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Viktor Orbán’s proposal for a quick ceasefire in Ukraine led to a rebuke by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who called it “nonsense and disharmony”. Viktor Orbán and Volodymyr Zelenskyy brought their long-simmering showdown to Budapest on Thursday with separate press conferences that laid bare their diametrically opposed visions on how to end the war in Ukraine. The…
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Switzerland is “unequivocally committed” to sanctions against Moscow, the government said on Friday, after it decided not to adopt in full a package of European Union measures, a move the U.S. ambassador called disappointing. As Western governments try to cut off Russia’s means to finance its war on Ukraine, U.S. officials have pressed Switzerland to…
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The United States is expressing disappointment over a decision by the Swiss government not to adopt all measures in the latest round of European Union sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine. Amb. Scott Miller, the top U.S. envoy in the Swiss capital, expressed hope that Bern will work to close a “loophole” that allows overseas…
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Ukraine and Russia exchanged 95 of their soldiers each in the first major prisoner of war return in more than a month, according to statements from authorities in the two nations. The exchange was mediated by the United Arab Emirates, Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a statement on Friday. More than half of the Ukrainian…
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Russia on Friday returned to Ukraine the bodies of 501 soldiers, Ukrainian authorities said, in what appeared to be the biggest repatriation of war dead since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. Most of the soldiers were killed in action in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine, mostly around the city of Avdiivka that Russian forces captured in February…
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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 is seeking to convince BRICS countries to build an alternative platform for international payments that would be immune to Western sanctions when it hosts the group’s leaders at a summit next week. President Vladimir Putin is keen to build up BRICS – which has expanded to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab…
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Ukraine has hit three arms depots in Russia within four days, reportedly destroying tens of thousands of tonnes of munitions. Over the past week, Ukraine has hit three Russian munitions depots within four days, all with domestically produced weapons. The attacks are widely seen as Kyiv demonstrating its ability to strike targets deep inside Russia…
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TikTok has said it’s removed accounts associated with Russian state media for “engaging in covert influence operations”. It’s part of the site’s efforts to prevent disinformation in the run up to November’s US presidential election. Accounts affected are those from media group Rossiya Segodnya, which owns the RIA Novosti and Sputnik news services; and TV-Novosti, the…
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Ukraine would have a good military reason to strike deeper into Russia using Western weapons, a senior NATO military official said on Saturday. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House on Friday as Ukraine’s allies discuss whether to give a go-ahead for Kyiv to use long-range missiles against…
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President Joe Biden brushed off a threat from Russian leader Vladimir Putin about war against the West if Ukraine’s allies allow it to use weapons deeper inside Russia. It’s a shift that Kyiv has pleaded for, but no decision was immediately announced following a meeting Friday between Biden and Britain’s prime minister. Ukraine and many of…
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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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The United States has informed allies that it believes Iran has transferred short-range ballistic missiles to Russia for its war in Ukraine, according to two people familiar with the matter. They did not offer any details about how many weapons have been delivered or when the transfers may have occurred, but they confirmed the U.S.…
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The US has charged a Russian TV pundit and his wife over two separate schemes to violate sanctions imposed after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The Department of Justice alleges that Dimitri Simes, 76, and Anastasia Simes, 55, took part in a plot to violate sanctions “for the benefit of sanctioned Russian broadcaster Channel One Russia”,…
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Further to reports we brought you yesterday on Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointing a new chief diplomat, here is what we know… Ukraine’s parliament approved the appointment of a new foreign minister, with the war against Russia poised for what could be a pivotal phase. Andrii Sybiha, a former ambassador to Turkey, is the country’s new chief…
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We are receiving more comments from Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who has been speaking at US air base Ramstein in western Germany this morning. In an update on the situation in the Kursk region, the Ukrainian leader said Ukraine now controlled more than 1,300sq km there. He also urged military allies to ignore Moscow’s “red lines” and…
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