Ukraine Crisis
-
Moscow reacts to NATO chief call for attacks inside Russia
TEHRAN, May 27 (MNA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has reacted to the NATO chief's call for attacks deeper inside Russia.
-
G7 seeks to accelerate supplying air defenses to Ukraine
TEHRAN, Apr. 17 (MNA) – The issue of supplying Ukraine with air defense systems will be discussed at a meeting of foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) on the Italian island of Capri.
-
Kyiv admits feeling West’s unwillingness to help Ukraine
TEHRAN, Mar. 26 (MNA) – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba admitted in an interview that Kyiv’s Western partners sometimes act as if they want to create difficulties for the Ukrainian armed forces.
-
Scholz:
EU to use proceeds from Russian assets to buy arms for Kyiv
TEHRAN, Mar. 16 (MNA) – EU countries intend to use proceeds from Russian assets frozen in Europe to finance arms purchases for Kyiv, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said.
-
Ukraine plants over 500,000 mines on border with Belarus
TEHRAN, Jan. 10 (MNA) – There are more than 500,000 anti-personnel and anti-tank mines along the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, Belarus’ Security Council State Secretary Alexander Volfovich said, according to Russian media.
-
Russia destroys nine Ukrainian drones over four regions
TEHRAN, Nov. 26 (MNA) – Air defenses have destroyed another nine Ukrainian drones over the Moscow, Tula, Kaluga and Bryansk regions, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
-
Russia shoots down 4 Ukrainian drones over four regions
TEHRAN, Nov. 14 (MNA) – Russian air defense forces downed four Ukrainian drones over the Bryansk, Tambov, Oryol, and Moscow regions on Tuesday, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported.
-
EU arms transfer to Ukraine reaches 27 bn euros: Borrell
TEHRAN, Nov. 14 (MNA) – The European Union’s arms supply to Ukraine has reached 27 billion euros, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said.
-
Russia destroys 36 Ukrainian drones over Black Sea, Crimea
TEHRAN, Oct. 29 (MNA) – Kyiv tried to attack targets on Russian territory with 36 drones, they were destroyed by air defense systems over the Black Sea and the northwestern part of Crimea, Russia’s Defense Ministry told reporters.
-
Four Ukrainian drones destroyed over Russia’s Bryansk Region
TEHRAN, Oct. 25 (MNA) – Ukrainian drones have been destroyed over the Bryansk Region, Governor Alexander Bogomaz said.
-
Russian envoy:
US can resolve Ukrainian crisis by stopping sending arms
TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) – The United States can easily and quickly resolve the Ukrainian crisis by stopping sending military aid to Kyiv, Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov said in response to a question from media.
-
Blinken:
Biden wants to avoid direct conflict with Russia over Ukraine
TEHRAN, Oct. 04 (MNA) – Since the very outset of the Ukrainian crisis, US President Joe Biden has been trying to avoid a direct conflict with Russia, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
-
Mexico president slams US military support for Ukraine
TEHRAN, Oct. 03 (MNA) –Mexico's president has denounced the United States' multibillion-dollar military aid for Ukraine as irrational, saying Washington must allocate those resources to help ease the migrant crisis facing Latin American countries.
-
West pushing Russia toward World War III, Medvedev warns
TEHRAN, Oct. 01 (MNA) – Through actively engaging in hostilities in Ukraine, Western countries are pushing the situation to the brink of World War III, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev has warned.
-
In past day;
Russian air defenses intercept HIMARS rocket, down 25 drones
TEHRAN, Sep. 30 (MNA) – Russian air defenses intercepted nine Uragan rockets and a HIMARS rocket in the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
-
US to build defense sector partnership with Ukraine: Pentagon
TEHRAN, Sep. 27 (MNA) – The US Department of Defense has confirmed its determination to strengthen Ukraine’s military potential and develop partnership in the defense sector, a department spokesperson has told media outlets.
-
Russian top security official:
No prospects for resolving Ukrainian crisis so far
TEHRAN, Sep. 26 (MNA) – There are still no prospects for the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev said at the Russian-Egyptian consultations in Cairo.
-
Ukraine claims commander of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet killed
TEHRAN, Sep. 25 (MNA) – Ukraine asserted on Monday that it had successfully executed an unprecedented missile strike, resulting in the death of the commander of Russia's Black Sea fleet.
-
Ukrainian government sacks six deputy defense ministers
TEHRAN, Sep. 18 (MNA) – The Ukrainian cabinet of ministers has fired six deputy defense ministers and the agency’s state secretary, Taras Melnichuk, representative of the government in the Ukrainian parliament, said.
-
Russia shoots 11 Ukrainian drones down over Crimea: MoD
TEHRAN, Sep. 14 (MNA) – Eleven Ukrainian drones have been shot down by Russian air defense systems over Crimea, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
-
Ukraine missile attack on Crimea leaves 24 injured
TEHRAN, Sep. 13 (MNA) – 24 people sustained injuries as a result of an overnight attack by the Ukrainian armed forces on the city of Sevastopol in Crimea, Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said early Wednesday.
-
Lavrov:
Kyiv delays talks making it more difficult to negotiate later
TEHRAN, Sep. 12 (MNA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that the longer Kyiv delays negotiations with Moscow, the more difficult it will be to reach an agreement later.
-
Ukraine launches massive drone attack on Zaporizhzhia region
TEHRAN, Sep. 12 (MNA) – Ukraine attacked the city of Energodar in the Zaporizhzhia region with drones on September 11, Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom head Alexey Likhachev said on Monday, adding that two drones were downed.
-
Kremlin:
Scholz, Macron lack autonomy to mediate in Ukraine conflict
TEHRAN, Sep. 11 (MNA) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron cannot act as mediators in settling the conflict in Ukraine, since they have lost their autonomy, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said.
-
Official:
US does not rule out supplying ATACMS missiles to Ukraine
TEHRAN, Sep. 10 (MNA) – The US administration does not rule out starting deliveries of ATACMS missiles to Ukraine, but is not yet ready to announce such a step, Jonathan Feiner, Deputy White House Advisor on National Security says.
-
Russian forces intercept 21 HIMARS, Uragan rockets
TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) – 21 HIMARS and Uragan rockets fired by Ukrainian troops were intercepted by Russian air defense systems, and 33 Ukrainian drones were shot down by Russian electronic warfare means during the past day, the Russian MoD said.
-
Over day;
Ukrainian forces shell Russia’s Belgorod Region 60 times
TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) – The Ukrainian armed forces fired about 60 rounds of ammunition at the Belgorod Region over the past 24 hours, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.
-
Kuwait aims resolving border issues with Iran, Iraq: FM
TEHRAN, Sep. 04 (MNA) – Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah says that his country aims to resolve the border issues with Iran and Iraq.
-
Russia intercepts two HIMARS missiles, 25 Ukrainian drones
TEHRAN, Sep. 02 (MNA) – Over the course of the day, the Russian Armed Forces intercepted two HIMARS MLRS rockets, one HARM anti-radar missile, and 25 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Russian MoD said on Saturday.
-
Moscow reacts to Ukraine drone attacks on Russia
TEHRAN, Aug. 30 (MNA) – Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has reacted to the drone attacks carried out by Ukraine on Russian territories on Wednesday.