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3,000 Ukrainian inmates seek to join military

Thousands of Ukrainian inmates are seeking to join the military, Kyiv said on Tuesday, following a decision by lawmakers enabling some categories of prisoners to join the armed forces...

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One killed by Russian shelling in Kherson

Russian shelling killed one person in the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson, regional authorities said on Monday, after the country intercepted a swarm of Iranian-designed drones launched by Russia overnight...

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Russian shelling kills ten in Ukraine

Repeated Russian shelling on Ukraine’s Kharkiv region on Sunday killed at least 10 civilians, said authorities in the border area facing a new Russian offensive...

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16 Lankan citizens killed in Ukraine fighting

At least 16 Sri Lankan mercenaries have been killed fighting in the war between Russia and Ukraine, the island’s deputy defence minister said on Wednesday...

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Putin hails Russian advances

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday hailed Russian advances in the Kharkiv region and the recapture of a symbolic town further south that was one of the only prizes of Ukraine’s underwhelming counteroffensive last summer...

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Russia attacks Kharkiv region

Russia on Monday pummelled more than 30 towns and villages in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region after launching a surprise ground offensive over the border last week, the local governor said...

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Putin removes defence minister

Russian president Vladimir Putin on Sunday moved to replace defence minister Sergei Shoigu in a major shake-up to Russia’s military leadership more than...

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Russia claims more advances in Kharkiv region

Russia said on Sunday it had captured four more villages in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region and thousands of residents were evacuated from the surprise ground offensive and a key border town came under intensive shelling...

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Russian shelling kills 2 in southern Ukraine

Ukraine on Thursday said two people died in Russian shelling on the southern city of Nikopol, adding that it had destroyed most of the 20 drones launched by Moscow overnight...

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Ukraine warns of outages after attack on power plants

Ukraine on Wednesday warned of possible power shutdowns across the country after a ‘massive’ wave of Russian missiles and drones targeted the country’s battered energy system...

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One killed by Russian fire in Ukraine

Ukraine said on Tuesday that one person was killed by Russian artillery fire in Sumy, an eastern border region that officials in Kyiv have said Russia could try to seize...

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Russian rockets kill two in Ukraine

A Russian rocket strike on Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region killed two people and drone and bomb attacks on the northeastern city of Kharkiv injured at least a dozen, officials said on Sunday...

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Opening cash spigot for Ukraine

YOU know the White House has wrapped itself into a pretzel, when it beseeches its Ukrainian attack dog to stop assaulting Russian oil refineries, while simultaneously going bananas over the need for more weapons for Kiev. Droning Russian refineries boosts...

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Russian shelling kills two in Donetsk region

Two people were killed on Friday in a Russian attack on the city of Kurakhove, located in the eastern Donetsk region, which is bearing the brunt of the fighting between Kyiv and Moscow...

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Impotence of Antony Blinken

ANTONY Blinken was in China for his second such journey as secretary of state and his third encounter with senior Chinese official. This is our news as April marches towards May...

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Ukraine dismantles Soviet monument

Kyiv authorities on Tuesday began taking down a Soviet-era monument celebrating friendship with Russia — more than two years into an invasion by Moscow which has cost tens of thousands of lives...

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Ukraine warns battlefield situation ‘worsened’

Ukraine’s army leader admitted on Sunday that Kyiv’s position on the battlefield has worsened after Russian forces captured another village in the east, pressing their advantage in manpower and ammunition...

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Ukraine stops issuing passports to young men

Ukraine has stopped issuing new passports abroad to some military-aged men, according to legislation published on Wednesday, as part of measures to push them to return home amid manpower shortages in the army...

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De-dollarization and BRICS’ ascendancy

IN THE aftermath of the prolonged conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the aggravating Middle East crisis, where escalating humanitarian crises compound existing tensions, the global landscape has undergone...