Shorouk Express Kremlin claims a Putin-Zelensky meeting is possible – despite Russian president’s no-show this week The Kremlin has claimed that it considers a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky possible, despite the Russian president failing to show up for such a meeting in Istanbul only days ago. According to the Ukrainian delegation in…
Shorouk Express Despite his optimism, Zelenskyy warned that Ukraine will accept peace talks only if Russia agrees to a 30-day ceasefire starting Monday. U.S. President Donald Trump also hailed the developments as “a potentially great day for Russia and Ukraine,” arguing that it might lead to “hundreds of thousands of lives that will be saved.”…
Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Moscow’s four airports were forced to close temporarily as Ukraine launched a second night of drone attacks on the Russian capital just days ahead of a major…
Shorouk Express In the interview, Putin said there would be “no need” to use nuclear weapons in the Ukraine conflict. Responding to a question about Ukrainian strikes on Russia, he said: “There has been no need to use those [nuclear] weapons … and I hope they will not be required.” In November, Putin signed a…
Shorouk Express Chinese President Xi Jinping and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are among the leaders set to attend the celebrations to commemorate the victory of the Soviet Union and its allies over Nazi Germany on May 9 in Moscow, according to several media reports. Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council…
Shorouk Express Kyiv civilians shelter in metro as Russian missiles rain on Ukraine’s capital On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said talks to end the war with Ukraine were “moving…
Shorouk Express But while Fico’s trip was mainly business, the group of Slovak MPs went around admiring Moscow’s architecture, attending theater plays and browsing Russian supermarkets to prove that stories about missing basic food supplies are (totally and completely!) false. Their positive outlook echoed another controversial recent Russia visit: Conservative pundit Tucker Carlson’s Moscow jolly…
Shorouk Express “Fico’s trip to Moscow was a disgrace for Slovakia,” Fico’s biggest political rival, Progressive Slovakia party leader Michal Šimečka, said in an interview with POLITICO. “But it’s part of a bigger story about a prime minister who doesn’t seem … interested in dealing with real problems that trouble people in Slovakia. Instead, he’s…
Shorouk Express Moscow threatened to retaliate after claiming to have downed eight U.S.-manufactured missiles fired from Ukraine toward Russia’s southwestern Belgorod region. “These actions by the Kyiv regime, which is supported by Western curators, will be met with retaliation,” the Russian defense ministry said in a statement on Telegram Saturday, without specifying what countermeasures it…
