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Putin open to discuss Ukraine ceasefire with Trump if Zelenskyy abandons Nato dream: Report
1 month ago

Putin open to discuss Ukraine ceasefire with Trump if Zelenskyy abandons Nato dream: Report

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly said that he is open to discussing a Ukraine ceasefire deal with US President-elect Donald Trump only if Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy abandons ambitions of his country joining Nato Vladimir Putin is open to discussing a Ukraine ceasefire deal with Donald Trump but rules out making any major territorial concessions and insists Kyiv abandon …

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Russian forces advance on Ukraine frontline city after Crimea oil depot attack
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Russian forces advance on Ukraine frontline city after Crimea oil depot attack

ABC  

Russian forces have entered the outskirts of the eastern Ukrainian frontline city of Toretsk, according to Ukraine's military. Further north in the Donetsk region, Ukraine said a Russian attack had killed one person and wounded seven — including children aged two and 13 — in the city of Sloviansk. A Russian attack on Ukraine's north-eastern city of Kharkiv on Tuesday …

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Three Ukrainian teens begin their final year of high school holding onto hopes for the future
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Three Ukrainian teens begin their final year of high school holding onto hopes for the future

The Independent  

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Three Ukrainian teens begin their final year of high school holding onto hopes for the future
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Three Ukrainian teens begin their final year of high school holding onto hopes for the future

Associated Press  

UZHHOROD, Ukraine — This week marks the start of the school year in Ukraine, a pivotal time for any student, especially for teenagers in their final year of high school. ‘I am confident that I will have a future’ What 16-year-old Oleksandr Hryshchenko liked most about the summer camp in Uzhhorod, near the western border with Slovakia, was that “there …

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‘Bullet in my head’: The Indian man who crawled to escape Russia’s Ukraine war
8 months, 1 week ago

‘Bullet in my head’: The Indian man who crawled to escape Russia’s Ukraine war

Al Jazeera  

Prince Sebastian had not signed up to fight for Vladimir Putin’s army. “I was hit, but there was no pain, it was numbness for a few seconds.” When he slowly came to his wits, Prince began a long, 3km crawl through mud and an even longer fight to escape Russia’s army. “In the past, some 10 years ago, when I …

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Ukraine claims the fatal car bombing of a Russia-backed official in Luhansk
1 year, 1 month ago

Ukraine claims the fatal car bombing of a Russia-backed official in Luhansk

LA Times  

A Ukrainian soldier covers his ears during combat training at a military training ground in the north of the country. Ukraine’s intelligence agency claimed responsibility for a car bombing Wednesday that killed a member of the Russia-backed authority in the illegally annexed Luhansk region. He had survived a car bombing on Feb. 21, 2022, three days before Russia launched a …

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Ukraine's spy agency admits to car bomb killing of Russia-backed politician Mikhail Filiponenko in eastern city of Luhansk
1 year, 1 month ago

Ukraine's spy agency admits to car bomb killing of Russia-backed politician Mikhail Filiponenko in eastern city of Luhansk

ABC  

Ukraine's spy agency has said it was behind the assassination of a Russia-backed politician and former militia leader who died in a car bomb attack in the nation's east. Key points: Mikhail Filiponenko was a deputy in the Luhansk regional parliament Russia's Investigative Committee posted video of forensics teams working at the site of the blast Ukraine says Mr Filiponenko …

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Car bomb kills Russia-backed politician in east Ukraine
1 year, 1 month ago

Car bomb kills Russia-backed politician in east Ukraine

Al Jazeera  

Mikhail Filiponenko had been engaged in Luhansk’s pro-Russian separatist movement since 2014. Mikhail Filiponenko, a deputy in the Russia-backed parliament in occupied Luhansk, was killed on Wednesday after an “explosive device detonated” in his car, his son told the Luhansk Information Centre news agency. Filiponenko, who had been engaged in Luhansk’s pro-Russian separatist movement since 2014, previously acted as one …

