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The Russian president accused the west of plotting to kill Vladimir Solovyev. It was later reported that members of a nationalist group had been detained in ...

That has failed." He said Russia "sought to assert the power of its military and its economy" but "we, of course, are seeing just the opposite: a military that is dramatically underperforming, an economy - as a result of sanctions, as a result of a mass exodus from Russia - that is in shambles". He said an official diplomatic note had been sent to Washington stressing the "unacceptability of this situation" and demanding an end to the practice. Russia's attempt to "divide the West and NATO" has also failed, he said. "The SBU has no plans to assassinate V Solovyov," it said in a statement. "This morning, the Federal Security Service stopped the activities of a terrorist group that planned to attack and kill one famous Russian TV journalist," he said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the West of attempting to "split Russian society and destroy Russia from within". Mr Austin, a retired four-star ...

You can also get in touch in the following ways: Mr Austin has now set out clearly that the US has its own strategic goals for this war - even if it's theoretically not participating. Military experts already believe it will take years for Russia to recover from its military losses. The fear, shared by Nato allies, is that any kind of defeat for Ukraine will only embolden President Putin's ambitions. America has dramatically increased the supply of weapons to Ukraine in recent weeks. He's long portrayed Nato as a threat to Russia. "The strategy that we've put in place, massive support for Ukraine, massive pressure against Russia, solidarity with more than 30 countries engaged in these efforts, is having real results," Mr Blinken said. Mr Blinken announced some US diplomatic staff would start to return to Ukraine from next week. America wants to see Russia defeated. Mr Austin's words underline that America is not a bystander in this war. To some extent that's already happened. At a news conference in Poland after the visit, Mr Austin told reporters the US wants to see "Russia weakened to the degree that it can't do the kinds of things that it has done in invading Ukraine".

The Russian military reported hitting 423 Ukrainian targets overnight, including fortified positions and troop concentrations, while its warplanes destroyed ...

Zelensky tweeted -“Congratulations to @EmmanuelMacron, a true friend of Ukraine, for his re-election! It also has pushed Russia to conduct talks on a safe exit for the Ukrainian defenders of the plant, but Moscow has stonewalled the demands. Francis told a crowd gathered in St. Peter’s Square that two months had passed since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and said that “instead of stopping, the war got worse. Germany needs Switzerland’s consent for the arms delivery as part of the original sale contract. When we are imposing sanctions, we need to do so in a way that maximises pressure on Russia while minimising collateral damage on ourselves," Dombrovskis told The Times. - Apr 25, 2022 05:19 PM IST - Apr 25, 2022 05:25 PM IST - Apr 25, 2022 05:46 PM IST - Apr 25, 2022 06:31 PM IST - Apr 25, 2022 09:46 PM IST - Apr 25, 2022 10:22 PM IST - Apr 25, 2022 10:58 PM IST

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin says he hopes to see the Russian military depleted in Ukraine.

You can also get in touch in the following ways: Mr Austin has now set out clearly that the US has its own strategic goals for this war - even if it's theoretically not participating. Military experts already believe it will take years for Russia to recover from its military losses. The fear, shared by Nato allies, is that any kind of defeat for Ukraine will only embolden President Putin's ambitions. America has dramatically increased the supply of weapons to Ukraine in recent weeks. He's long portrayed Nato as a threat to Russia. "The strategy that we've put in place, massive support for Ukraine, massive pressure against Russia, solidarity with more than 30 countries engaged in these efforts, is having real results," Mr Blinken said. Mr Blinken announced some US diplomatic staff would start to return to Ukraine from next week. America wants to see Russia defeated. Mr Austin's words underline that America is not a bystander in this war. To some extent that's already happened. At a news conference in Poland after the visit, Mr Austin told reporters the US wants to see "Russia weakened to the degree that it can't do the kinds of things that it has done in invading Ukraine".

As Monday draws to a close in Kyiv and in Moscow, here are the key developments of the day: President Biden named his pick for ambassador to Ukraine.

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In a lengthy interview with Piers Morgan, the 75-year-old gave a cryptic response to his US presidential election hopes ... and fears the world is “going to ...

“He uses the ‘N word’, the nuclear word all the time. “He uses it on a daily basis. Trump said the “stupid war” in Ukraine was also proof he was vindicated in his fierce criticism of former German chancellor Angela Merkel while the pair were in office. “He [Putin] said, ‘Hey, this is no longer Trump’.” The first arose from Trump’s threats to hold back aid to Ukraine while pressuring then newly elected president Volodymyr Zelensky to announce investigations into Biden and his son Hunter, who had served on the board of a Ukrainian gas company. “What I did say is that we are going to be very strongly responding if you do that.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Sunday, as heavy fighting ...

According to Russian state news agency RIA Novosti, Lavrov told the Russian interviewer that Western countries were encouraging Ukraine to keep fighting – illustrated by Ukraine’s changing demands, he said. And the West’s main objections to this is that they just didn’t trust us,” he said. Collapsed agreement: Lavrov also suggested that current fears could be blamed on the West and its refusal to trust Russia. He highlighted the failure to find a successor to a 1980s' treaty between the US and the Soviet Union that banned medium range nuclear weapons.

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Western weapons sent to Ukraine 'will be a legitimate target' for Russia's military.

“Ukraine is ready for peace … But in order to make Russia seek peace, every Ukrainian man and woman must fight, must defend freedom. “They need continued support in order to be successful on the battlefield. “This will close any existing loopholes to ensure that Russia is not buying these goods from the UK,” the statement added. “Storage facilities in western Ukraine have been targeted more than once [by Russian forces]. How can it be otherwise?” he said. “This is our key position on which we base everything. “The Sumy region was shelled four times from Russian territory. “Two enemy attacks in the Kherson region were repulsed by our units with the destruction of a tank and an infantry fighting vehicle. And that’s really the purpose of this conference.” “But they did not achieve anything. They mined our land. They tortured, robbed, executed. “In two months, they used more than 1100 missiles against us.

Moscow will be the first stop this week for U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, who will then visit Kyiv. Ukraine has asked Mr. Guterres to guarantee a ...

But Russian forces had moved into Crimea, Ukraine's peninsula on the Black Sea, and Mr. Kerry warned: “It is clear that Russia has been working hard to create a ...

“But from the top, the president had a different message and set of conditions.” “The rest of the U.S. government was very supportive of Ukraine,” Mr. Taylor said. But Mr. Blinken visited Kyiv in May 2021 with a message of support. Just before the visit, Mr. Zelensky’s government had replaced the chief executive of the largest state-owned energy company, whom Western officials had praised for his transparency. Protesters held their ground, attracting public support in Europe and the United States. Mr. Yanukovych fled to Russia. “And it threatens to return to decades of war that ravaged Europe before the international rule-based order was put in place. The Baltic States joined NATO in 2004, and four years later, President George W. Bush publicly backed Ukraine’s ambition to follow. The United States has rushed weapons and humanitarian aid to Ukraine and imposed sanctions intended to cut off Russia from global markets. “But with Ukraine suborned and then subordinated, Russia automatically becomes an empire.” After a secret train ride from Poland, the two spoke with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Sunday about military aid. He commended the Ukrainians for their bravery in confronting a Kremlin-backed leader and promised that the United States would support the new government. “It’s nothing less than a direct challenge to the rule-based international order established since the end of World War II,” Mr. Biden said in Warsaw last month.

Russia says NATO is "in essence engaged in war with Russia" as it continues to support Ukraine with weaponry. Follow live.

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