Stating that Sweden stands behind Ukraine, Swedish MP Margareta Elisabeth Cederfel said that Russia and Belarus, who were earlier invited to the Nobel Prize award ceremony, are not welcomed in their country.
Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the media persons on Friday, “It is true that the talks will be held on Monday. They will be in Sochi in the middle of the day.”
The Sarmat will replace Soviet-era Voevoda missiles, known by the NATO designation SS-18 "Satan," in Russia's strategic arsenal. As the SS-18's successor, the Sarmat has been nicknamed "Satan II" in the West.
Despite the conflict being ongoing, Russia has started holding regional elections in “occupied areas” of Ukraine, CNN reported on Thursday citing Kyiv officials.
However, Moscow wasn’t satisfied with the letter that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sent Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov earlier this week.
At least one person has been killed in Ukraine's Kupiansk due to Russian shelling, the governor of Ukraine’s Kharkiv oblast, Oleh Syniehubov said, according to Al Jazeera.
US President Joe Biden will “reaffirm US commitment to the G20” as the premier forum of economic cooperation globally and will also speak about a range of issues, including the social effects of Russia's war in Ukraine, the White House said on Tuesday
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy suggested that a resolution for Crimea could be achieved through diplomatic negotiations instead of resorting to military actions, according to Al Jazeera.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is not planning a trip to the G20 Summit in India, Kremlin's official spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said in a comment to the Russian media.
In a statement, the Russian Defence Ministry said, "On the night of August 23, air defences thwarted another attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack on Moscow, which involved three aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles. Two drones involved in the attack were destroyed
The Russian Security Council’s deputy chairman Dmitry Medvedev weighed in on the West’s decision to supply F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, advising Europe to not get carried away with its "toy plane games," TASS reported.