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Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz wants to see a “strong and sovereign Europe” ahead of emergency talks in Paris. But asked if his country could send troops to Ukraine for a possible peacekeeping mission, he stressed the importance of a strong Ukrainian army. “This will be a great task for Europe, for the US and international…
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Israel says it is conducting what it describes as a “precise counterterrorism operation in specific areas of eastern Rafah”. The IDF said in a statement it was carrying out the operation “eliminate Hamas terrorists and dismantle Hamas terrorist infrastructure within specific areas of eastern Rafah”. “The troops have started the process of dismantling the terrorist…
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An announcement on whether he would run in upcoming elections had long been expected from Russia’s leader. Vladimir Putin said on Friday he would stand as a candidate in the Russian presidential election in March 2024. The vote will happen after almost a quarter of a century since the Russian President first came to power,…
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Russia has tested its ability to deliver a massive retaliatory nuclear strike, Sergei Shoigu has said on state TV. “Practical launches of ballistic and cruise missiles took place during the training,” the Kremlin said in a statement. Mr Shoigu was seen talking to Vladimir Putin about the exercise on state TV. The Kremlin said that…
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The US is trying to stall Israel’s ground invasion of Gaza for as a long as possible – but it doesn’t have much longer, a security and defence analyst has said. Professor Michael Clarke, former director general of the Royal United Services Institute, said Washington is likely hoping to ease the humanitarian crisis in Gaza…
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The destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam will have “dire consequences” for people and nature, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has told a Vatican peace envoy in Kyiv. “This crime carries enormous threats and will have dire consequences for people’s lives and the environment,” he told Italian cardinal Matteo Zuppi as the two met in the Ukrainian capital, according to a presidency…
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Ukraine’s ministry of foreign affairs has issued a statement in response to claims that it could be planning an attack on Belarus. Belarus’s authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko has voiced his support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in recent months. Belarus relies financially and politically on Russia – Putin’s backing of Lukashenko helped him to ride-out…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree that simplifies the stay and work of hundreds of thousands of people who have left Ukraine for Russia since the Kremlin’s military intervention. According to these new “temporary measures”, published over the weekend Saturday, Ukrainian passport holders, as well as residents of the occupied pro-Russian separatist territories…
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday discussed prospects for ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict with visiting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Ukrainian government-run Ukrinform news agency reported. At a joint press conference after their meeting in Ukraine’s western city of Lviv, Zelensky said that Kiev is ready for peace talks…
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A senior Chinese diplomat has warned that Beijing will “re-educate” the people of Taiwan after it has “reunited” the island with the mainland. Lu Shaye, China’s ambassador to France, made the threat came after Nancy Pelosi, the US House of Representatives Speaker, arrived in Taipei for a controversial visit. Shortly after she left, Beijing launched four days of…
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SUMMARY – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday revealed that he had inspected leading positions of the Ukrainian military in Lysychansk city in Sievierodonetsk, Luhansk and Soledar in Donetsk, where fighting with Russian forces is intense. – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday warned Russia would strike new targets if the United States started supplying Ukraine with…
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appeared in a video message at the Grammy Awards to ask for support in telling the story of Ukraine’s invasion by Russia. During the pre-recorded message that aired on the show Sunday, he likened the invasion to a deadly silence threatening to extinguish the dreams and lives of the Ukrainian people,…
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U.S. President Joe Biden says Russian President Vladimir Putin has made up his mind to invade Ukraine. “I’m convinced he’s made the decision. We have reason to believe that,” Biden said during remarks from the White House on Friday afternoon. Earlier in the day, the Russian military announced that Saturday it will hold massive drills…
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North Korea’s Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong told The Associated Press that his country is ready to halt its nuclear tests if the United States suspends its annual military exercises with South Korea. In defense of the country’s right to maintain a nuclear deterrent, Ri warned that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) won’t…
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