Section: Fars News Agency (Iran)
President: ‘Certainly Not’ Russian Missile That Brought Down MH17
TEHRAN (FNA)- Russian President Vladimir Putin is certain that Malaysian Airlines’ flight MH17 that ended in disaster over Ukraine in 2014 was shot down not by a Russian missile. …read more Source: Fars News...
Spokeswoman: Ukrainian Snipers Threaten Russian Diplomat at UN Headquarters
TEHRAN (FNA)- Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters that participants in Kiev’s military operation in Southeastern Ukraine threatened a Russian diplomat with death at the United Nations headquarters. …read more Source: Fars News...
Russia to Continue Deploying Advanced S-400 Air Defense Missile Systems to Crimea
TEHRAN (FNA)- Crimean air defense forces will get advanced S-400 Triumf long-range and Pantsyr-S short-and medium-range surface-to-air missile systems this year, Commander of Russia’s Southern Military District Alexander Dvornikov said on Friday. …read more Source: Fars News...
Russia Says UN Registers Systemic Human Rights Violations in Ukraine
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday Moscow shares UN assessments regarding the systemic nature of blatant human rights violations in Ukraine, commenting on a report by the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine. …read more Source: Fars News...
Moscow Slams Ukraine’s Refusal to Grant Access to Russian Voters as Illegal
TEHRAN (FNA)- Russian Foreign Ministry’s Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Ukraine’s denial of access for Russian citizens to the ballot stations during the presidential election is absolutely illegal. …read more Source: Fars News...
Russian President: Returning Crimea to Ukraine Is Impossible Under Any Circumstances
TEHRAN (FNA)- Russian President Vladimir Putin said returning Crimea to Ukraine is impossible under whatever circumstances. …read more Source: Fars News...
Ex-President of Georgia Saakashvili Detained in Kiev
TEHRAN (FNA)- Former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, the leader of Ukraine’s Rukh Novykh Sil (or the Movement of New Forces), was detained in Kiev. …read more Source: Fars News...
More S-400 Air Defense Systems to Be Deployed in Crimea in Coming Days
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Defense Ministry announced that two battalions supported by S-400 Triumf air defense missile systems will begin combat duty in Russia’s Crimea at the start of 2018. …read more Source: Fars News...
Russian Border Guard Killed in Shootout With Two People Trying to Enter Ukraine
TEHRAN (FNA)- A Russian border guard was killed in a shootout that started when two unidentified armed persons tried to enter Ukraine from the Russian side of the border, Russia’s Security Service said on Monday. …read more Source: Fars News...
Thousands Evacuated after Ukraine Arms Depot Blast
TEHRAN (FNA)- More than 30,000 people have been evacuated in Ukraine’s central Vinnytsia region after a huge arms depot storing missiles caught fire and exploded, in what authorities said was a possible act of “sabotage”. …read more Source: Fars News...
