5 d. ago Russia and Ukraine exchange prisoners of war in first of series of planned swaps

Kyiv and Moscow remain far apart on ending the war, now in its fourth year

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5 d. ago Crimea was once a crossroads of civilisations, now it’s stuck in a wartime cul

As the peninsula continues to be a focal point of the Russia-Ukraine war, Crimeans are feeling more isolated than ever

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5 d. ago Derelict properties: CIÉ has not paid levies on vacant site as it has not received ‘any bills’

Four public bodies have paid more than €550,000 to Dublin City Council in levies

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7 d. ago Russia’s Kharkiv attack kills four, wounds at least 60 in ‘most powerful’ strike since start of war

Ukraine postpones accepting bodies of its killed soldiers and the exchange of prisoners of war, says Russia

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7 d. ago Russia attacks Ukraine’s Kharkiv in ‘most powerful’ strike since start of war

At least three dead and more than 20 injured, with others feared still trapped under rubble, in city close to Russian border

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7 d. ago At least five killed as Russia launches major attack on Ukraine

Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov said that Russia launched 48 drones, two missiles and four guided bombs on the city.

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8 d. ago Six Ukrainian regions targeted by Russia in one of war’s largest aerial attacks

Three emergency responders were killed in the capital Kyiv, officials said.

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1 week ago Trump says Putin told him Russia will respond to Ukrainian airfield attack

US and Russian presidents discuss Ukraine and Iran in phone call

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1 week ago Seán Rooney: Mother of Irish soldier killed in Lebanon is given permission to sue United Nations

Legal action over his death during peacekeeping patrol is about ‘truth and accountability’, says Natasha Rooney

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1 week ago Ukraine targets road and rail bridge linking Crimean peninsula to Russia

Attack claimed by Kyiv’s SBU security service the second high-profile operation in days

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1 week ago Ukraine attacks bridge connecting Crimea to Russia with over a thousand kilos of explosives

The SBU said it had detonated more than 1,000 kilograms of explosive material planted to one of the bridge’s underwater pillars.

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1 week ago Seán Rooney: Mother of Irish soldier killed in Lebanon given permission to sue United Nations

Natasha Rooney suing for mental distress allegedly sustained by her and other relatives after 24-year-old’s death in December 2022

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1 week ago Ukraine and Russia agree to swap bodies of 6,000 soldiers killed in war

The talks delivered no major breakthrough in wider peace efforts.

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1 week ago Russia and Ukraine resume peace talks in Istanbul following major airbase attack

Russian and Ukrainian negotiators meet amid intensified strikes and stalled progress toward a peace deal.

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1 week ago Ukraine says it destroyed more than 40 military planes in drone attack in Russia

The drones hit airfields more than 2,500 miles from Ukraine.

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1 week ago Father of soldier killed in Lebanon in 1989 appeals government to update Army Pensions Act

Private Michael McNeela was 21-years-old when he was shot dead on his second tour in South Lebanon in February 1989.

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1 week ago Father of soldier killed in Lebanon in 1989 appeals to government to update Army Pensions Act

Private Michael McNeela was 21-years-old when he was shot dead on his second tour in South Lebanon in February 1989.

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2 w. ago Who is Michael Kelley, the man questioned over the murder of Michael Gaine?

The former US soldier denies any role in the killing and dismemberment of the Co Kerry farmer

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2 w. ago Ukraine 'ready' for more talks, but reaffirms call to see Russia's peace memorandum

Ukraine has repeatedly said a second round of direct talks in Istanbul would not yield results unless it saw a copy of the memorandum in advance.

Politics

2 w. ago Putin wants written pledge to halt Nato expansion in return for peace

Ukrainian president says Kyiv has taken steps to prevent incursion

Politics