56 h. ago Russia’s attack on Kyiv kills two as US resumes arms deliveries to Ukraine

Russian drones and missiles bore down on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv early on Thursday, with officials reporting two deaths, 13 injured and fires in apartment and non-residential buildings as Washington resumed weapons delivery tothe war-torn country. It was also the latest in Russia’s escalating attacks with hundreds of drones and missiles straining Ukrainian air […]

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3 d. ago Russia attacks Ukraine with 700 drones after Trump vows to send more weapons

Russia targeted Ukraine with a record 728 drones overnight, shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to send more defensive weapons to Kyiv and aimed unusually direct criticism at Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ukrainian air defence units destroyed almost all the drones, including through electronic jamming systems, Ukraine’s air force said on the Telegram messaging […]

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8 d. ago Russia waging chemical war in Ukraine, Dutch and German intel reveals

Dutch and German intelligence agencies have gathered evidence of widespread Russian use of banned chemical weapons in Ukraine, including dropping a choking agent from drones to drive soldiers out of trenches so they can be shot, they said on Friday. Dutch Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans called for tougher sanctions against Moscow. “The main conclusion is […]

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9 d. ago Jailed Russian dissidents call for mass prisoner release as part of a peace deal with Ukraine

Eleven jailed Russian dissidents have written to world leaders appealing for a mass release of Russian political prisoners and Ukrainian civilians held by Russia – some 10,000 people in total, they say – as part of any peace deal between Moscow and Kyiv. In the letter, published via Reuters, the dissidents said that alongside prisoners […]

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1 week ago Russia takes full control of Ukraine’s Luhansk region, official says

Russia has taken full control of Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk region, more than three years after President Vladimir Putin ordered thousands of troops into Ukraine in February 2022, the Russian-backed head of the region told Russian state television. Luhansk, which has an area of 26,700 square km (10,308 square miles), is the first Ukrainian region to […]

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2 w. ago North Korea may send more troops to Russia for Ukraine war, Seoul says

North Korea may deploy additional troops to Russia to fight in the war against Ukraine in July or August and Pyongyang is continuing to supply arms to Russia, South Korean lawmakers said on Thursday, citing a briefing by the intelligence agency. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) believes Russia may be readying to mount a large-scale […]

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2 w. ago Russia’s Medvedev calls EU an enemy, says Ukrainian membership would be dangerous

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday that the European Union had evolved into an enemy of Russia that posed a direct threat to its security, and Moscow was now opposed to Ukraine joining the bloc. Russia has long been opposed to Ukraine joining the NATO Western military alliance – one of the reasons […]

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3 w. ago Iran, Israel launch new attacks after Tehran rules out nuclear talks

 Iran and Israel exchanged fresh attacks early on Saturday, a day after Tehran said it would not negotiate over its nuclear programme while under threat and Europe tried to keep peace talks alive. Shortly after 2:30 a.m. in Israel (2330 GMT on Friday), the Israeli military warned of an incoming missile barrage from Iran, triggering air raid sirens across […]

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3 w. ago Russia and Ukraine swap more POWs in second exchange in two days

Russia and Ukraine completed another round of prisoner exchanges on Friday, officials in both countries said, part of a recent agreement to swap POWs and the bodies of dead soldiers. Neither Russian nor Ukrainian officials specified how many people were involved in the exchange, the second in two days. Writing on X, Ukrainian President Volodymyr […]

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3 w. ago Christodoulides: Cyprus on the ‘right side of history’ over Ukraine

Cyprus is on “the right side of history” when it comes to Ukraine and firmly supports sanctions on Russia, while in the Middle East it is working to be “part of the solution, not the problem,” President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday during an official visit to Latvia. The visit is part of a tour […]

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3 w. ago Russia dodges sanctions by illegally transshipping oil near Greece, Cyprus – Ukraine’s intel

Russia dodges sanctions by illegally transshipping oil near Greece, Cyprus – Ukraine’s intel  Еспресо

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3 w. ago Russia illegally transshipping oil off Greece, Cyprus coasts

Russia illegally transshipping oil off Greece, Cyprus coasts - Ukraine intelligence  Ukrinform

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4 w. ago Russia and Ukraine exchange prisoners of war, but Moscow received no war dead, Russia says

Russia and Ukraine exchanged prisoners-of-war (POWs) on Saturday, the Russian defence ministry said, and Russia handed over the bodies of 1,200 dead Ukrainian soldiers to Kyiv. The exchanges are part of agreements reached by the warring sides during talks in Istanbul earlier this month. Ukraine earlier on Saturday confirmed it had received the bodies of […]

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