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.
Russia has delivered the first batch of 1,212 bodies of Ukrainian soldiers to the border exchange point pursuant to the Istanbul accords, said Lieutenant General Alexander Zorin.
Voting for presidential elections will take place in Russia from March 15-17. Polling stations have already opened in Russia's Far Eastern regions, particularly the easternmost Kamchatka and Chukotka, TASS reported.
In the war-torn land of Ukraine, the grim reality of a protracted and stagnant conflict comes to the forefront.
In a bold leap towards the future of space exploration, Russia and China have announced plans to consider deploying a nuclear power plant on the moon by the mid-2030s.
Mohammed Afsan, a Hyderabad man who was duped into fighting for Russia against Ukraine, has been killed in war.
Shmyhal added on Thursday that 900 historical and cultural sites in Ukraine were destroyed or damaged during the war, Xinhua news agency reported.
