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WASHINGTON 26 April 2024; AP: — Ukraine has sidelined U.S.-provided Abrams M1A1 battle tanks for now in its fight against Russia, in part because Russian drone warfare has made it too difficult for them to operate without detection or coming under attack, two U.S. military officials told The Associated Press.

MOSCOW, April 24. /TASS/. Russian troops destroyed an UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) production workshop of the Ukrainian army over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday.

"Operational/tactical aircraft, missile troops and artillery of the Russian groups of forces destroyed a P-18 panoramic view radar station, an UAV production workshop and a fuel storage facility of the Ukrainian army and struck enemy manpower and military hardware in 117 areas," the ministry said in a statement.

NIZHNY NOVGOROD, April 25. /TASS/. Citizens of several countries were involved in organizing the terrorist attack on Crocus City Hall outside Moscow, using cryptocurrency to bankroll it, Yury Chikhanchin, head of Russia’s Federal Financial Monitoring Service, said.

YEREVAN, April 25. /TASS/. Armenian police have detained 29 protesters against the transfer of four villages to Azerbaijan and the border demarcation, the police press service said.

According to it, 17 people were arrested in Yerevan, and 12 in the Tavush Region.

Earlier, demonstrators in several regions of Armenia tried to block highways, including international ones. There were clashes with police.

ASTANA, April 26. /TASS/. US-oriented military and political structures in the Asia-Pacific region, such as QUAD and AUKUS, are trying to transform the security system in the region into a US-centric one, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said.

19 April 2024; AP: CAPRI, Italy; The United States told the Group of Seven foreign ministers on Friday that it received “last minute” information from Israel about a drone action in Iran, Italy’s foreign minister said.

MOSCOW, April 18. /TASS/. Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian command post and two S-300 surface-to-air missile launchers over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Thursday.

CARACAS, April 18. /TASS/. The Ukrainian trace is obvious in the Crocus City Hall attack case, and the law enforcement employees exert efforts to identify the instigators of this crime, Russian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov said during the meeting with the Venezuelan Ministry of Interior, Justice and Peace Remigio Ceballos Ichaso in Caracas.

MOSCOW, April 19. /TASS/. Russia will not announce pauses in fighting if new talks on Ukraine begin, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with the Sputnik, Govorit Moskva and Komsomolskaya Pravda radio stations.

He also noted that the Ukrainian authorities could not be trusted. "First, he (Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky - TASS) banned himself from holding talks," Lavrov noted, adding: "Second, they cannot be trusted."

18 April 2024; MEMO: Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, on Thursday accused the US of “taking hostage” the entire Middle East region, where tensions have escalated between Iran and Israel besides the ongoing conflict in Gaza, Anadolu Agency reports.