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Russia's Black Sea Fleet commander was among dozens of officers killed when Crimea HQ was hit in Storm Shadow missile strike, says Ukraine - as troops make breakthrough in key battleground
1 year, 2 months ago

Russia's Black Sea Fleet commander was among dozens of officers killed when Crimea HQ was hit in Storm Shadow missile strike, says Ukraine - as troops make breakthrough in key battleground

Daily Mail  

Ukraine has claimed it killed the commander of Russia's Black Sea fleet in an unprecedented and devastating missile strike on Vladimir Putin's naval headquarters in the annexed Crimean peninsula last week. The reported breakthrough came as Kyiv said that senior Russian navy commanders had been among dozens killed or wounded in a missile attack on Moscow 's Black Sea Fleet …

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'Drunk, violent' militia 'shot children', according to report detailing more horrors of Russian occupation in Ukraine
1 year, 3 months ago

'Drunk, violent' militia 'shot children', according to report detailing more horrors of Russian occupation in Ukraine

ABC  

The sights, the sounds and the smells were almost unbearable. Colonel Bolvinov says his team is looking into crimes including murders, air strikes on the civilian population, "collaborative activities" and torture. The ABC was one of the first international news outlets permitted to access the Izium police station — a building used as a torture chamber during Russia's occupation. Ben …

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Russia holds elections in occupied Ukrainian regions in an effort to tighten its grip there
1 year, 3 months ago

Russia holds elections in occupied Ukrainian regions in an effort to tighten its grip there

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — Russian authorities are holding local elections this weekend in occupied parts of Ukraine in an effort to tighten their grip on territories Moscow illegally annexed a year ago and still does not fully control. U.N. Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenca said the elections “have no legal grounds.” U.S. Deputy Ambassador Robert Wood called them ”nothing more than a …

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Russia holds elections denounced by Kyiv in occupied Ukrainian regions
1 year, 3 months ago

Russia holds elections denounced by Kyiv in occupied Ukrainian regions

Al Jazeera  

The voting begins in the regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia and will be finished on Sunday. “For the last nine years, we’ve been striving to get closer with Russia, and Russian politicians are well-known to us,” Sergei, a 47-year-old resident of the occupied city of Luhansk, told The Associated Press news agency, asking that his last name be …

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Russia organizes elections in occupied Ukraine to tighten its grip
1 year, 3 months ago

Russia organizes elections in occupied Ukraine to tighten its grip

LA Times  

Russian authorities are holding local elections this weekend in occupied parts of Ukraine in an effort to tighten their grip on territories Moscow illegally annexed a year ago but still does not fully control. Ukrainian officials have urged other countries not to recognize the results of the vote, which the Foreign Ministry called “fake elections.” For Russia, it is important …

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Russia has launched a new offensive in Luhansk — here's what it tells us about Putin's strategy in Ukraine
1 year, 4 months ago

Russia has launched a new offensive in Luhansk — here's what it tells us about Putin's strategy in Ukraine

ABC  

In September 2022, the armed forces of Ukraine conducted their first major offensive of the war. Another major achievement of the offensive was that it placed Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, outside Russian artillery range for the first time in the war. What this offensive says about Russia's strategy So far, the Ukrainians appear to have been able to minimise Russian …

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Unable to fight now, two Ukrainian amputees walk to raise funds for a military hospital
1 year, 7 months ago

Unable to fight now, two Ukrainian amputees walk to raise funds for a military hospital

LA Times  

Ukrainian war veteran Oleksandr Shvetsov walks along a highway toward Kyiv from Zhytomyr to meet his friend Serhii Khrapko on their 75-mile fundraising walk. The task for the Ukrainianwar veterans was clear: From different cities, Oleksandr Shevtsov and Serhii Khrapko would walk 75 miles and meet somewhere in the middle in honor of their comrades wounded in Russia’s war against …

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Russia says Ukraine used Storm Shadow missiles from Britain to attack Luhansk
1 year, 7 months ago

