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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy | Photo Credit: AP Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged its allies to stop “watching” and take steps before North Koreans troops deployed in Russia reach the battlefield. Zelenskyy raised the prospect of a preemptive Ukrainian strike on camps where the North Korean troops are being trained, and said Kyiv knows their…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov welcomes his North Korean counterpart Choe Son Hui, in Moscow, Russia, November 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: Russian Foreign Ministry The United States and Russia are very close to engaging in “direct military conflict,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned in an interview published on Friday (November 1, 2024) in…
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Kyiv: Russia launched more than 2,000 attack drones at civilian and military targets across Ukraine last month, Kyiv’s military said on Friday, as Kremlin forces press a grinding offensive on the front line of their February 2022 invasion. Moscow has carried out regular air strikes on Ukrainian towns and cities, with the capital Kyiv coming…
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Western leaders have described the North Korean troop deployment as a significant escalation that could also jolt relations in the Indo-Pacific region. File | Photo Credit: AP North Korea’s top diplomat is set to hold talks in Moscow on Wednesday (October 30, 2024) following reports that Pyongyang has sent thousands of troops to Russia to…
A view shows a building hit by a Russian air strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in central Kharkiv, Ukraine October 28, 2024 | Photo Credit: Reuters Russian strikes on a residential quarter of Ukraine’s second city of Kharkiv killed at least three people on Tuesday (October 29, 2024), the mayor said. “At 2:51 a.m.,…
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Members of the Korean Veterans Association stage a rally against a recent deployment of North Korean troops to Russia, near the Russian Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. Yellow banners read, “Stop the deployment of North Korean troops to Russia.” | Photo Credit: AP NATO on Monday (October 28, 2024) confirmed that…
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Cyril Ramaphosa made the initial comments about being a Russian ally during a BRICS summit hosted by Vladimir Putin | Photo Credit: AP South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday (October 27, 2024) sought to clarify comments he had made during a summit earlier in the week, insisting that he was not favouring Russia over…
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Kharkiv: “It barely exists anymore,” said the mayor of Vovchansk, an industrial town razed by a Russian onslaught shocking even for the killing fields of eastern Ukraine. Vovchansk has no great history but its geography could not be more tragic. Just five kilometres (three miles) from the Russian border, drone footage from the Ukrainian military…
Ukrainian servicemen prepare for a test fly of a grenade-attached drone. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia shot down 51 Ukrainian drones from above several regions, including near the border, Moscow’s Defence Ministry said on Sunday (October 27, 2024). Eighteen were intercepted in the Tambov region, about 400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, and 16…
Britain’s former Prime Minister David Cameron. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Former British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday (October 21, 2024) said India has the credibility to play the role of a mediator in the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia. Mr. Cameron’s remarks at the NDTV World Summit here came a day before…
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