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While a strong response from Russia to the Ukrainian offensive is almost certain, what is even more certain is the end of hopes of any ceasefire between Russian and a NATO-backed Ukraine in the near future.

"Many leaders of states, among them the President of the People's Republic of China, the Prime Minister of India, the Presidents of Brazil and the Republic of South Africa are addressing this issue and give it a lot of their time. We are grateful to all of them for that because this activity is aimed at achieving a noble mission - the mission of ending hostilities and loss of life", Putin said.

In a rare but pivotal high-level meeting since the Russia-Ukraine war started in 2022, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met the Russian Foreign Minister in Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh. It is interesting to note that even though Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was also in Saudi Arabia, he was not a part of this meeting.

After it was confirmed that a Russian air-defence missile shot the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan, Russian President Vladimir Putin apologised to Azerbaijan's president for the incident

As per Putin's press briefing, it was the latest Oreshnik missile system that Russia used for 'combat testing' on Ukraine, displaying that they are capable of hitting anywhere in Ukraine with nuclear weapons and they have a missile system that can evade the defence systems deployed in Ukraine.

Moscow's decision to lower the threshold for a nuclear attack came after the US govt approved the usage of longer-range missiles for Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia would support Kamala Harris in the upcoming US presidential elections

PM Modi was presented with the Order of St Andrew the Apostle the First-Called, Russia's highest civilian honour, at St Catherine's Hall of the Moscow Kremlin on Tuesday.

PM Modi reportedly raised the issue of Indians being coerced into fighting in Ukraine during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

While India's purchase of crude oil comes is far from hurting any economy and instead has stabilised the global economy in a volatile geopolitical environment, the United State's historical funding to Pakistan has come at a huge cost to India, its neighbourhood and human rights at large.