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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with European leaders in Brussels, Belgium, on Thursday as his nation seeks to weather continued attacks from Russia and growing political pressure from President Donald Trump’s administration in the U.S. The Ukrainian president’s latest visit to Brussels comes at a difficult moment for his nation, the White House having announced an open-ended pause on…
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Vladimir Putin has signed into law stricter penalties for crimes related to security and the armed forces, according to Ukrainian and Russian media. Armed rebellion and terrorism now carry 20 years to life in prison, with no eligibility for parole, Suspilne and Ukrainska Pravda report. Foreign citizens found to have been “aiding the enemy” face…
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Israeli airline El Al is suspending its operations on the Tel Aviv-Moscow route for the coming week, citing “developments in Russia’s airspace”. “Over the next week, a renewed assessment of the situation will be carried out to decide whether the route will be resumed,” it said in a statement. Earlier today, four sources told Reuters…
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Russia on Wednesday denounced a “victory plan” presented by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, saying he was trying to push NATO into a direct conflict with Moscow. In his speech, Zelenskiy called on his allies to take urgent steps to bolster Kyiv at a precarious moment in a bid to end the conflict with Russia next…
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Russia has said the agenda of Washington, and the “collective West” has forced the country to change its nuclear doctrine. The existing nuclear doctrine, set out in a decree by President Vladimir Putin in 2020, says Russia may use nuclear weapons in case of a nuclear attack by an enemy or a conventional attack that…
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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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Mongolia ignored the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin as it rolled out the red carpet to receive him today. The Russian president should, in theory, have been handcuffed as he arrived – but the Mongolian government said earlier that it was difficult to arrest him due to the country’s position of energy…
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Russia has launched another attack on Ukraine, officials have said, less than a day after its deadly ballistic missile strike killed more than 50 people in Poltava. The regional administration of the northeastern Sumy region said Russian forces launched an airstrike on Sumy city tonight, hitting one of its university buildings. It said a guided…
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Russia said on Friday that it had carried out a successful test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile. The test took place at the Kapustin Yar training ground in Russia’s southern Astrakhan region near the Caspian Sea, where the missile was launched from a movable ground missile launch vehicle, the Defense Ministry said in a statement.…
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The Kremlin “likely aims to seize” on the fears and anger of Russian citizens after the Moscow hall shooting to further cast Ukraine as “terrorists” and the West the “sponsor” of terrorism. That’s the analysis of the US-based Institute for the Study of War, in its latest analysis of the Russia-Ukraine war. “Russian officials are…
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Washington’s ambassador to Ukraine says Russia is “attacking Ukraine with hypersonic missiles”. Bridget Brink echoed reports of “loud explosions” in Kyiv. The Kyiv military administration said on Telegram that a multi-storey building in the city’s Pechersk has been damaged by a rocket and that missile fragments had been found in the city. Vitali Klitschko, Kyiv…
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The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Monday that he will travel to Russia to hold high-level consultations as part of his ongoing efforts to ensure nuclear safety and security in the region. Rafael Grossi’s remarks came during the agency’s board of governors meeting in Vienna, where he discussed various issues…
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UK announces 50 new sanctions The Foreign Office has announced 50 new sanctions designed to diminish Russia’s military power. The sanctions aim to crack down on people and businesses supplying munitions such as rocket launch systems, missiles and explosives. Sources of Russian revenue will also be subject to the restrictions, including metals, diamonds, and energy.…
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Kremlin critic says three reasons behind timing of Navalny ‘murder’ One of the many questions that surround Alexi Navalny’s death is why it happened now, almost three years after he returned to Russia. Author and financier Bill Browder said there were three reasons for the timing. Firstly, Vladimir Putin wanted to eliminate a political opponent.…
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Ukraine’s new Russian-born army chief is a “traitor”, senior Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev has said today. Last night we reported Volodymyr Zelenskyy had switched out General Valeriy Zaluzhny for Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi. Born in Russia’s Vladimir region, which was then part of the Soviet Union, the new chief studied in Moscow – at the…
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Russians living abroad will be able to vote in the upcoming presidential election, Moscow has announced. This includes those in countries deemed “unfriendly states” by the Kremlin, according to foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. Several countries have imposed sanctions on Russia or supplied weapons to Ukraine to fight Moscow’s troops, earning the frustration of the…
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