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Shafaq News
28-05-2025
- Politics
- Shafaq News
Turkiye pushes peace talks as Russia-Ukraine war escalates
Shafaq News/ Turkiye expressed readiness to host a new round of peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, as diplomatic efforts intensify following recent military escalations, a Turkish source affirmed to the Russian State media outlet RIA Novosti. Ankara is awaiting confirmation on the date, the source added, excluding the possibility of talks beginning next week. The statement followed remarks by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during the Moscow International Security Conference that an announcement on new talks would be made soon. He also confirmed, following a meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, that Russia continues to favor Istanbul as a venue for future negotiations. The diplomatic overtures come amid a spike in drone attacks between Russia and Ukraine. Russia's Defense Ministry said its forces intercepted tens of Ukrainian drones last night. No casualties were reported, though officials confirmed damage to property in several areas, including six vehicles and a residential home in Bryansk. Ukraine, for its part, reported a wave of Russian airstrikes since Saturday, with the deadliest attack on Sunday killing 13 civilians. Following Trump's recent comments calling Russian President Vladimir Putin 'absolutely crazy,' Russian Security Council Deputy Chair Dmitry Medvedev warned that 'World War III' remains a serious risk, adding, 'I hope Trump understands this!'
Russia Today
18-05-2025
- Politics
- Russia Today
Moscow wants ‘lasting peace' with Kiev
Russia is seeking to achieve 'lasting and sustainable peace' by eliminating the root causes of the Ukraine conflict, President Vladimir Putin has said, in an extract of an interview released by Russia 1 TV on Sunday. In a video released by journalist Pavel Zarubin, Putin stated that Russia has 'enough strength and resources to bring what was started in 2022 to its logical conclusion' while accomplishing Moscow's key goals. Russia wants to 'eliminate the causes that caused this crisis, create conditions for long-term sustainable peace and ensure the security of the Russian state and the interests of our people in those territories that we always talk about,' he added. The president was apparently referring to Crimea, the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, and the regions of Kherson and Zaporozhye, which overwhelmingly voted in favor of joining Russia in referendums in 2014 and 2022. People in these former Ukrainian territories 'consider Russian to be their native language' and see Russia as their homeland, he said. DETAILS TO FOLLOW
LBCI
14-05-2025
- LBCI
Germany arrests three Ukrainians suspected of spying in exploding parcel plot
Three Ukrainians have been arrested over a plot to mail exploding parcels from Germany to Ukraine, prosecutors said, putting Europe's cross-border postal network in the spotlight as a target of suspected Russian sabotage. Together with cases of parcels detonating at European depots last year, the arrests added to an air of suspicion in Europe, where intelligence officials have warned of a growing threat from hybrid attacks in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The plot detailed by German prosecutors on Wednesday was described as a test run involving GPS trackers to scope out routes for future arson and bombing attacks. The suspects are believed to have been in contact with individuals working for Russian state institutions, federal prosecutors said in a statement. Reuters
The Guardian
14-05-2025
- The Guardian
Germany arrests three Ukrainians over alleged Russian parcel bomb plot
Three Ukrainian nationals have been arrested on suspicion of plotting parcel bomb attacks in Germany on behalf of the Russian state, prosecutors said. The German federal prosecutor's office said on Wednesday that the men, identified only as Vladyslav T, Daniil B and Yevhen B, in line with German privacy rules, had been detained in recent days in Germany and Switzerland. They are accused of 'secret agent activity for sabotage purposes' and of agreeing by, at the latest, March 2025 'with one or several persons presumed to be working for Russian state institutions' to carry out 'aggravated arson' and 'cause a detonation using explosives'. The prosecutors alleged the men's intent had been to carry out 'explosives attacks on cargo transport in the Federal Republic of Germany', by shipping parcels from Germany to recipients in Ukraine carrying 'explosives or incendiary devices' that would 'detonate during transport'. Vladyslav T allegedly sent two test packages containing GPS trackers in late March from Cologne, in western Germany, 'to scout out suitable transport routes' on the orders of Yevhen B, who is believed to have provided the package contents via Daniil B. Last July, European security agencies were shaken by three separate package explosions, sent from Lithuania, that detonated in Birmingham, in the UK; Leipzig, Germany; and near Warsaw, in Poland. German authorities said in October that a plane could have been downed if the devices had ignited in flight. The logistics firm DHL took measures to protect its network after fires at one of its warehouses in Leipzig. Western security agencies were quick to suspect Russian intelligence, with the incidents coming amid a series of other hostile acts including arson, cyber-attacks, data theft and the targeting of undersea cables. All the couriers appear to have operated within the same network and transported similar content of sex toys and massage pillows. Reuters reported that the devices were rigged to ignite using pre-set timers repurposed from inexpensive Chinese electronics typically used for tracking lost items. Their impact was intensified by tubes disguised as cosmetics, which were filled with a flammable gel containing compounds such as nitromethane. Yevhen B, who was arrested on Tuesday in Thurgau, in north-eastern Switzerland, has been transferred to German custody. German authorities arrested Vladyslav T on Friday in Cologne and Daniil B on Saturday in the south-western city of Konstanz. The federal criminal police have been carrying out the investigation owing to its 'special significance', as is common in suspected terrorism cases.
Arab News
14-05-2025
- Arab News
Germany arrests three Ukrainians suspected of spying in exploding parcel plot
BERLIN: Germany has arrested three Ukrainian nationals on suspicion of foreign agent activity linked to the shipment of parcels containing explosive devices, prosecutors said on Wednesday. The suspects are believed to have been in contact with individuals working for Russian state institutions, federal prosecutors said in a statement.
