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Britain's military 'is ready to fight Russia tonight': UK army chief's stark warning after Putin declared we are now 'directly involved' in Ukraine war
1 month ago

Britain's military 'is ready to fight Russia tonight': UK army chief's stark warning after Putin declared we are now 'directly involved' in Ukraine war

Daily Mail  

But in May he acknowledged the army would run out of ammo in two months A top military official has declared the British Army would be ready to fight Vladimir Putin's forces 'tonight' if Russia were to invade another European nation in addition to Ukraine. A muzzle flash lights up pine trees as the British Army's new Archer Mobile Howitzer …

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Russia spokesperson ordered on call to keep quiet on ICBM strike? Video is viral
1 month ago

Russia spokesperson ordered on call to keep quiet on ICBM strike? Video is viral

India Today  

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova on Thursday received a phone call in the middle of a press conference where she was allegedly instructed by her higher authorities to not speak about the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile by Moscow during an attack on Ukraine. In a theatrical presentation likely designed to strike fear into the hearts of naive …

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Russia hits Ukraine energy facilities, apartment block killing three
6 months ago

Russia hits Ukraine energy facilities, apartment block killing three

Al Jazeera  

Russia has relied increasingly on guided bombs dropped from a distance that involve fewer risks for its forces. Russian guided bombs struck an apartment building in Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv, killing three people, wounding 29 and prompting President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to call for more help from Kyiv’s allies. Energy facilities targeted Overnight, Russia also launched a series of strikes …

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Moscow theater shooting fans flames of a disinformation war
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Moscow theater shooting fans flames of a disinformation war

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — Flames were still leaping from the Moscow concert hall besieged by gunmen when Russian officials began suggesting who was really to blame. The allegations that Ukraine, now in its third year of fighting after Russia invaded, was behind Friday’s attack that killed at least 137 people, were the first salvo in a disinformation war that has clouded …

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Russia accuses Western ambassadors of meddling in internal affairs
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Russia accuses Western ambassadors of meddling in internal affairs

Al Jazeera  

Moscow hit out at envoys claiming they refused to meet with foreign minister, as relations continue to deteriorate. Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has accused Western ambassadors in Moscow of meddling in its internal affairs and questioned their function. The statement on Tuesday followed complaints from Moscow’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov the previous day that ambassadors from European Union countries …

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Russia's deputy FM visits Seoul after diplomatic row over N. Korea comments
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Russia's deputy FM visits Seoul after diplomatic row over N. Korea comments

The Hindu  

Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko visited South Korea to discuss the Ukrainian war and bilateral ties, Seoul's Foreign Ministry said on Sunday, as the two countries trade increasingly heated rhetoric over the nuclear-armed North. Mr. Rudenko, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister handling Asia-Pacific affairs, met his South Korean counterpart Chung Byung-won on Friday, Seoul's Foreign Ministry said in a statement. …

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Russia threatens military strikes on Western countries if Ukraine's newly-donated F-16s are based in NATO territory
1 year ago

Russia threatens military strikes on Western countries if Ukraine's newly-donated F-16s are based in NATO territory

Daily Mail  

Russia has threatened to target Western countries with missile strikes if Ukraine's newly-donated F-16 fighters are based in NATO territory. Maria Zakharova - spokeswoman for the Russian foreign ministry - warned the West that the advanced F-16 fighters delivered to Ukraine will be a fair target for Russia if they are based in NATO countries. Russia has threatened to target …

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World reacts as Gaza officials say 500 killed in Israeli strike on hospital
1 year, 2 months ago

World reacts as Gaza officials say 500 killed in Israeli strike on hospital

Al Jazeera  

Palestinian authorities say at least 500 people were killed in an Israeli raid on a hospital in central Gaza. “There are no words to fully express our condemnation of Israel’s bombing of a #Gaza hospital today, killing hundreds of people,” Faki said on X, calling for the international community to act. Brazil Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said …

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Top Russian official says Poland wants to seize parts of Ukraine
1 year, 5 months ago

Top Russian official says Poland wants to seize parts of Ukraine

Al Jazeera  

A top Russian official has suggested that NATO might not be offering Kyiv membership yet because Poland considers western Ukraine part of its territory and intends to invade. In an interview with Al Jazeera on Tuesday, Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said: “There is now an obvious desire of Poland to invade the western part of Ukraine. NATO chief …

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Russian blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was a ‘danger’ for Ukraine, faced constant death threats from Kyiv regime: Moscow
1 year, 8 months ago

Russian blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was a ‘danger’ for Ukraine, faced constant death threats from Kyiv regime: Moscow

Firstpost  

As per Russian media reports, a young woman presented a figurine to war correspondent and blogger Vladlen Tatarsky during the event. Her identity is unknown so far Moscow: Russian war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was a “danger” and faced constant death threats from “the Kyiv regime and its abettors”, Foreign Ministry of Russia said following his death in an improvised explosive …

