Ahead of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's Moscow visit later today, Indian envoys to Ukraine and Russia called the visit 'significant' highlighting the fact that it will also catch global attention as India prepares to take over the chair of G20.
Peace talks began at the end of February this year after the start of the war in Ukraine. The last round of the negotiations concluded in Istanbul on March 29. The talks have since stalled despite mediation efforts by United Nations.
Russia rejected claims that it is not ready to negotiate with Ukraine on Tuesday and blamed Kyiv for intentionally staging provocations to sabotage the process.
Russia on Saturday suspended its participation in an UN-brokered grain deal with Ukraine which was regarded as the key to addressing global food shortage, CNN reported citing the statement of the Russian Defence Ministry.
Russian President in his annual address to the Valdai Discussion Club, a Moscow-based think tank on Thursday lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi's independent foreign policy, saying that a lot has been done under his leadership in India as he called him a patriot of the country.
The US called out Iran to stop sending weapons to Russia to kill Ukrainians as the war between Kyiv and Moscow escalated in the past few weeks and added that deepening ties between Moscow and Tehran are moving beyond weapons amid Mahsa Amini protests.
Russian President Vladimir Putin oversaw the training of Moscow's strategic deterrence forces, troops responsible for responding to threats of nuclear war, the Kremlin said.
Amid escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine, Moscow on Wednesday conveyed its concerns to India about possible provocations by Ukraine on the use of a 'dirty bomb'.
Moscow [Russia], October 23 (ANI): Russian military jet crashed into a residential building in the Siberian city of Irkutsk on Sunday, killing two pilots, CNN reported citing a local official.
Moscow [Russia], October 23 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday congratulated Chinese President Xi Jinping who secured an unprecedented third term as the leader of the Chinese Community Party.
Kyiv [Ukraine], October 22 (ANI): Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Saturday accused Moscow of "genocide of Ukrainians", hours after Russian strikes reportedly targeted the country's critical civilian infrastructure.