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This week's test, after years of delays due to funding and technical issues, marks a show of strength by Russia at a time when the war in Ukraine has sent tensions with the US and its allies soaring to their highest levels since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis.

The official, who requested not to be named because of the sensitivity of the issue, said Putin expressed his desire to deepen cooperation between the two countries.

In his latest video address, Zelensky said: "Unfortunately, Russia rejected the proposal to establish an Easter truce.

Shoigu said that the Russian forces had announced ceasefires and opened humanitarian corridors for two hours a day for the past two days on Putin's orders to allow those inside the Azovstal plant to leave.

Israel, he said, would consider it "a great honour" to host possible talks between the Russian and Ukrainian heads of state.

Mariupol, a key Azov Sea port city in eastern Ukraine, saw one of the worst violence in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

The ministry also summoned the ambassador of Luxembourg, saying Moscow "reserves the right to retaliate" for Luxembourg's expulsion of an employee at the Russian Embassy.

Putin admitted that over the past month and a half, consumer prices in Russia have increased by 9.4 per cent and inflation surged to 17.5 per cent in annual terms as of April 8.

Efforts are underway to extinguish the fire caused by the strikes, Kozytsky said.

Around 50 such students of the State met Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in Bhubaneswar, seeking the government’s intervention to find a way out to end the problems surrounding their career. 

British Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary Dominic Raab, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, and Defence Secretary Ben Wallace are also blacklisted, among others

The warning came in a formal diplomatic note from Moscow, a copy of which has been reviewed by media outlets in the US, BBC reported.

Russia said its sea-based cruise missiles struck a factory in the city overnight, which produces air-defence systems and anti-ship missiles.

"Once again, we call on the International Maritime Organisation and the management of ship-owning companies to influence Kiev to take measures aimed at unblocking and securing the departure of foreign vessels from Ukrainian ports," Russian military officials said.

The European Space Agency has announced discontinuation of its cooperation on Russia's Luna series of robotic moon missions, amid the country's invasion into Ukraine.