There are no signs of the Ukrainian conflict ending or any phase of it concluding,” Peskov said. Read also: Putin incorporates Ukraine's 'denazification' in new anti-extremism strategy – ISW Despite online reports of "historic meetings" and "the end of the hot phase of the war,

Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico arrived in Russia on a “working visit” and met with Putin one-on-one on Sunday evening.

Spokesman Dmitry Peskov says Moscow will use all available means to defend its rights and reclaim its property - Anadolu Ajansı

Captain Igor Kshnyakin and co-pilot Alexander Kalyaninov, both Russians with Azerbaijan citizenship, and Hokuma Aliyeva, a flight attendant, were given full honours at a ceremony at the Alley of Honour in central Baku attended by Mr Aliyev and his wife, Mehriban, on Sunday.

The cause of the crash of Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan, is still unknown. The Kremlin has so far been tight-lipped, prompting questions over its messaging.

Turkish media reports have claimed that the wife of the former Syrian president filed for divorce and sought to return to the UK.

An Azerbaijani minister said Friday that expert analysis and survivor testimony suggest the airliner that crashed this week was hit by an external

MOSCOW. Dec 23 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico discussed gas issues at great length at negotiations on Sunday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. "They also talked about energy issues, gas issues, and the conversation was quite substantive," Peskov told reporters.

White House national security spokesman John Kirby told reporters that the US “have seen some early indications" that the plane was "brought down by Russian air defense systems."

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Russia’s aviation chief says that a Ukrainian drone attack was under way in the region of Chechnya at the time an Azerbaijani airliner attempted to land before diverting to Kazakhstan and crashing the

Russian President Vladimir Putin has held talks in the Kremlin with Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico, in a rare visit to Moscow by an EU leader since Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.