Russia ready to cooperate with all countries based on mutual equality and respect — Lavrov

MOSCOW, October 21. /TASS/. Russia is ready to cooperate "with open arms" with everyone who intend to build relations on the basis of equality and mutual respect, but not dictate, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. "We are ready to...

Russian Attack Disrupts Power and Water Supply in Slavutych

As a result of the Russian shelling, Slavutych’s energy infrastructure sustained damage, leaving the city temporarily without power, and water-supply restrictions are in place. The situation was reported in the evening of October 20 by the head of...

India News | India, Russia Discussing Rs 10,000 Cr Missiles Deal for 'Sudarshan' S-400 Air Defence Systems

By Ajit Dubey New Delhi [India], October 21 (ANI): Having successfully used it to bring down 6-7 Pakistani fighter and spy planes in Operation Sindoor, India is looking to buy a large number of missiles worth around Rs 10,000 crore from Russia for...

Russian Rostov Region Massively Attacked By Drones

1 There's destruction. Late in the evening of October 20 and after midnight on October 21, explosions were heard in Russia's Rostov region. Russians complain of a massive drone attack, and also report destruction in a residential apartment...

Russia claims drone attacks hit Bryansk and Rostov regions, injuring two

Photo: Yuriy Slyusar/Telegram Authorities in Russia said overnight drone attacks targeted the Bryansk and Rostov regions, injuring two people and damaging several buildings. In Bryansk Oblast, Governor Alexander Bogomaz said a Ukrainian drone...

Russia Hits Kharkiv With KABs: 15 High-rise Buildings Damaged

There are wounded. At midnight on Tuesday, October 21, a series of explosions occurred in Kharkiv - the enemy attacked the city with KABs. Under attack were Industrial and Nemyshlansky districts, at the moment it is known about nine victims. The...

Russian Drone Strike Injures Three in Kherson’s Korabelnyi District

During the night of October 21, 2025, in the Korabelnyi district of Kherson, Russian forces carried out a strike with Shahed attack drones. As a result of the incident, three people were injured. According to the Kherson City Military...

Friendly relations? Russia retains Syria foothold amid uneasy ties with its people

A once-bustling Syrian town that is home to a strategic Russian military airbase is now a pale shadow of its former self, yet at the centre of geopolitics. In a way, the hollowed-out, mainly Alawite town of Hmeimim has become a symbol of the...

Ukraine war latest: SBU destroys 2 Russian drone-hunting aircraft, releases video

Hi, this is Yuliia Taradiuk reporting from Kyiv on day 1,336 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story: Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) has "destroyed" two Russian light aircraft used for intercepting drones, the service said...

Why The Russia-Ukraine War Is Worse Than You Think

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the war between the two countries has now run for over 1,300 days as of this writing. There are many tragic details about the last time Russia invaded Ukraine, which marked the beginning of...

Food poisoning cases rise to 121 in Russia's Buryatia republic

MOSCOW, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The number of food poisoning cases has risen to 121, including 66 children, in the Republic of Buryatia in Russia's Far East, local media reported Tuesday. Sixty-seven people, including 40 children, have been...

Experiencing charm of China-Russia border city Heihe with vlogger Russian ethnic descent Petrov

The aerial view of Heihe, Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province Photo: VCG It sounds exaggerated, but "crossing the border to Russia in just 5 minutes" is a daily reality for residents of the China-Russia border city Heihe, Northeast China's...

Swiss pharma exports to Russia continue despite war

Swiss pharmaceutical exports to Russia continue despite war Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector Select your language Close English (US) English (British) Generated with artificial intelligence. Close...

Russia’s running out of men and money to crack Ukraine’s ‘drone wall’

When Russian armored columns rolled into Ukraine in February 2022, Moscow’s confidence was so high, troops packed ceremonial parade kits instead of combat supplies. Instead, Ukrainian units picked apart a stalled 40-mile-long convoy outside Kyiv,...

World News | European Union Countries Agree to Ban All Russian Energy Imports from 2028

Brussels [Belgium], October 21 (ANI): European Union countries have agreed to ban all Russian energy imports from January 1, 2028, after voting for a European Commission proposal on the same. Energy ministers of almost all EU countries voted in...

Draft Evaders Tracked Down in Moscow Metro Using Facial Recognition

Conscripts who failed to report to the military enlistment office after receiving a summons have begun to be apprehended in the Moscow metro using facial recognition technology. One such case was reported by The Insider, citing the organization...

Renowned Russian director Sergey Politik stabbed to death in Moscow; Armenian suspect sought

Well-known director and cinematographer Sergey Politik has been murdered in Moscow, APA’s Russia bureau reports, citing local media. He was stabbed to death in the street. It was revealed that last Saturday, 56-year-old Politik went out for a...

Russian Lynk group leaks sensitive UK MoD files, including info on eight military bases

Russian Lynk group leaks sensitive UK MoD files, including info on eight military bases Russian hackers stole and leaked MoD files on eight RAF and Navy bases, exposing staff data in a “catastrophic” cyberattack via Dodd Group breach. Russian...

Russians launch large-scale attack on Pavlohrad in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast: 16 injured

The aftermath of a Russian attack on the Nikopol district. Photo: Vladyslav Haivanenko Russian forces launched a large-scale attack on the city of Pavlohrad in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on 20 October, injuring 16 people and damaging an infrastructure...

Russia in mass food poisoning outbreak as 90 hospitalised with most being children

Phoebe Tonks Overnight Reporter 23:07, 20 Oct 2025 Full-length side-view shot of African-American paramedic taking stretcher out of ambulance car outdoors in winter(Image: Getty) Almost 90 people, over half of them children, were taken seriously...