Dmitry Peskov

President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would like to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin “immediately” to negotiate an end to the Ukraine war. Putin responded on Friday that the Ukraine war might have been avoided if the 2020 U.S. presidential election had not been “stolen” from Trump.

The Russian government on Friday struggled to manage international outrage over the increasing likelihood that a Russian surface-to-air missile brought down Azerbaijan Airlines Flight J2-8243 on Wednesday, killing 38 of its passengers.

The Kremlin says claims the wife of deposed dictator Bashar al-Assad is filing for divorce so she can move to London do not “correspond with reality”, amid claims the couple are under effective house arrest in Moscow after fleeing Syria.

Ukraine’s HUR military intelligence agency on Saturday claimed North Korean mercenaries accidentally killed eight of their Russian partners in a “friendly fire” attack because of the “language barrier” between soldiers from the two countries.

Syrian rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which has been designated a terrorist organization by the United States, launched a surprise offense in Idlib province on Thursday.

Allowing long-range strikes deep inside Russia for the first time would “inevitably lead to a serious escalation”, Kremlin figures warn.

A massive drone strike rattled Moscow and its suburbs overnight into Sunday, injuring a woman and temporarily halting traffic at some of Russia’s busiest airports, while a huge nighttime wave of Russian drones targeted Ukraine, officials reported

Russian won’t join the chorus of leaders congratulating Trump on election win, spokesman stating relations are “at lowest point in history”. 

NATO’s Rutte warns of a “serious escalation” if North Korean troops reinforce Russia’s invasion force in Ukraine.

Australia and New Zealand are looking for an explanation from China on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) for its unusual test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday.

Meta — the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp — said on Monday that Russian state media outlets have been banned from its platforms worldwide for “foreign interference activity.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered the Russian Army to add 180,000 more troops, which would bring its total to 1.5 million active-duty soldiers — the second largest army in the world after China.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Monday responded to the second assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump by suggesting it was a natural consequence of the United States supporting Ukraine against the Russian invasion.

European leaders offer prayers after another assassination attempt, but several capitals seem content to let the attack go unremarked. 

U.K. said “completely baseless” move linked to its action in May to revoke the credentials of an attaché at the Russian Embassy in London.

British PM Starmer is in Washington for war talks with President Biden as Moscow threatens dire repercussions for long-range weapon strikes.

Ukraine launched a major drone attack against Moscow and several other Russian cities in one of the largest Ukrainian strikes of the war.

The Kremlin says people should judge for themselves if Russian President Vladimir Putin was serious about endorsing Kamala Harris.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a Russian TV interview on Sunday that Moscow would prefer seeing Vice President Kamala Harris in the White House next year because she is more “predictable” than her opponent Donald Trump.

The Kremlin said it would consider allowing freed hostage Evan Gershkovich to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Kremlin on Saturday warned that the deployment of US missiles in Germany could make European capitals targets for Russian missiles.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Friday accused President Joe Biden of disrespecting Russian President Vladimir Putin in his “big boy” press conference after Thursday’s NATO summit and said the whole world was judging Biden based on his gaffes at the presser.

Ukraine will use advanced British-supplied cruise missiles to strike targets inside Russia itself for the first time, Starmer says.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday he plans to invite Syrian dictator Bashar Assad to visit Ankara and mend relations that were strained by Turkey’s support for rebel groups during the long and bloody Syrian civil war.

The Russian government on Wednesday curtly rejected Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s offer to mediate ceasefire talks in the Ukraine war.

Russian state media gleefully reported that Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance put the “final nail” in his “political coffin.”

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that American officials have been in contact behind the scenes to work out a prisoner swap deal that might free Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter indicted for espionage on Thursday after being held captive by Russia for over a year.

The State Department announced on Monday that Ukraine’s controversial Azov Brigade will no longer be banned from receiving American weapons and training. Russia immediately denounced the U.S. for supporting Ukrainian “ultra-nationalists” and “neo-Nazis.”

Russia responds to Ukraine’s claim that it will soon be welcoming French troops to its borders by threatening to kill them.

U.S. officials said on Friday that President Joe Biden has permitted Ukraine to attack certain targets on Russian soil with American weapons.

Russia’s government issued a terse statement Friday accusing U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration of persecuting political dissidents in response to the criminal conviction on Thursday of his predecessor and top 2024 election rival, Donald Trump.

Military is to respond to “inflammatory statements… by some Western officials” by drilling with tactical nuclear weapons, Moscow said. 

Russian oil firms are reportedly having trouble collecting payments from customers in China, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) because buyers have grown more nervous about triggering U.S. sanctions against Russia.

Dmitry Medvedev, the former president now better known for regularly threatening to drop nuclear bombs on the West says terror suspects must be liquidated.

The Ukraine “special military operation” is a “de facto” war, Russia admitted for the first time, while blaming the West for the escalation.

Vladimir Putin suggested that Russia may seek to extend a buffer zone into Ukrainian territory to prevent strikes on Russian territory.