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Russia Says Western Arms Flows to Ukraine Would Need to Stop During Any Ceasefire

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic in Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via Reuters)
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic in Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via Reuters)
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Russia Says Western Arms Flows to Ukraine Would Need to Stop During Any Ceasefire

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic in Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via Reuters)
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic in Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025, during celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via Reuters)

Russia would require a halt to US and European arms supplies to Ukraine during any potential ceasefire, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with ABC News.

"Otherwise, it will be an advantage for Ukraine. Ukraine will continue their total mobilization, bringing new troops to (the) frontline," Peskov said.

"Ukraine will use this period to train new military personnel and to give a rest to their existing ones. So why should we grant such an advantage to Ukraine?"

US President Donald Trump urged Russia and Ukraine on Friday to "get this stupid war finished", as he pushed for a 30-day ceasefire that Ukraine says it is willing to agree to.

But Peskov, in the interview, restated Russian concerns that Putin had made public as far back as March 13 and set out in a phone call with Trump on March 18.

"A ceasefire was supported by President Putin, but he asked several questions. He said that right now we have certain dynamics on the front, Russian troops are advancing, and advancing in quite a confident way," he said.

"So, if we speak about ceasefire, what are we going to do with shipments of weapons coming every day from the United States and from European countries?"

His comments underlined the lack of any shift in Russia's position on a ceasefire since mid-March. During that time Trump, who previously had applied intense pressure on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has shown growing impatience with Russia and questioned whether Putin was "tapping me along".

Peskov denied that was the case, and said it was Ukraine that was refusing to enter direct negotiations.

"President Putin is doing whatever is possible to solve the problem, to achieve a settlement through peaceful and diplomatic means. But having no peaceful and diplomatic means at hand, we have to continue the military operation," he said.

Russia hoped that mediation by Trump would help to bring "a little bit more flexibility, a little bit more political will and wisdom to the Kyiv regime," Peskov said.

Putin declared a brief Easter ceasefire last month, which both sides accused each other of violating countless times, and another three-day pause this week as Russia marks the 80th anniversary of victory in World War Two. Ukraine did not agree to the latest truce, saying it wanted a halt of 30 days or more.

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India’s Modi Vows Not to Spare Those Behind Delhi Car Blast 

Forensic experts investigate at the blast site following an explosion near the Red Fort in the old quarters of Delhi on November 11, 2025. (AFP)
Forensic experts investigate at the blast site following an explosion near the Red Fort in the old quarters of Delhi on November 11, 2025. (AFP)
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India’s Modi Vows Not to Spare Those Behind Delhi Car Blast 

Forensic experts investigate at the blast site following an explosion near the Red Fort in the old quarters of Delhi on November 11, 2025. (AFP)
Forensic experts investigate at the blast site following an explosion near the Red Fort in the old quarters of Delhi on November 11, 2025. (AFP)

Indian police are investigating a deadly car blast in the capital under a law used to fight "terrorism", an officer said on Tuesday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to bring to justice all those responsible.

The explosion near the historic Red Fort on Monday evening killed at least eight people and injured 20. It was the first such blast in the heavily guarded city of more than 30 million since 2011.

"Today, I have come to Bhutan with a very heavy heart," Modi said in Thimphu, the capital of the neighboring Himalayan nation, as he arrived on Tuesday for a scheduled visit.

"The horrific incident that happened in Delhi last evening has deeply disturbed everyone," Modi told a public meeting.

"Our agencies will get to the very bottom of this conspiracy. The conspirators behind this will not be spared. All those responsible will be brought to justice."

ANTI-TERROR LAW

Deputy Commissioner of Police Raja Banthia said Delhi police had registered a case under the anti-terrorism law as well as the explosives act and other criminal laws.

The law, called the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, is India's main anti-terrorism law. It is used to investigate and prosecute acts related to "terrorism" and activities that threaten the sovereignty and integrity of the country.

"Investigation is at a preliminary stage and any comment on it will be too premature," Banthia told reporters.

Near the site of the blast in the city's old quarters, a busy market and tourist area, most shops that shut soon after the explosion were yet to open in the early hours of Tuesday.

Forensic experts were seen scouring the site of the blast, which has been sealed since Monday night and enclosed in white cloth barriers.

Delhi Metro said the Red Fort station had been shut for security reasons.

Police said a slow-moving car which stopped at a traffic signal exploded just before 7 p.m. (1330 GMT). Nearby vehicles were also badly damaged.

The explosion left behind mangled bodies and the wreckage of several cars on a congested street near a metro station in the old quarter of Delhi.

There was no immediate information on the occupants of the car, who were presumed to have been killed. Police said they were tracing the owner of the car.

Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said agencies were carrying out a swift, thorough investigation with the findings to be made public soon.

Relatives of the victims gathered outside the nearby Lok Nayak hospital to identify the bodies of their loved ones.

"We at least know that my cousin is here, whether he is injured or not or the extent of his injury, we don't know anything," said a distressed relative who did not want to be named.

