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Russian gains in Ukraine don’t point to a breakthrough for Moscow: US Generals
7 months, 1 week ago

Russian gains in Ukraine don’t point to a breakthrough for Moscow: US Generals

Live Mint  

BRUSSELS—American military leaders believe Russia lacks sufficient troops to break through on the new front in northeastern Ukraine, but is stretching Ukrainian forces there and creating a buffer zone for its own border. Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Army Gen. Christopher Cavoli, Supreme Allied Commander in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, …

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Rescue workers killed in Russian strikes on Ukraine’s Kharkiv
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Rescue workers killed in Russian strikes on Ukraine’s Kharkiv

Al Jazeera  

Ukrainian officials say wave of Shahed drone strikes on border city injured at least 12 people. Rescue workers were among at least four people killed in Russian strikes on residential buildings in Ukraine’s eastern city of Kharkiv, Ukrainian officials say. Among them were our rescuers:… pic.twitter.com/SgIKCdxG0U — Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський April 4, 2024 “Russian terrorists will be held …

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How the deadliest attack on Russian soil in years unfolded over the weekend
8 months, 4 weeks ago

How the deadliest attack on Russian soil in years unfolded over the weekend

Associated Press  

The auditorium at Crocus City Hall was about three-quarters full, with the crowd waiting to see Picnic, a band popular since the Soviet days of the early 1980s. “I looked at my colleague, and he also said: ‘Fireworks, probably.’” In this photo taken from video released by Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service on Sunday, March 24, 2024, rescuers work in …

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4 suspects charged with terrorism following Moscow concert hall attack
9 months ago

4 suspects charged with terrorism following Moscow concert hall attack

China Daily  

A suspect in the shooting attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue, sits behind a glass wall of an enclosure for defendants at the Basmanny district court in Moscow, Russia March 24, 2024. MOSCOW - The four individuals directly involved in the Moscow concert hall attack have been charged with terrorism, local media reported on Monday. On Friday night, …

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Russia jails nationalist critic Igor Girkin for four years on extremism charges
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Russia jails nationalist critic Igor Girkin for four years on extremism charges

Firstpost  

Moscow City Court convicted Girkin, also known under his pseudonym, Strelkov, of inciting extremism – a charge he denied, according to a report Igor Girkin, a Russian nationalist and former rebel commander, was sentenced to four years in prison by the Moscow City Court on Thursday, according to CNN. Moscow City Court convicted Girkin, also known under his pseudonym, Strelkov, …

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Russia plans presidential vote in annexed Ukrainian regions
1 year ago

Russia plans presidential vote in annexed Ukrainian regions

Al Jazeera  

The decision raises logistical and security challenges for Moscow because of its limited control in the four regions. Russia plans to run next year’s presidential election in the four regions of Ukraine that it annexed in 2022. Moscow’s ability to hold the election in what it calls its “new territories” is politically important for the Kremlin, but it raises logistical …

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Zelensky hails 'historic' decision to hand F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine
1 year, 4 months ago

Zelensky hails 'historic' decision to hand F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine

The Hindu  

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday hailed on a visit to the Netherlands a "historic" decision to supply F-16 fighter jets to strengthen Kyiv's Soviet-era air force. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said Moscow will regard Western F-16 fighter jets sent to Ukraine as a "nuclear" threat because of their capacity to carry atomic weapons. Mr. Zelensky was in …

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Drone attacks in Moscow’s glittering business district leave residents on edge
1 year, 4 months ago

Drone attacks in Moscow’s glittering business district leave residents on edge

LA Times  

Buildings of the Moscow City business district rise behind people relaxing on a walkway alongside the Moscow River. “I don’t understand how people in a war zone can live like this every day and not go mad.” The Russian Defense Ministry said it shot down two Ukrainian drones outside Moscow and had electronically jammed another, sending it crashing into the …

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Russia Accuses Ukraine Of Yet Another Drone Attack On Moscow
1 year, 4 months ago

Russia Accuses Ukraine Of Yet Another Drone Attack On Moscow

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING TALLINN, Estonia — Russian authorities early Tuesday accused Kyiv of yet another attack on Moscow and its surroundings with drones, one of which hit a building in the capital that was damaged by a drone just days ago in a similar attack early Sunday. The Russian Defense Ministry said in the early hours of Tuesday that it …

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Overnight drone attack on Moscow injures 1, temporarily closes airport for traffic
1 year, 4 months ago

Overnight drone attack on Moscow injures 1, temporarily closes airport for traffic

The Hindu  

Russian authorities say three Ukrainian drones attacked Moscow in the early hours on July 30, injuring one person and prompting a temporary closure for traffic of one of four airports around the Russian capital. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said the attack “insignificantly damaged” the outsides of two buildings in the Moscow City district. Two more drones struck the Russian capital …

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Ukraine-Russia war: Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow damages two city office blocks | WATCH
1 year, 4 months ago

