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Putin Updates Ramaphosa on Alaska Summit
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) Russian leader Vladimir Putin has briefed South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on the “main outcomes” of recent high-level discussions held in Alaska, according to a statement from the Kremlin. Putin and US President Donald Trump...
Russian oil pipeline systems get hit by Ukraine
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) Hungary has reported that Russian oil deliveries have been stopped after Ukraine targeted the Druzhba pipeline system, according to Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto. Szijjarto said Moscow informed Budapest that Russian...
Russian assault on Ukraine kills seven civilians, harming others
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) Ukraine reported that Russian airstrikes overnight on Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia killed at least seven people and injured 37. In Kharkiv, Governor Oleh Synyehubov said four drones hit a five-story apartment building in the Industrialnyi...
Witkoff Says Russia Is Open to Territorial Concessions
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) Russia is reportedly prepared to make limited compromises in the form of “land swaps” with Ukraine, according to Steve Witkoff, the special envoy appointed by US President Donald Trump. Witkoff revealed this development ahead of a...
Russia Says It Shot Down 141 Ukrainian Drones in One Day
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) In a sharp escalation of aerial activity, Russia’s Defense Ministry announced on Monday that its air defense systems had shot down 141 Ukrainian drones in the span of just 24 hours. The ministry also reported intercepting four guided...
Putin gets together with US envoy before sanctions deadline
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with US envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow on Wednesday, just two days before a deadline set by US President Donald Trump for Russia to make progress toward ending its Ukraine offensive or face fresh...
Putin Updates South African President on Trump Meeting
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) Russian President Vladimir Putin updated South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday about his recent high-stakes summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a statement from the Kremlin. The leaders held a phone...
Russian Airstrikes Hit Two Ukrainian Cities
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) Ukraine announced on Monday that overnight Russian air raids on the cities of Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia resulted in at least seven fatalities and 37 wounded individuals. Kharkiv Governor Oleh Synyehubov shared in a Telegram statement that...
Russia warns of Armenia-Azerbaijan agreement
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) Russia expressed cautious support on Saturday for a US-brokered draft peace deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan, while Iran rejected a proposed border corridor included in the agreement. The peace deal, signed in Washington on Friday,...
Russia in great Ukraine advance before Trump-Putin summit in Alaska
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) Russia intensified its offensive in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, making its fastest territorial gains in more than a year, just days before US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Alaska. According to...
Russia brands European diplomacy on Ukraine 'insignificant'
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) Russia has dismissed European diplomatic consultations with Ukraine as meaningless just days before US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to meet in Alaska. Deputy Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexey Fadeev...
Putin Updates Leaders on Alaska Summit
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) Russian President Vladimir Putin recently shared details of his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and several Central Asian leaders. This exchange occurred during a phone...
Russia thinks of compromising on land exchange with Ukraine
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) Russia is said to be considering certain compromises regarding potential “land swaps” with Ukraine, according to US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff. Trump is scheduled to host Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky...
Putin envoy claims Ukraine’s European supporters ‘in panic’ following Alaska summit
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) European and British supporters of Ukraine are in “panic” following the Alaska summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump, according to Kremlin economic envoy Kirill Dmitriev. Putin and Trump held talks...
Russia Foils Alleged Ukrainian Plot to Bomb Crimean Bridge
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) announced Monday it had thwarted an alleged Ukrainian plot to bomb the Crimean Bridge using a car rigged with explosives, according to media. Authorities say the vehicle, a Chevrolet Volt, had been...
Russia’s FSB prevents terrorist vehicle attack by Ukraine
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced that a planned Ukrainian terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge was successfully intercepted. Authorities said a vehicle loaded with explosives, prepared by Ukrainian intelligence, was...
Russia Launches Strikes on Ukrainian Missile, Ammo, Drone Depots
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) Russian forces carried out extensive strikes targeting Ukrainian missile, ammunition, and drone storage sites along with deployment areas, the Russian Defense Ministry announced Sunday. According to the ministry’s statement, the attacks...
Russian Drone Attack Claims Five Lives in Ukraine’s Kharkiv
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) At least five people, including two children, were killed and 20 others wounded in a Russian drone strike on Ukraine’s northeastern city of Kharkiv overnight, local authorities confirmed Monday. “The number of injured from the attack by...
President Cyril Ramaphosa receives briefing from President Vladimir Putin
South African Government
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August 18, 2025
President Cyril Ramaphosa has today, 18 August 2025, received a briefing from President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation, on the outcome of the meeting with President Donald Trump, that was recently held in Anchorage, Alaska in the United...
Zelensky cautions of 'decisions without Ukraine' before US-Russia summit
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday stressed that peace cannot be achieved through “decisions without Ukraine” and firmly ruled out giving up any territory to Russia. Speaking on social media ahead of the upcoming US-Russia...