MODI IN BHUTAN

The Red Fort, popularly known as Lal Qila, is a sprawling, 17th-century Mughal-era edifice melding Persian and Indian architectural styles, thronged by tourists year-round.

The prime minister also addresses the nation from the fort's ramparts every year on August 15, India's independence day.

Modi is in Bhutan for the 70th birthday celebrations of its fourth king, Jigme Singye Wangchuck.

In April, Modi cut short a visit to Saudi Arabia and returned home after 26 men were killed in an attack on Hindu tourists in the Jammu and Kashmir territory.

New Delhi blamed that attack on what it called "terrorists" backed by Pakistan, a charge denied by Islamabad.

The crisis led to the worst military conflict between the nuclear-armed rivals in decades before they agreed to a ceasefire after four days.

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Moscow’s Forces Push South of the Ukrainian City of Kupiansk, Russian Commander Says 

A crane works where several residential units have collapsed after an apartment building was hit during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Dnipro, Ukraine November 8, 2025. (Reuters)
A crane works where several residential units have collapsed after an apartment building was hit during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Dnipro, Ukraine November 8, 2025. (Reuters)
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Moscow’s Forces Push South of the Ukrainian City of Kupiansk, Russian Commander Says 

A crane works where several residential units have collapsed after an apartment building was hit during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Dnipro, Ukraine November 8, 2025. (Reuters)
A crane works where several residential units have collapsed after an apartment building was hit during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Dnipro, Ukraine November 8, 2025. (Reuters)

Russian forces have pushed deep into the Ukrainian city of Kupiansk and curled southwards to capture a series of train stations, a Russian commander on the ground said on Tuesday.

The commander, who gave his call sign as "Hunter" and identified himself as being in charge of Russia's 1486th Motorized Rifle Regiment's assault detachment, said his forces had taken control of an oil depot on the eastern edge of Kupiansk.

In a video statement issued by the Defense Ministry, he said that his forces had also taken control of a series of train stops along the railway to Kupiansk Vuzlovyi, a settlement which is about 6 km (4 miles) south of the center of Kupiansk itself.

Russian forces were also fighting to clear the railway station at the nearby settlement of Kupiansk-Sortuvalnyi, he added.

Reuters could not independently verify the battlefield report.

Russia has been using pincer movements to try to encircle the Ukrainian cities of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region and Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region, though Ukraine said on Monday it had delivered supplies to Myrnohrad, east of Pokrovsk.

Russian war bloggers published an unverified video on Tuesday showing what they said were Russian forces entering Pokrovsk along a road enveloped in fog or mist.

Reuters could not immediately verify the location of the video and when it was shot.

Russian forces on motorcycles and in an odd assortment of cars and other vehicles, many missing doors and windows, were shown driving along a road strewn with debris as soldiers looked on. Some Russian soldiers sat on the roof of a battered vehicle. A drone was seen beside the road.

Ukraine's top military commander, Oleksandr Syrskyi, in an interview with the New York Post, said Russia was concentrating some 150,000 troops in a drive to capture Pokrovsk, with mechanized groups and marine brigades part of the push.

Syrskyi told the same newspaper that Ukrainian forces were using built-up urban areas to limit the progress of Russian troops and were confronting Russian sabotage units.

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Larijani Denies Iran Sent Message to Trump Asking Sanctions Removal

Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) of Iran Ali Larijani 
Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) of Iran Ali Larijani 
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Larijani Denies Iran Sent Message to Trump Asking Sanctions Removal

Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) of Iran Ali Larijani 
Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) of Iran Ali Larijani 

Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) of Iran Ali Larijani affirmed on Monday that his country has not sent a letter to the US administration asking Washington to lift sanctions imposed on Tehran.

“There has been no message to the United States but the Iranians do want these sanctions to be lifted. Is there someone out there who thinks that we want the sanctions to stay in place?” Larijani told journalists on the sidelines of a conference titled ‘We and the West: In Views and Thoughts of Khamenei.’

He asked, “Wasn’t Iran already engaged in talks? Why did the US president betray Iran during negotiations and attacked the country? Now Trump shamelessly admits he played a key role in the strike.”

Larijani said the United States seeks to break the resistance of the Iranian people, but Iran will stand strong in the face of Western brutality and American threats will not affect the national will of the Iranians.

“The basis of Iran’s policy has never been to sever trade ties with the West, but to safeguard national interests,” he said, noting that his country’s leaders “have never had hostility toward the West.”

According to Larijani, the problem lies in the West’s “hegemonic behavior and interference in Iran’s internal affairs,” which have repeatedly caused crises.

The Iranian official then described the United States as the main force behind global instability.

He said Trump’s logan “peace through strength, represents the main threat to the independence of nations as the US President seeks to disrupt international norms and replace law with power.”

Larijani also criticized historical Western actions, saying that the outcome of Western rationalism has been global wars.

He clarified that the Iranian leadership does not oppose economic cooperation with the West, but rejects Western interference in missile programs or nuclear capabilities.

“Now they argue about missiles and their range, Iran’s regional role, but why should that concern them? This approach shows that America and the West are seeking hegemony,” he said.