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Kyiv, April 21 : Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday declared that Russian forces have “liberated” Mariupol and ordered his forces to hold back from storming the Azovstal steel plant, Western media reported on Thursday. The Russian President described a plan to storm the Azovstal steelworks as “impractical” and called instead for Russian troops to blockade the area “so that a fly can't get through”. Putin told his Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu that the plant -- a sprawling complex which is among the last significant holdouts for Ukrainian forces in Mariupol -- should be sealed and those inside should once again be offered the chance to surrender in exchange for their lives and a “dignified treatment,” reports CNN. The plant is currently sheltering hundreds of soldiers and civilians. According to The Guardian, the declaration came during a meeting at the Kremlin where Defence Minister Shoigu presented a report to Putin about the closely watched battle for the Ukrainian port city and claimed that the city had been “liberated” although fighting was ongoing. He said it would take several more days for the Russians to defeat the Ukrainians fighting at the steelworks, a sprawling mass of tunnels and workshops spread over four square miles in the south-east of the city. Ukrainian officials, however, denied that the southeastern city has fallen to Russia.

New Delhi, Dec 6 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that India-Russia strategic ties have grown stronger despite the challenges posed by Covid, and thanked visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin for his personal investment in strengthening the bilateral partnership.

New Delhi, Dec 6 : Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday said Russia views India as a great power, a friendly nation and a time-tested friend, and added that ties between both countries have been developing and are now looking into the future. In his remarks ahead of the bilateral summit with PM Narendra Modi here, President Putin said the two sides are cooperating and investing in very important matters, including in the energy sector, and high tech, and space.

Moscow, Nov 25 (UNI/Sputnik) Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered condolences to families of miners who lost their lives in an accident at the Listvyazhnaya mine in Siberia’s Kemerovo region on Thursday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. According to the latest information, 11 miners died in the accident, and the fate of over 30 more remains unknown.

MOSCOW, Jun 4 (Sputnik) The upcoming meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Joe Biden, scheduled for June 16, is highly important, but one should not expect too much from it, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. "This is indeed a very important meeting. At the same time, it would be wrong to have inflated expectations," Peskov said, as aired by Russia's Channel One.