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Iran, US Moved Closer Toward Resolving Differences - Foreign Ministry
23 May 2026 @ 1:58 pm
TEHRAN (Sputnik) - Iran and the United States moved closer toward finding ways to resolve their differences, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said on Saturday.
Foreign Journalists Ask to Visit Ukrainian Strike Site in Lugansk People’s Republic – Russian MFA
23 May 2026 @ 1:30 pm
The Russian Foreign Ministry has received numerous applications from foreign journalists to visit the site of the Ukrainian strike on a college in Starobelsk, spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters.
Total of 18 People Killed in Ukrainian Attack on Lugansk People’s Republic - EMERCOM
23 May 2026 @ 1:09 pm
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The death toll from the attack carried out by the Ukrainian military on a college in the Lugansk People's Republic rose to 18 as bodies of two more people were pulled from the rubble, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia said on Saturday.
Japan Bars Journalists From Covering Ukrainian Strike in Lugansk People’s Republic - Moscow
23 May 2026 @ 1:02 pm
LESNYYE DALY, Moscow Region (Sputnik) - Moscow received information that Tokyo had prohibited Japanese journalists from covering developments related to the Ukrainian strike on a college in Starobelsk in the Lugansk People’s Republic, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday.
BBC Refuses to Visit Lugansk People’s Republic Attack Site, CNN on Vacation - MFA Spox
23 May 2026 @ 10:30 am
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated that the British broadcaster BBC has officially declined to visit the site of the tragedy in Starobelsk, while the American company CNN is on vacation.
Death Toll From Ukrainian Attack on School in Lugansk People’s Republic Rises to 12
23 May 2026 @ 10:17 am
LUGANSK (Sputnik) - The death toll from the Ukrainian drone attack on a college in the Lugansk People’s Republic has risen to 12, the Russian Emergency Ministry (EMERCOM) reported. Nine people remain trapped under the rubble, and rescue operations are ongoing.
Armenian Shift Toward Anti-Russian Camp Raises Tensions – Lavrov
23 May 2026 @ 10:06 am
LESNYYE DALI, Moscow Region, Russia (Sputnik) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Saturday said that Armenia is being drawn into an anti-Russian camp in an attempt to make Russia "suffer as much as possible."
Russian Forces Strike Ukrainian Military-Industrial and Energy Facilities - MoD
23 May 2026 @ 9:56 am
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Ukraine lost over 290 soldiers in combat against Russia's Battlegroup Tsentr over the past 24 hours, in addition to losses in manpower and equipment on other fronts, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
Putin Offers Deep Condolences to Xi Over Deadly Mine Explosion in Shanxi Province - Kremlin
23 May 2026 @ 9:47 am
Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his deep condolences to Chinese President Xi Jinping following the tragedy at a coal mine in Shanxi province, according to a telegram published on the Kremlin’s website.
Russia Invites Foreign Journalists to Visit Site of Ukrainian Attack in Lugansk People’s Republic
23 May 2026 @ 8:47 am
On Friday, Lugansk People's Republic head Leonid Pasechnik said that Ukraine had attacked an academic building and dormitory at the Starobelsk Professional College, which is part of the Lugansk State Pedagogical University. There were 86 students and an employee in the building at the time.