Russia and Ukraine Swap 150 POWs Each in Latest Exchange
[The Moscow Times] - 02/5/2025
Moscow said that the freed Russian soldiers were undergoing medical checks in allied Belarus before heading back to Russia.
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Ukrainian attack on school bus was ‘cynical fascism’ – ombudswoman
A drone attack on a school bus in Russia’s Zaporozhye Region was an act of “fascism” by Ukraine, a human rights (…)
[RT] - 5/02/2025
Zelensky rejects idea of holding elections in Ukraine before end of hostilities
Presidential elections in Ukraine were originally scheduled for March 2024
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 5/02/2025
Refugee Describes Horrors of Civilian Executions in DPR by Ukrainian Forces
Before the liberation of Novogrodovka in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) by Russian forces, the Ukrainian (…)
[Sputnik] - 5/02/2025
Global gold demand up 1% in 2024 — WGC
The price of gold hit fresh all-time highs 40 times in 2024, with the average annual price of gold standing at (…)
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 5/02/2025
Russian troops liberate two communities in Kharkov Region, Donbass area over past day
Russia’s Battlegroup Center inflicted more than 500 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed three enemy armored (…)
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 5/02/2025
Kremlin Confirms Contacts With Trump White House Officials
“There are indeed contacts between certain agencies, and they have intensified recently,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry (…)
[The Moscow Times] - 5/02/2025
Hamas rejects Trump’s proposal on relocation of Palestinians from Gaza
Radical Palestinian movement described the proposal as an "outrageous attempt to eradicate the Palestinian (…)
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 5/02/2025
Communications with US intensifying – Kremlin
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has reported an intensification of contacts with the US since Donald Trump’s (…)
[RT] - 5/02/2025
Kiev loses over 57,655 troops since Kursk incursion — Russia’s top brass
In addition, the Ukrainian armed forces also lost 106 electronic warfare stations, 15 counterbattery radars, five (…)
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 5/02/2025
Bank of Russia received 4% more complaints from financial service consumers last year
The people made less complaints in respect of tied selling and mis-selling and more in respect of cyberfraud and (…)
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 5/02/2025
Iran to sign large-scale oil deal soon — minister
Iranian oil minister Mohsen Paknejad noted that unilateral sanctions imposed against oil-exporting countries (…)
[TASS Russian News Agency] - 5/02/2025