Russia says Ukraine used Storm Shadow missiles from Britain to attack Luhansk

The Hindu  

Russia's Defence Ministry said on Saturday that Ukrainian aircraft had struck two industrial sites in the Russian-held city of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine with Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles supplied by Britain. Britain on Thursday became the first country to say it had started supplying Kyiv with long-range cruise missiles, which will allow it to hit Russian troops and supply …

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Putin, Zelenskyy rally troops with war poised for new phase
1 year, 8 months ago

Putin, Zelenskyy rally troops with war poised for new phase

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian President Vladimir Putin visited command posts of his forces fighting in Ukraine for the second time in two months, officials said Tuesday, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made his latest trip near the front line. Germany’s official federal government website on Tuesday listed a Patriot surface-to-air guided missile system as among the military items delivered within …

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Putin visits war-ravaged Kherson, Luhansk on 'surprise inspection'; directs troops 'to carry on attacks'
1 year, 8 months ago

Putin visits war-ravaged Kherson, Luhansk on 'surprise inspection'; directs troops 'to carry on attacks'

India TV News  

Putin visits Kherson: Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Tuesday, visited the headquarters of his troops fighting against Ukraine. Ukraine is preparing for a new counteroffensive Last month, Putin visited the Russian-held Sea of Azov port city of Mariupol, which was captured by Russian troops in May after two months of fierce fighting. Ukrainian officials have said they’re buying time by …

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Putin and Zelensky rally troops with war poised for new phase
1 year, 8 months ago

Putin and Zelensky rally troops with war poised for new phase

LA Times  

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited command posts of his forces fighting in Ukraine for the second time in two months, officials said Tuesday, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made his latest trip near the front line. Elsewhere, Kremlin video showed Putin arriving by helicopter at Russian forces’ command post in southern Ukraine’s Kherson province, then flying to the headquarters of …

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Wagner advance in Bakhmut as Russian offensive appears to weaken
1 year, 9 months ago

Wagner advance in Bakhmut as Russian offensive appears to weaken

Al Jazeera  

Russian mercenaries were the only element of Moscow’s forces making any progress in the 55th week of the war in Ukraine. As Russian offensive power seemed to peter out across Ukraine’s eastern front, mercenary forces from Russia’s Wagner Group doubled down on attacks against the Ukrainian defenders of Bakhmut city in the Donetsk region during the 55th week of the …

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Russian troops killed her parents, then she vanished without a trace
1 year, 9 months ago

Russian troops killed her parents, then she vanished without a trace

CNN  

Kyiv, Ukraine CNN — A week after Russia invaded, the family of 15-year-old Arina Yatsiuk decided to flee their home near the Ukrainian capital by car. She’s one of 345 Ukrainian children who have disappeared since Russia launched its full-scale war on Ukraine last February, according to official Ukrainian statistics. “My biggest fear was that children would be taken to …

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Ukraine’s northeastern front could decide new battle lines
1 year, 9 months ago

Ukraine’s northeastern front could decide new battle lines

Associated Press  

KUPIANSK, Ukraine — A tank carrying Ukrainian infantry speeds toward a target position marked with a metal sheet. “Synchronization will be important to halt Russian offensives toward Ukrainian defensive lines,” said Col. Petro Skyba, a battalion commander of the 3rd Separate Tank Iron Brigade. To escape any counterattack, the servicemen of the Ukraine army’s 14th Brigade pack up and leave, …

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Ukraine's northeastern front could decide new battle lines
1 year, 9 months ago

Ukraine's northeastern front could decide new battle lines

The Independent  

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Fighting on Ukraine’s northeastern front could determine the war’s next phase
1 year, 9 months ago

Fighting on Ukraine’s northeastern front could determine the war’s next phase

LA Times  

Ukrainian servicemen from the 3rd Separate Tank Iron Brigade take part in a drill not far from the front line in the Kharkiv area. But with the sounds of the real war with Russia rumbling four miles away, this daily training underscores the high stakes on Ukraine’s northeastern front, where military officials say a much-anticipated Russian offensive has already started, …

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