According to the Russian Defense Ministry, air defenses shot down 249 drones over the country's regions

The Russian Federation's Arctic Zone accounts for more than 6% of the gross domestic product and about 10% of Russian exports, Alexey Chekunkov said

Alexey Chekunkov said that a draft concept for an international scientific and educational center on the archipelago was approved in November 2025

Governor Yury Slyusar added that a number of social facilities were also damaged

According to Valentina Matviyenko, the Europeans are trying to tie Donald Trump’s hands because they don’t want peace and are harboring the illusion that Russia can be defeated on the battlefield

European Council President Antonio Costa said that such an issue concerns the European Union directly

Paula Pinho did not answer the question of why the European Commission would confiscate assets that violate all international norms, if the US proposal envisages «using the same money for the same purposes»

According to Sergey Mironov, European leaders and Vladimir Zelensky «are not oriented toward achieving a sustainable peace,» but rather want to prolong the conflict as much as possible and save the Kiev regime

Russian Federation Council Deputy Chairman Nikolay Zhuravlyov said that the visa-free regime decision is contributing to this

According to Nikolay Azarov, Europe’s proposal to set a cap on the Ukrainian armed forces at 800,000 troops «in peace time» cannot be implemented because Ukraine’s economy is unable to provide for such a big army

According to the regional operational headquarters, a woman sustained injuries after a drone hit a moving vehicle in the regional operational headquarters

The US and Ukrainian delegations largely reached agreement on the 28-point peace plan proposed by Washington

Sergey Bogdan said that test pilots submit detailed reports on any deficiencies, whether minor or major

The White House noted earlier that during the Geneva talks, the Ukrainian delegation affirmed that the current draft plan for resolving the crisis meets its national interests

US economist, professor, and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University Jeffrey Sachs considers the resistance of European leaders to the US plan to be pointless

According to the Dawn, local police killed two gunmen in return fire

According to Andrey Marochko, the Russian military also destroyed 333 vehicles, 62 various armored combat vehicles, six tanks, 35 field artillery guns

According to Reuters, the Office of Personnel Management has taken over many of the functions of the disbanded agency

The results showed that 53% of respondents supported US military attacks on boats suspected of drug trafficking, but 72% said that Washington should provide evidence that drugs were being transported on them

US Secretary of State said that Russia «have to agree to this»

Margaret Brennan, a correspondent with CBS News, reported that multiple officials from the US and Ukraine told her there were discussions about Vladimir Zelensky potentially coming to the US this week as US President Donald Trump pushes for a deal

The mistake occurred due to a lack of interaction between units, a sense of urgency and inadequate orders given to poorly trained troops, the Russian security officials explained

According to Boris Titov, so far in 2005, Chinese entrepreneurs have officially registered 13,000 firms in Russia

«That’s a scenario we are obviously planning for,» the British newspaper quoted the official as saying

According to the Lebanese health ministry, the Israeli attack claimed five lives and left 28 more people wounded

The United States agreed to put «items that involve both Europe and NATO» as part of «a separate track»

Two passenger cars were damaged

The officials stressed, whether that happens will depend on the outcome of Sunday’s peace talks between the United States and Ukraine in Geneva

US Secretary of State said it was too early to sum up the results of discussions with the Ukrainian side as they are ongoing

The Women’s World Chess Championship is held biannually

Notably, earlier in the day Germany Chancellor Friedrich Merz spoke against returning to cooperation with Russia in this format

The 24-point European plan provides for a gradual easing of sanctions if it abides by the peace plan and their automatic restoration if the ceasefire is breached

Brussels also insists that it controls Russia’s frozen assets to be able to expropriate them to compensate Ukraine for the damage

A source in the Lebanese law enforcement agencies told the Elnashra news portal that the Israeli strike killed Hezbollah chief-of-staff Haytham Ali Tabtabai

According to the US-proposed plan, which was leaked to the Western media, the United States and other countries will have to recognize Russia’s sovereignty over Crimea, Donbass and other territories that Ukraine will have to give up