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Prominent Russian military blogger killed in St. Petersburg cafe blast
1 year, 8 months ago

Prominent Russian military blogger killed in St. Petersburg cafe blast

CNN  

CNN — A well-known Russian military blogger was killed in an explosion at a cafe in St. Petersburg on Sunday, officials said, in what appeared to be an audacious attack on a high-profile pro-Kremlin figure. On Monday, Russia’s Interior Ministry added a woman, identified as Daria Trepova, to a wanted list as a suspect “in the murder of military war …

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Prince William mocked by Russia amid Ukraine war for…
1 year, 8 months ago

Prince William mocked by Russia amid Ukraine war for…

Hindustan Times  

Britain's Prince William was mocked by a Russian official following the royal's visit to Poland to thank British and Polish troops involved in Ukraine war. Spokeswoman of the Russian foreign ministry Maria Zakharova said that Prince William's visit came as the UK government defended plans to send depleted uranium shells to Ukraine. "I wonder if William Charles-ovich has brought depleted …

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Russian advance stalls in Ukraine’s Bakhmut, think tank says
1 year, 9 months ago

Russian advance stalls in Ukraine’s Bakhmut, think tank says

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia’s advance seems to have stalled in Moscow’s campaign to capture the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, a leading think tank said in an assessment of the longest ground battle of the war. The founder of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said Sunday on the Telegram messaging app that the situation in Bakhmut was “difficult, very difficult, …

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Russian advance stalls in Ukraine’s Bakhmut, think tank says
1 year, 9 months ago

Russian advance stalls in Ukraine’s Bakhmut, think tank says

LA Times  

Russia’s advance seems to have stalled in Moscow’s campaign to capture the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, a leading think tank said in an assessment of the longest ground battle of the war. The founder of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said Sunday on the Telegram messaging app that the situation in Bakhmut was “difficult, very difficult, with the enemy …

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Moldovan president warns of Russian agent infiltration
1 year, 10 months ago

Moldovan president warns of Russian agent infiltration

Al Jazeera  

Maia Sandu says Moscow plans to sabotage her government, ‘overthrow the constitutional order’ and use Moldova in the war against Ukraine. Maia Sandu spoke on Monday after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said last week that Kyiv had uncovered a Russian intelligence plot “for the destruction of Moldova”. Sandu alleged Moscow’s plan involves citizens of Russia, Montenegro, Belarus and Serbia entering …

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Russia: US air defense systems could be targets in Ukraine
2 years ago

Russia: US air defense systems could be targets in Ukraine

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia’s Foreign Ministry warned Thursday that if the U.S. delivers sophisticated air defense systems to Ukraine, those systems and any crews that accompany them would be a “legitimate target” for the Russian military, a blunt threat that was quickly rejected by Washington. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the U.S. had “effectively become a party” to …

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Russia-Ukraine updates: Moscow says all war ‘goals’ must be met
2 years, 6 months ago

Russia-Ukraine updates: Moscow says all war ‘goals’ must be met

Al Jazeera  

Russia-Ukraine news from June 3: As conflict reaches grim 100 day milestone, Moscow vows to press on with its devastating offensive. 3 Jun 2022 - 19:28 GMT UN aid chief had ‘frank, constructive’ talks in Moscow on Ukraine grain exports UN aid chief Martin Griffiths “had frank and constructive discussions” with Russian officials in Moscow on facilitating exports of Ukraine …

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Live updates | UN Chief: War in Ukraine driving world hunger
2 years, 7 months ago

Live updates | UN Chief: War in Ukraine driving world hunger

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations chief said Wednesday he is in “intense contacts” with Russia and other countries to stop escalating global hunger exacerbated by the war in Ukraine by allowing the export of grain stored in Ukrainian ports and ensuring Russian food and fertilizers have unrestricted access to world markets. He said the team “emphatically supported the entry …

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Russians scoff at Western fears of Ukraine invasion
2 years, 10 months ago

Russians scoff at Western fears of Ukraine invasion

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — While the U.S. warns that Russia could invade Ukraine any day, the drumbeat of war is all but unheard in Moscow, where pundits and ordinary people alike don’t expect President Vladimir Putin to launch an attack on its ex-Soviet neighbor. Speaking to reporters after President Joe Biden’s call with Putin on Saturday, Kremlin foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov …

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Russians scoff at Western fears of Ukraine invasion
2 years, 10 months ago

Russians scoff at Western fears of Ukraine invasion

NPR  

Russians scoff at Western fears of Ukraine invasion Enlarge this image toggle caption Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP While the U.S. warns that Russia could invade Ukraine any day, the drumbeat of war is all but unheard in Moscow, where pundits and ordinary people alike don't expect President Vladimir Putin to launch an attack on its ex-Soviet neighbor. Russian Foreign Ministry …

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