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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 647

Dmitry Peskov

This combination photo shows US President Donald Trump in a business roundtable in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, May 16, 2025, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a signing ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow, May 10, 2025. (AP Photo, Files)
July 9, 2025, 3:21 pm
Trump said he told Putin he’d ‘bomb the sh*t out of Moscow’ if he attacked Ukraine – report
CNN releases audio of Trump at 2024 gathering of donors during election campaign; US president claims to have issued similar warning to China’s Xi over potential Taiwan invasion
By Reuters and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump (left) speaks, as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on March 6, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP); Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with a group of defense officials, in Tehran, February 12, 2025. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
March 10, 2025, 2:19 pm
Kremlin says Iran making its own decisions on nuclear talks with US
Asked about US president’s letter to Iranians offering negotiations on nuke program, Moscow says Tehran ‘independently formulates its position on key foreign policy issues’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky answers media questions during a press conference, in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
February 23, 2025, 10:37 pm
Responding to Trump, Zelensky says he’d resign if it meant Ukraine could join NATO
On eve of third anniversary of Russian invasion, Ukraine’s president, whom Trump called a ‘dictator,’ says security guarantees worth more than his job, as Moscow lauds US president
By Agencies
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left), in Moscow, February 17, 2025, and US President Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Florida, February 18, 2025. (Composite image: Pool via AP)
February 19, 2025, 1:44 pm
Trump and Putin could meet this month, Kremlin says, as US envoy lands in Ukraine
White House emissary Keith Kellogg to meet with Zelensky, says US understands need for security guarantees; Trump blames Kyiv for war, doesn’t invite Zelensky to talks on ending it
By Agencies
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, second left, meets with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Saudi National Security Advisor Mosaad bin Mohammad Al-Aiban, US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, third left, US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, left, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov, second right, at Diriyah Palace, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, February 18, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)
February 18, 2025, 12:37 pm
Russia says talks with US will have no impact on cooperation with Iran
As the two Cold War foes meet in Riyadh, Moscow’s foreign ministry stresses the value it sees in ‘good relations’ with Tehran and says it will help resolve its nuclear problems
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Syria's first lady, Asma al-Assad, the wife of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, picks roses during the Damascene Rose Harvest Festival in the village of al-Marah in the mountainous region of Qalamoun, Syria, Thursday, May 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
December 23, 2024, 7:06 pm
Russia denies reports that Bashar al-Assad’s wife, Asma, filed for divorce
Kremlin also denies that UK-born ‘Desert Rose’ requested to leave Moscow, where the Assad family fled as rebels took Damascus
By Agencies
Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Nasser Kanaani speaks during a press conference in the capital Tehran on December 5, 2022. (ATTA KENARE/AFP)
September 18, 2024, 4:29 pm
Iran accuses Israel of ‘mass murder’ over pager attack on ally Hezbollah
Terror organization says it will punish Israel, but source tells Qatari newspaper group still doesn’t want full-scale war; Russia claims attack hurt thousands of innocents
By Agencies and ToI Staff
This video grab from a handout footage released by the Russian Defense Ministry on May 21, 2024 shows Russia's missile forces holding a tactical nuclear weapons drills in the southern military district of the country. (Russian Defense Ministry / AFP)
September 4, 2024, 2:12 pm
Kremlin says West’s agenda spurring changes to Russia’s nuclear doctrine
In most detailed explanation yet, spokesman says adjustments due to ‘process of provocation’ from arms supplies to Ukraine led by ‘ringmaster’ US
By Reuters
This composite images show Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov (L) and Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky. (Gavriil Grigorov/Pool/AFP and Ozan Kose/AFP)
March 26, 2024, 3:22 pm
Kremlin calls Zelensky ‘peculiar kind of Jew’ as Russia blames Ukraine for IS attack
Pressed on how Jewish leader could be linked to jihadist terror, Putin spokesman says he’s ‘a Jew who in many ways shows sympathy and inclination to the nationalist spirit’ in Kyiv
By AFP
Russian President Vladimir Putin climbs down from a modernized Tu-160M nuclear-capable strategic bomber, in Kazan, Russia, February 22, 2024. (YouTube screengrab: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 22, 2024, 7:30 pm
Putin rides nuclear-capable bomber as relations with West take nosedive
Flight on modernized Cold War-era plane likely to be seen as reminder of Moscow’s nukes as Kremlin calls foul over Biden ‘SOB’ jibe
By Reuters
US President Joe Biden arrives on Marine One to attend a fundraiser in San Francisco, February 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
February 22, 2024, 11:41 am
In war of words, Biden calls Putin a ‘crazy SOB,’ Kremlin slams ‘Hollywood cowboy’
US president also calls out opponent Donald Trump, who compared himself to deceased Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, says MAGA crowds ‘have very little moral compass’
By Agencies
February 20, 2024, 7:09 pm
Navalny’s mother begs Putin to hand over his body
Five days after her dissident son’s death, Lyudmila Navalnaya petitions Russian president to allow her to bury him ‘like a human being’
By Emma Burrows and Dasha Litvinova
IDF soldiers at a staging area near the border with Lebanon, northern Israel, October 9, 2023. (David Cohen/Flash90)
October 9, 2023, 4:59 pm
Moscow sees ‘high risk’ of 3rd party opening front against Israel amid war on Hamas
Kremlin spokesperson urges negotiated solution to conflict, amid widespread fears Iran and its proxy Hezbollah may get involved
By AFP and ToI Staff
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council via a video conference at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, August 25, 2023. (Pavel Byrkin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
August 25, 2023, 3:12 pm
Kremlin denies role in plane crash that killed Wagner leader Prigozhin
Preliminary US intelligence assessment says plane was downed in an intentional explosion, likely as revenge for recent rebellion against Putin
By AP
FILE - This combination of photos shows Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) attending a meeting with a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, v, at the Kremlin in Moscow on June 23, 2023, and Yevgeny Prigozhin (R) prior to a meeting with business leaders held by Russian and Chinese presidents at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 4, 2017. (Photo by GAVRIIL GRIGOROV and Sergei ILNITSKY / SPUTNIK / AFP)
July 10, 2023, 4:58 pm
Putin met with ‘traitor’ Wagner leader days after attempted mutiny, Kremlin says
Mercenary chief Prigozhin reportedly went to Moscow with his commanders to explain his version of events, as Russian president provided his own analysis
By AP
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