Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he was ready to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a "final phase" of negotiations but again questioned his Ukrainian counterpart's legitimacy.
Russia has transferred the bodies of 6,060 fallen soldiers to Ukraine, Russian Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky said on Monday.
"Today's statements by the Russian side do not reflect the reality and previously reached agreements," the agency said in a statement.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sent a message congratulating Russian President Vladimir Putin on Russia Day, the North's state media reported on Wednesday.
If only these billions of rupees were available for developmental purposes, for example to improve public health as the authors of the BMJ article have opined, both countries would stand to gain. Armed conflicts cause enormous loss of lives.
NATO and Europe are crying hoarse about North Korean troops being deployed in Russia. According to the Pentagon, about 10,000 North Korean troops are ready to be deployed in the war zone, most of whom are undergoing training in Russia. This would imply strength of about one division.
In a tongue-in-cheek gesture amid its growing tensions with its western neighbours, the Russian Foreign Ministry has renamed its Department of European Cooperation as the Department of European Problems (DEP) - on its website.
As many as 8,000 North Korean troops have been deployed to Russia's western front-line Kursk region and are expected to enter into combat "in the coming days", US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said
The agreement between the two countries was good news and Moscow was happy to learn about the progress in talks between the two countries on the border issue, Russian Ambassador Denis Alipov said at a media conference.
American political commentator Thomas Friedman says that the world has entered a phase of ‘post-post-Cold War.’
