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#KievRegimeCrimes ⚡️ Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rodion Miroshnik: 💬 From August 31 to September 6, аgainst the backdrop of substantial retaliatory strikes by the Russian Armed Forces against military and dual-use facilities on Ukrainian territory, as well as short-term, mutually observed targeted restrictions on strikes while US representatives visiting Russia and Ukraine for consultations on a peaceful settlement were present there, the number of terrorist attacks by Ukrainian armed groups and civilian casualties somewhat declined compared with the previous week. At the same time, the figures remained very high: more than 300 civilians were affected, with 46 people killed as a result of criminal Ukrainian attacks on civilian facilities in Russia. The highest numbers of civilian casualties from Ukrainian attacks were recorded in the Belgorod Region, DPR and LPR, and the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. Ukrainian strike drones remained the main cause of civilian deaths and injuries. A total of 309 civilians, or 99% of all those affected, were killed or injured in Ukrainian UAV strikes. From August 31 to September 6, shelling by Ukrainian Nazis affected 312 civilians: 266 people were injured, including 13 children. A total of 46 people were killed, including 2 children. Over the past seven days, Ukrainian militants fired at least 6,650 munitions at civilian facilities on Russian territory.

✉️ Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov sent a congratulatory message to Foreign Minister of the DPRK Choe Son-hui (September 9, 2026) ✍️ Please accept my heartfelt congratulations on the 78th anniversary of the founding of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Your country is steadily advancing along the path of strengthening its sovereignty and improving the well-being of its people. I am sincerely pleased with the successes of our Korean friends. I note with satisfaction the strong momentum in the development of multifaceted and comprehensive Russia-DPRK cooperation and strategic partnership, fully in line with the agreements reached in June 2024 by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and President of the State Affairs of the DPRK Kim Jong-un. I am confident that the productive joint work of the Foreign Ministries of Russia and the DPRK will contribute to fulfilling the tasks set by our Leaders. Their implementation fully serves the interests of the peoples of our two countries and contributes to our common goals of building a just #MultipolarWorld and maintaining peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia. 🤝 I wish you and all employees of the DPRK Foreign Ministry good health and outstanding success in your responsible work. SERGEY LAVROV 🇷🇺🇰🇵 #RussiaDPRK

🎙 Statement by the delegation of the Russian Federation on behalf of 🇨🇳🇮🇷🇷🇺 People’s Republic of China, Islamic Republic of Iran, and Russian Federation on the agenda item 6 (d) of the session of the IAEA Board of Governors "Implementation of the NPT safeguards agreement in Islamic Republic of Iran" 📍Vienna, September 9, 2026 Full text of the Joint Statement This Joint Statement is delivered on behalf of People’s Republic of China, Islamic Republic of Iran, and Russian Federation. We underline that the current agenda item is not relevant. Pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 (2015), all of its provisions terminated on 18 October 2025. We maintain that the E3’s attempts to invoke the so-called “snapback” mechanism are null and void and lack legal effect. Accordingly, the request for the Director General to report on the implementation of those resolutions lacks a legal basis and risks politicizing what should fundamentally remain a technical matter. We recall Iran’s long-standing commitment to nuclear non-proliferation as the State Party to the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and also reaffirm the need for the full and effective realization of the inalienable right of States to develop research, production, and use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. The repeated attacks against Iran’s nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards, together with continuing threats of further aggression, which we strongly condemn, constitute an unprecedented situation in the history of the Agency and strike at the very foundations of the NPT. Relevant resolution of the United Nations Security Council, as well as resolutions of the IAEA General Conference qualify any attack or threat of attack against nuclear facilities as a violation of the principles of the United Nations Charter, international law and the Statute of the Agency. The United States’ attacks against Iran continue, with further attacks in recent days. Accordingly, the prevailing security conditions have effectively rendered the normal implementation of the IAEA safeguards in Iran impossible. This reality has also been acknowledged in the recent reports of the Director General to the Board of Governors. <...> Regarding the draft resolution proposed by the United States, Germany, France and the United Kingdom, we wish to underscore that, irrespective of its procedural and substantive deficiencies, the draft resolution fails even to make explicit reference to the attacks, which constitute the root cause and principal factor underlying the current situation. The finding of Iran’s alleged non-compliance with its safeguards obligations in June 2025 was politically motivated and far-fetched. It also paved the way for attacks against Iran’s nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards, becoming the root cause of the subsequent difficulties in safeguards implementation in Iran. This is explicitly recognized in the Director General’s reports. The new draft resolution is yet another attempt by its co-authors to exert additional pressure on Iran and undermine cooperation between Iran and the Agency. In the same vein, the alleged “referral” to the UN Security Council lacks a legal basis, intends to aggravate the situation, and is inconsistent with the co-authors’ stated commitment to diplomacy. We therefore encourage all responsible Member States to carefully consider its implications and refrain from supporting the draft resolution. We are of the firm view that a sustainable resolution of the current situation can only be achieved through the immediate and permanent termination of all attacks, the elimination of threats of further aggression, and the recognition that all legitimate questions regarding Iran’s nuclear programme must be addressed exclusively through dialogue and diplomacy, as the only viable path forward.