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Donald Trump has suggested that Ukraine could be Russian in the future – a statement that will set alarm bells ringing in Kyiv amid discussions over potential peace talks. “They may make a deal, they may not make a deal. They may be Russian someday, or they may not be Russian someday,” Trump told Fox…
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More than 51,000 households have been left without gas and 1,500 apartment buildings have no heat in Moldova’s pro-Russian separatist enclave, authorities report. Transnistria, a mainly Russian-speaking separatist region along the Ukrainian border, had received Russian gas via Ukraine for decades, using it to generate electricity. But that gas was cut off along with flows…
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Vladimir Putin says there is no time left this year to sign a new Ukrainian gas transit deal, blaming Ukraine for refusing to extend the agreement. The current five-year deal that supplies Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Austria with Russian gas via Ukraine expires at the end of the year. Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Kyiv…
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Mikhail Shatsky, who is said to have overseen the modernisation of Kh-59 and Kh-69 missiles used by Russia against Ukraine, was reportedly shot dead near his home. A Russian weapons expert who helped to develop cruise missiles used in the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine has reportedly been assassinated in a forest in the Moscow region.…
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The US is not considering the idea of returning to Ukraine the nuclear weapons it gave up after the Soviet Union collapsed, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan has told ABC. The New York Times had reported unidentified Western officials suggested Joe Biden could give Ukraine the arms before he leaves office. “That is…
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President Vladimir Putin has approved a 25% increase in Russia’s military budget for 2025 to 2027, a document published today confirms. Despite the considerable rise in defence spending, it appears to be the most secretive in post-Soviet history – with a third of it censored from public view. It amounts to around 32.5% of the…
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The new European Council president and foreign policy chief are visiting Ukraine on their first day in their jobs. President Antonio Costa, the former prime minister of Portugal, and Kaja Kallas, the bloc’s new high representative for foreign affairs and Estonia’s former leader, are in Kyiv today after being sworn in on Friday. Both leaders…
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An 11-year-old boy died after a drone attack on an apartment block in Russia’s Bryansk region overnight, according to the local governor. Ukrainian drone attacks destroyed a house in Bryansk’s Starodubsky district and hit a five-storey tower block elsewhere in the region into Sunday, Alexander Bogomaz said on Telegram. The tower block death was the…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a warning to the West and NATO countries that they will be “at war with Russia” if Ukraine is given the green light to use long-range missiles on targets inside his country, Reuters and Agence France-Presse reported. Putin’s comments came a day before President Joe Biden is set to discuss…
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Vladimir Putin is giving a speech this morning at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, a far-eastern Russian city near the border with China and North Korea. The president is prone to lengthy addresses – we will cover the major points as we get them. Mr Putin addresses Ukraine’s invasion into the Russian region of…
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More on the Russian strikes on the western city of Lviv overnight. We reported earlier that at least seven people had died including three children. Among those killed were a nine-year-old and a 14-year-old, regional governor Maksym Kozytskyi said on Telegram. A medical worker is also believed to have died. The city’s mayor, Andriy Sadovyi,…
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Vladimir Putin is four months into his fifth term as Russian president and shows no signs of leaving his role. But when the Kremlin leader eventually chooses a successor, the Institute of the Study of War (ISW) says that person is likely to hold the same views as Mr Putin. The institute said in its…
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The thinking behind Ukraine’s shock invasion of Russian border regions over the last two weeks has been the subject of intense speculation since it began on 6 August. An aide to Volodymyr Zelenskyy has now offered a possible insight into Kyiv’s plan, saying the incursion in Kursk was needed to convince Russia to start “fair”…
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Russia has been “severely embarrassed” by Ukrainian advances inside the country and the evacuation of residents from border regions will “play poorly” among the public, an analyst has said. Matthew Savill, military sciences director at the Royal United Services Institute, said Russia’s response to the invasion has not been “particularly impressive” despite Russian forces managing…
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Vladimir Putin has said the Russian military must “dislodge” Ukrainian troops from border regions, according to reports. Speaking at a meeting with top security and defence officials, the Russian president said the invasion in Kursk was an attempt by Kyiv to stop Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine and gain a better negotiation position. Mr Putin said…
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday in an unannounced diplomatic mission to reassure Ukraine that it has American support as it struggles to defend against increasingly intense Russian attacks. The visit comes less than a month after Congress approved a long-delayed foreign assistance package that sets aside $60 billion in aid for Ukraine, much…
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