Ukraine-Russia war: Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow damages two city office blocks | WATCH

India TV News  

Ukraine-Russia war: AFP News Agency citing Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, reported that a night-time Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow damaged two office blocks. "The Russian Ministry of Defense has announced that early this morning Ukraine attempted to Attack the Capital of Moscow with at least 3 “Kamikaze” Attack Drones, with 1 Drone being Shot Down by Air Defenses in the …

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Wagner mercenaries in Belarus move closer to the Polish border, Poland's prime minister says
1 year, 4 months ago

Wagner mercenaries in Belarus move closer to the Polish border, Poland's prime minister says

ABC  

Over 100 mercenaries belonging to the Wagner group in Belarus have moved closer to the Polish border and could pose a threat to Poland, the Polish prime minister has said. Key points: Mr Morawiecki said the move was part of a process of "hybrid attacks" on Poland conducted from Belarus Poland has moved more than 1,000 troops to the border …

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Overnight drone attack on Moscow injures one and temporarily closes an airport as Russia suffers 'consequences'
1 year, 4 months ago

Overnight drone attack on Moscow injures one and temporarily closes an airport as Russia suffers 'consequences'

ABC  

Three Ukrainian drones have attacked Moscow, according to Russian authorities, injuring one person and prompting a temporary closure of traffic in and out of one of four airports around the Russian capital. Key points: The Russian Defence Ministry referred to the incident as an "attempted terrorist attack by the Kyiv regime" Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said the attack "insignificantly damaged" …

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Moscow claims shooting down Ukrainian missile over Russian city
1 year, 4 months ago

Moscow claims shooting down Ukrainian missile over Russian city

Firstpost  

Vasily Golubev, governor of Russia’s Rostov region, which includes Taganrog and is close to Ukraine, said a cafe had been hit along with a museum and that the windows of a residential building had been blown out The Russian military said on Friday that it had shot down a Ukrainian missile over the city of Taganrog in the south of …

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Russia sending nuclear arms to Belarus in Ukraine fight
1 year, 6 months ago

Russia sending nuclear arms to Belarus in Ukraine fight

The Hindu  

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said Thursday, May 25, 2023, that Russia had begun moving nuclear weapons to its territory, which borders the European Union, ratcheting up tensions with the West over the Ukraine conflict. On the diplomatic front, Russia's Foreign Ministry announced a visit to Moscow by China's special envoy for Ukraine, Li Hui ¬ Beijing's latest effort to broker …

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Facing arrest warrant, Russia’s Putin visits annexed Crimea
1 year, 9 months ago

Facing arrest warrant, Russia’s Putin visits annexed Crimea

The Hindu  

Russian President Vladimir Putin has travelled to Crimea to mark the ninth anniversary of the Black Sea peninsula’s annexation from Ukraine. Mr. Putin visited an art school and a children’s centre on March 18, the day after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for the Russian leader accusing him of war crimes. Along with the art school and …

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Ukraine latest updates: Moscow bans dozens of UK citizens
2 years, 6 months ago

Ukraine latest updates: Moscow bans dozens of UK citizens

Al Jazeera  

Ukraine news from June 14: Individuals have been blacklisted due to ‘dissemination of false and one-sided information’ about the war, the foreign ministry says. I’m not taking chances.” 14 Jun 2022 - 12:25 GMT Russia slashes gas deliveries via Nord Stream, says Gazprom Russia’s energy giant Gazprom has said it would be reducing the daily gas deliveries via the Nord …

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U.S. hosts weapons summit for Ukraine as Moscow warns of world war
2 years, 7 months ago

U.S. hosts weapons summit for Ukraine as Moscow warns of world war

The Hindu  

Top U.S. officials hosted emergency talks with allies in Germany on Tuesday on supplying Kyiv with more weapons to fend off Russia's assault, as the UN 's chief headed to Moscow in a bid to avert further escalation of the conflict. The meeting of 40 countries at the U.S. Ramstein Air Base in Germany comes after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei …

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Photos: Shelling continues in Ukraine as Russian forces advance
2 years, 9 months ago

Photos: Shelling continues in Ukraine as Russian forces advance

Al Jazeera  

More than one million people have fled Ukraine following Russia’s invasion, in the swiftest refugee exodus this century, the United Nations says. “Unless there is an immediate end to the conflict, millions more are likely to be forced to flee Ukraine.” Russian troops were in the centre of the southern Ukrainian port city of Kherson on Thursday after a day …

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Massive protests in Russia's far east rattle Kremlin
4 years, 4 months ago

Massive protests in Russia's far east rattle Kremlin

India Today  

Locals say a struggle for democratic freedoms is unfolding in the far eastern Russian city of Khabarovsk, where the arrest of a popular governor has unleashed massive protests. "Sometimes I feel like crying with joy when I see everyone so united," 21-year-old student Yekaterina Ishchenko told AFP. - Conflict with Moscow - "After we elected Furgal, the capital of the …

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