Russia's Arctic group to get Orlan-10 drones by year end

According to Sergey Aksyonov, the priority at the moment remains safety when crossing the bridge, in case of threats, the traffic on the Crimean bridge will be closed to protect citizens

According to Vladimir Rogov, Chairman of the Russian Civic Chamber, the introduction of third-country contingents into Ukraine would be illegal and would be contrary to the interests of security and the establishment of long-term peace

According to the ministry, Russian air defenses shot down seven JDAM bombs, three HIMARS rockets and 170 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones

According to Apty Alaudinov, the Ukrainian army is failing in this attempt and suffering heavy casualties

The newspaper notes that the venues for such meetings usually alternate, with the prime minister typically attending in Brussels, while the president hosts summits in Beijing

Vladimir Zelensky's adviser for sanctions policy Vladislav Vlasyuk also did not rule out that European countries would conclude new agreements on the purchase of Russian oil and gas

The media reported that the United States has decided to withdraw from the so-called international group "investigating" actions by Russia during the special military operation in Ukraine

Instead, Hungary favors negotiations between Russia and the United States to resolve the Ukraine conflict, Peter Szijjarto explained

The evacuated resident told about many acts of lawlessness and plunder

However, Trump unexpectedly threatened to impose new restrictions on Moscow, the paper noted

"They immediately inform the Russian military about suspicious persons," the source said.

According to Alexey Pushkov, Donald Trump thinks that "agreeing policies with Europe would mean burying any hope for a peaceful settlement"

US President stressed that during his visit to Moscow, his special envoy Steve Witkoff had a series of other contacts

The chief of European diplomacy said the EU has met with US negotiators to voice "different elements that could be brought up by the Russians"

According to Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko, the West is "trying to show that it has nothing to do with it"

According to Mikhail Ulyanov, Hungary and Slovakia refused to sign off on a joint statement of 47 IAEA member countries in support of Ukraine

"Bargilevich was involved in a number of dubious activities related to bribery and commerce, all without any investigations," Maryana Bezuglaya said

According to testimony of civilians evacuated from the liberated areas, Poles and Georgian Legion members were especially brutal

The launch proceeded smoothly, with the rocket being monitored by the ground automated control system of the German Titov Main Test Space Center.

According to US Special Presidential Envoy, Washington is 'in discussions with European countries and that includes France, Britain, Norway, Finland and all the others'

The decision to send the army to other states during martial law is made by the president, while simultaneously submitting a bill to parliament for its ratification

Trump did not rule out introducing new anti-Russian measures as part of the process of resolving the conflict, Waltz said

"Between 6:20 p.m. (3:20 p.m. GMT) on March 16 and 07:00 a.m. on March 17, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 72 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, including 36 UAVs over the Kursk Region," the ministry specified

"Our position is that it is unacceptable to resort to violence, composure is necessary," Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko said

The strike was reportedly delivered on the Al Arj neighborhood on the Red Sea coast not far from the governorate’s administrative center

Mass anti-government protests took place in Belgrade on Saturday

The Russian troops are actively advancing toward the west in this settlement

Earlier, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov revealed that Putin received Witkoff late Thursday night and provided information for US President Donald Trump

"We are preparing for the meeting, and it will be organized as soon as there is a need for it," he said

The EU top diplomat stressed that everyone recognized that the EU needed to "show result" right now and support Ukraine "so that they can defend themselves"

Vladimir Rogov previously told TASS on March 15 that Russian units had reached the outskirts of Shcherbaki in the Zaporozhye Region and had begun fighting to take control of the settlement

According to Krissada Phromvek, there are many complex issues that must be resolved before reaching an agreement

Head of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov stressed that Crimea was also protected by air defenses

Vladimir Rogov earlier told TASS that the Russian army had driven Ukrainian forces out of the DPR’s settlement of Privonloye on February 28

"The contribution capabilities will vary, but this will be a significant force, with a significant number of countries providing troops and a larger group contributing in other ways," the statement reads

On Tuesday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that the Russian Armed Forces hit a US-made Patriot system in Kiev with a Kinzhal hypersonic missile

"We want to see if we can bring that war to an end," the US president said

"Today, 70 more people were evacuated", Alexander Khinshtein, announced on his Telegram channel

"This decision was made after a profound analysis of multiple factors, all of them tied with the pitiable attempts by Belgium to sustain its neocolonial illusions," the statement reads

"A lot of work's been done over the weekend," the US president said

According to First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, it was an important and long-awaited step towards certification of a technologically independent version of the Superjet

Rubio was added to the list of US citizens under individual sanctions, including a ban on entry to Russia, in May 2022

Washington will officially announce this decision today, the sources said

The last telephone conversation between the Russian president and the US leader took place on February 12

The shipment also includes 556 laser ranging devices, 255 IR binoculars, two border protection vehicles, 8,000 mortar rounds of 120mm caliber

As Alexey Likhachev stressed, "there are no plans to reduce the level of protection and safety at the Kursk station"

Earlier, former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called for the swift appropriation of billions of dollars worth of Russian assets

According to the media outlet, the authenticity of summonses has not been established

Earlier, Macron stated in an interview with Le Parisien that European countries willing to send a military contingent to Ukraine

Federation Council Speaker emphasized that Russia has consistently urged Europe to convene at the negotiating table to establish a security framework that is common and indivisible

The Tajik leader expressed his willingness to discuss with Vladimir Putin the state and prospects of bilateral relations, including international and regional issues

He added that Russia's stance and concerns on this issue "are well known to everyone."

