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Russian strikes kill one in Ukraine

Russian strikes on the Ukrainian cities of Dnipro and Kharkiv overnight left at least one person dead and more than a dozen wounded, authorities said on Wednesday...

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600 N Korean soldiers killed fighting for Russia

Around 600 North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia against Ukraine have been killed and thousands more wounded, a Seoul lawmaker said on Wednesday, after Pyongyang officially confirmed deploying troops to aid Moscow...

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Putin orders 3-day truce in May

Russian president Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered a truce with Ukraine on May 8-10 to coincide with Moscow’s World War II commemorations, drawing ire from Ukraine which demanded Moscow pause hostilities immediately.

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North Korea confirms soldier deployment to Russia’s Kursk

North Korea confirmed for the first time it had deployed troops to Russia, with state news agency KCNA on Monday reporting that Pyongyang’s soldiers helped Moscow reclaim territory under Ukrainian control in the border region of Kursk...

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Russia retakes Kursk from Ukraine

The Russian army has fully liberated the border Kursk region from Ukrainian control with the help of North Korean soldiers, chief of staff Valery Gerasimov said on Saturday, admitting their participation in the conflict for the first time.

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Ukraine killed general in car bombing: Russia

Russia on Friday accused Ukraine of being behind a car bombing that killed a senior general, the latest in a spate of assassinations of figures linked to Moscow’s military offensive.

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Russia, Iran bolster ties with gas deal

Russia and Iran further strengthened their alliance Friday with a new gas deal that will see Moscow ship 55 billion cubic meters of gas to Tehran per year.

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Zelensky says Russia putting pressure on US with Kyiv strike

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that Russia’s large-scale missile attack on Kyiv, the deadliest strike on the Ukrainian capital in months, was designed to put ‘pressure’ on the United States...

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Russia retakes penultimate village in Kursk

Russia on Saturday said it had retaken the penultimate village still under Ukrainian control in its Kursk frontier region, where Kyiv’s forces launched a surprise offensive in August.

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Oman Sultan to meet Putin in Moscow

The Sultan of Oman will visit Moscow Tuesday to hold talks with Russian president Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin and Muscat said Saturday, as the Gulf state mediates high-level talks on Iran’s nuclear programme.

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US threatens to withdraw from Ukraine talks if no progress

US secretary of state Marco Rubio said on Friday that Washington could soon exit efforts to reach a Ukraine ceasefire if it decided peace was not ‘doable’, after meeting European and Ukrainian officials in Paris.

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Zelensky urges pressure on Russia to end war

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday urged ‘pressure’ on Russia to end the three-year war as his top aides visited Paris for talks with US and EU officials on the conflict...

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Barca suffer morale blow in Dortmund

Barcelona reached the Champions League semi-finals for the first time since 2019 but Wednesday’s defeat by Borussia Dortmund gave the Catalans cause for concern...

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Russia claims deadly Sumy strike hit army meeting

Russia said on Monday that its missiles hit a meeting of Ukrainian army commanders in Sumy, accusing Ukraine of using civilians as a ‘human shield’ after Kyiv reported the Sunday attack killed at least 34 people...

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3 Russian warships arrive in Ctg on goodwill visit

Three Russian Navy warships ‘REZKIY’, ‘Hero of the Russian Federation Aldar Tsydenzhapov’ and ‘PECHENGA’ arrived on a-four-day goodwill visit to Bangladesh on Sunday.

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Russian missile strike kills 32 in Ukraine

A Russian missile strike on Ukraine’s northeastern city of Sumy killed at least 32 people, including two children, and wounded dozens on Sunday, Kyiv said, in the deadliest attack in months...

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Russia, US swap prisoners in push for closer ties

The United States on Thursday exchanged a sanctions-busting suspect for a ballet dancer held by Russia, the second swap under US president Donald Trump as Moscow and Washington push to rebuild ties...

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China urges citizens to avoid war zones

China on Wednesday urged its citizens to avoid conflict zones and participating in wars, after Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said his troops had captured two Chinese citizens fighting with Russia...

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Zelensky slams lack of US response to Putin truce rejection

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday lamented the lack of a US response to Russia’s refusal to agree ‘a full, unconditional ceasefire’ as two people were killed in Moscow’s latest aerial bombardment...

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The war that won’t end

THE tenuous nature of negotiations between the US, Russia, and Ukraine has left the world teetering on the edge of heightened conflict. If these talks ultimately fail, what follows could redefine the global order in ways both expected and unintended...

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Security service raids house of Navalny ally’s father

Russia’s FSB security service on Thursday raided the house of the father of Leonid Volkov, a close ally to late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Volkov said, calling it ‘revenge’ for his own anti-Kremlin campaigning.

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