hours on Sunday, injuring one person and prompting a temporary closure of one…
Moscow: Russia says a Ukrainian drone was shot down outside Moscow
MOSCOW: A Ukrainian drone was shot down early on Friday outside Moscow, Russia’s defence ministry said. It was the third drone strike or attempt on…
Putin ‘intends’ to visit China in October
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin is planning to visit China in October, the Kremlin said Tuesday, as Russia aims to shore up ties with one of…
Moscow: Russia says two Ukrainian drones ‘suppressed and crashed’ in Moscow
MOSCOW: Russia said on Monday it had “suppressed” two Ukrainian drones in Moscow, accusing Kyiv of launching a “terrorist act” on the Russian capital. “A…
Four killed, 10 injured at Moscow mall after hot water pipe bursts
MOSCOW: Four people were killed and 10 injured on Saturday after a hot water pipe burst at a shopping mall in western Moscow, officials said….
Russia’s Prigozhin says his mercenaries will not fight in Ukraine for now
MOSCOW: Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was shown in a video welcoming his Wagner fighters to Belarus and telling them they would for now take…
Putin: Putin says Russia has ‘sufficient’ cluster munitions for tit-for-tat
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said his country had enough cluster munition to answer if Ukraine was to use the weapons, in an interview published…
How many Russians have died in Ukraine? Data shows what Moscow hides
BRUSSELS: Nearly 50,000 Russian men have died in the war in Ukraine, according to the first independent statistical analysis of Russia’s war dead.Two independent Russian…
Syria: Russian jets ‘harassing’ US drones over Syria
Beirut: Russian fighter jets have “harassed” American drones over Syria for the third day in a row this week, the US military said. Tension between…
Putin: Did Xi warn Putin against using nukes? Kremlin says ‘fiction’
MOSCOW: The Kremlin on Wednesday dismissed as “fiction” a Financial Times report that Chinese President Xi Jinping had personally warned Russian President Vladimir Putin against…