Earlier, it was reported that the US had targeted underground facilities of the Houthis in the Amran Province, located in the northwest of Yemen, along with the movement's positions in the Saada Province

"There is a road running from Orekhov to Kamenskoye through Stepovoye, which the enemy constantly used," Vladimir Rogov said

Mikhail Ulyanov stressed that Russia, China, and Iran were closely aligning their positions

Witkoff expressed optimism about the upcoming discussion

Mikhail Ulyanov stressed that the rotation on February 12 "was completely derailed when heavy weapons were used against the convoy"

The reasons for the personnel reshuffle are not given

Confrontation with Russia is now becoming a new European project, which is being formed by the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, the source said

Taiwan’s defense agency has regularly recorded the approach of Chinese warplanes and warships of late

Top stories from the Russian press on Monday, March 17th

According to the publication, a return to the level of military spending in the 1980s will require a change in budget policy and an increase in government borrowing

Mikhail Saakashvili secretly arrived in the Georgian port city of Poti on a ferry from the Ukrainian city of Chernomorsk in October 2021, but was detained and charged with illegal border crossing

According to Vitaly Ganchev, Ukrainian propaganda "is trying to magnify" frontline successes but soldiers on the engagement line see the actual state of things and have a different view about what is going on

According to Major General Apty Alaudinov, the Ukrainian military is suffering heavy losses, despite deploying its best reserves to the Sudzha and Sumy directions

The two leaders are expected to exchange opinions on pressing regional issues

Earlier, the US special presidential envoy said he expected that there would be a phone conversation between the US and Russian presidents next week

Mass anti-government protests took place in Belgrade on Saturday

At the same time, the prime minister expressed the view that Europe and the US still have the opportunity to resolve the situation through negotiations

Vladimir Karasev further elaborated that the British authorities were also interested in Ukraine's resources, which have been handed over to them by Vladimir Zelensky under a 100-year agreement

Russian forces struck a Ukrainian UAV training center and military airfields over the past day, the ministry reported

French President Emmanuel Macron claimed to be a military observer mission

Top stories from the Russian press on Friday, March 14th

According to Rodion Miroshnik, these are military and technical supplies, ammunition, small arms, mines, shells, and multiple rocket launchers

Earlier, Ukraine’s General Staff tried to present the retreat from the Kursk Region as "regrouping," but many experts spoke of a "very difficult" situation for the remaining Ukrainian units there

According to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko, concrete security guarantees should be the part of the agreement

According to the report, Andrey Rudenko met with North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui and held talks with his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Gyu

According to US media outlets, the natural calamity struck residents of the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas

"President Trump is very proud of the progress that he and his team have made in such a short amount of time, and hopefully tomorrow, that progress will move forward," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said

Putin thus responded to the call of US President Donald Trump, who offered to "spare" the Ukrainian troops in Kursk Region

The the settlement of Losevka is located 65 km northwest of the town of Shostka

Denis Pushilin noted that the "most rapid" advance of Russian troops is taking place around Velikaya Novoselka

By convening "a coalition of the willing", London seeks to "demonstrate British influence and avoid being marginalized by the US and Russia," Cui Heng argued

Eleven years ago, the Republic of Crimea and the hero-city of Sevastopol rejoined Russia following a referendum held on March 16, 2014, amid the coup in Ukraine

Commenting on the notorious clash between Trump and Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky in the White House, Merkel recalled thinking that she never wanted to see anything like this again

Russian troops have hit Ukraine’s military airfields, drone production workshops and their storage sites in the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said

According to the Russian leader, Moscow and Dushanbe "are committed to the principles of the rule of international law, sovereignty and non-interference into internal affairs"

The parties also "discussed specific issues regarding the implementation of the mutual understanding reached during the meeting of high-ranking Russian and US officials on February 18 in Riyadh. Sergey Lavrov and Marco Rubio agreed to maintain contact."

Maryana Bezuglaya noted that the findings of the investigation into the loss of one of the first F-16 fighter jets delivered to Ukraine last August have yet to be made public

The battlegroup North units inflicted losses in offensive operations on formations of a mechanized brigade, two air assault brigades, a marine infantry brigade and two territorial defense brigades of the Ukrainian army in areas near the settlements of Gogolevka, Gornal, Guyevo and Oleshnya in the Kursk Region

According to earlier reports, a shelling assault from Syria killed a child and left four civilians injured

"With this third disbursement, Ukraine will have received close to 20 billion euros under the Ukraine Facility since its entry into force a year ago," the statement reads

According to Nazar Valechenko, he had initially paid five thousand dollars to stay in the rear and guard a factory in the Poltava Region, which was later destroyed by Russian troops

According to the ministry, people are provided with drinking water and food, as well as medical and psychological support

Dmitry Peskov stated that the preparation time, in general, "depends on the decisions of the heads of state"