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MOSCOW, Feb. 28 (YPA) - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Monday told President Vladimir Putin about the readiness of the Strategic Missile Forces, the Northern and Pacific Fleet and long-range aviation to carry out their tasks. On…

MOSCOW, Feb. 27 (YPA) - The Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday ordered the Defense Ministry to put Russia's strategic deterrence forces on high combat alert. The Russian President's orders came during his meeting with Defense…

WORLD, Fed. 27 (YPA) - 16 European countries decided on Sunday to close their airspace to Russian aircraft; against the background of the military attack on Ukraine, as part of the sanctions imposed by Western powers on Russia. This comes…

MOSCOW, Feb. 27 (YPA) - The Russian authorities have received “unknown-source” messages of planting bombs at train stations and airports in Moscow. The Russian Information Agency stated that the authorities are investigating the validity of…

KALUGA, Feb. 27 (YPA) - The Russian Federal Security Service thwarted on Sunday a terrorist attack, which was being prepared under the direction of the terrorist organization "ISIS", in the Kaluga region in Russia. According to the Security…

MOSCOW, Feb. 26 (YPA) - The Speaker of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin, quoting deputies in the Verkhovna Rada, announced Saturday that Ukraine's President Vladimir Zelensky has left Kiev and is currently in the city of Lvov.…

BRUSSELS, Feb. 26 (YPA) - The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe decided to suspend Russia’s membership in the Council, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio announced on Friday. Di Maio indicated that the committee composed…

KIEV, Feb. 25 (YPA) - The Ukrainian forces admitted on Friday that the most important strategic military airports on the outskirts of the capital, Kiev, had fallen into the hands of the Russian forces, following a major air landing by…

MOSCOW, Feb. 25 (YPA) - Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, said on Friday that Russia is ready to send a delegation to Kiev for talks with Ukrainian government, a day after Moscow launched a large-scale military…

MOSCOW, Feb. 24 (YPA) - The Russian Ministry of Defense announced, in a statement on Thursday, that its military forces managed to put the Ukrainian air defenses out of service. The Russian ministry indicated that the Ukrainian border…