21 minutes ago Tech firms remove social media posts from a Russian drone factory after an AP investigation

Google, Meta and TikTok have removed social media posts from a industrial plant in Russia’s Tatarstan region aimed at recruiting young foreign women to make drones for Moscow’s war in Ukraine

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3 hours ago US imposes sanctions on Chinese companies accused of helping make Russian attack drones

The U.S. Treasury has announced sanctions against two Chinese makers of drone engines and parts that the Biden administration says directly helped Russia build long-range attack drones used in the war in Ukraine

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5 hours ago People around Vladimir Putin 'concerned' at Ukraine war cost but no sign he wants peace, say western officials

The Russian president is not believed to have changed his war aims since he ordered his troops into Ukraine in February 2022

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5 hours ago Zelenskyy presents 'victory plan' to EU, saying it could end Ukraine war by 2025 – video

Volodymyr Zelenskyy presented his 'victory plan' to the EU on 17 October, pitching for a Nato membership invitation and a major increase in military support for Kyiv's campaign against Russia's invasion. The plan contains requests that Ukraine's allies have so far declined, such as a call for an invitation to join the Nato military alliance and permission to use western weapons to strike deep inside Russia. Zelenskyy presented the plan at a critical time, as Moscow's forces advance in the east, a bleak winter of power cuts looms and a US presidential election casts uncertainty over the future of western supportZelenskyy lays out Ukraine ‘victory plan’ which Moscow calls an escalationUkraine war briefing: Australia to send 49 Abrams tanks to Kyiv Continue reading...

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26 hours ago Zelensky unveils his ‘victory plan’ to end Putin’s invasion at Ukraine’s parliament

It comes as Russian forces launches one of its largest drone salvos at Ukraine in recent months

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27 hours ago EU and Gulf leaders meet for first summit against background of Mideast turmoil

The leaders of the European Union and six Gulf nations are meeting in an inaugural summit against a backdrop of turmoil in the Middle East and struggles to find a unified position on the war in Ukraine

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33 hours ago Russia finally releases man whose daughter’s drawing opposed Ukraine war

Moskalyov’s troubles began after his daughter drew a picture of missiles flying over a Russian flag

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38 hours ago Six Russian soldiers granted French visas after fleeing war in Ukraine

Organisations assisting Russian deserters hope France’s decision will lead to more soldiers fleeingSix Russian soldiers who fled the war in Ukraine have been granted temporary visas as they apply for political asylum in France, in what human rights activists describe as the first major case of a group of deserters being admitted to a EU country.The men arrived in Paris on separate flights over the last few months after initially fleeing Russia to Kazakhstan in 2022 and 2023, according to an organisation that assists soldiers in fleeing, and to accounts from the deserters. Continue reading...

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