Dmitry Peskov

"Surely, Russia will not look at these things positively (Sweden's and Finland's accession to NATO). Russia is primarily concerned about the Finnish issue. Why? Because this is a border country and therefore does not support Finland's NATO membership.

Pro-Russian former Moldovan President Igor Dodon was detained by prosecutors on Tuesday on four charges including corruption and treason.

Investigators searched Dodon's Chisinau home, his mother's house and a villa being built by the Dodon family by the Dniester River, seizing tens of thousands of euros in cash and half a million lei [25,000 euros], anti-graft prosecutors said.

Last night, explosions erupted in the Ukrainian capital, and Minister Dmytro Kuleba accused Russian forces of firing cruise missiles at Kyiv during a visit by Guterres and Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, which he considers barbaric.
The Russian siege of "Azovstal" continues, while the UN Secretary General is trying to ensure the evacuation from the ironworks.

Although the Ministry of Defense announced a ceasefire in order for civilians to leave the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Kyiv says that there was no agreement between the two sides on the humanitarian corridor.

Turkey on April 20 accused some of its NATO allies of wanting the war in Ukraine to last longer in order to weaken Russia.

"There are countries within NATO who want the war to continue," Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu told CNN Turk in an interview.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has accused other member-states of NATO, of which Turkey is a member, of supporting a protracted war in Ukraine so as "to weaken" Moscow.

"There are countries within the ranks of NATO that want to see the war continue," the Turkish foreign minister said.

"Their objective is to weaken Russia."

According to unnamed U.S. officials, the two countries' membership in the alliance has become a "topic of discussions and numerous meetings" in talks between NATO foreign ministers. Finland is expected to submit the request in June, followed by Sweden.

Armenia and Azerbaijan said yesterday they were gearing up for peace talks after a decades-long conflict that has left thousands dead and erupted into an all-out war in 2020.

The two countries were at the centre of a six-week war in 2020 that claimed more than 6,500 lives before it ended with a Russian-brokered ceasefire agreement.

Dmitry Peskov said it is aimed at discrediting the Russian army

The Bucha killings have sparked worldwide outrage, a wave of new sanctions and the expulsion of Russian diplomats.

"The Bucha killings have sparked worldwide outrage."