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Russia downs 75 Ukraine-launched drones, some near Tuapse oil refinery

July 22, 2024 admin

Representational file image. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia’s air defence systems destroyed 75 drones launched by Ukraine overnight, including eight near the town of Tuapse on the Black Sea where Russia’s oil major Rosneft has a refinery, the Russian Defence Ministry said on July 22. Forty-seven drones were downed over the Rostov region in Russia’s…

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Record Heat Temperatures In Ukraine After Russian Attacks On Power Plants

July 17, 2024 admin

Last month, Ukraine urged officials to turn off air conditioners in government buildings. (File) Kyiv: Several cities across Ukraine were recording historic scorching temperatures, officials said Wednesday, at a time when major urban hubs are suffering long periods without electricity after Russian attacks on power plants. In the capital Kyiv, Ukrainians have been seeking respite…

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Russia Should Attend Second Ukraine Summit, Says Zelensky Amid Raging War

July 15, 2024 admin

“Russian representatives should be at the second summit,” Zelensky told a press conference (File) Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that Russia should be represented at a second summit aiming to secure lasting peace with the Kremlin, after more than two years of war. Dozens of world leaders voiced support for a just peace…

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India’s relationship with Russia gives it ability to urge Russian President Putin to end war in Ukraine: White House

July 10, 2024 admin

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin visit the Atom pavilion at the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (VDNKh) in Moscow, Russia on July 9, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters The White House on July 9 said that India’s ties with Russia give it the ability to urge Russian President Vladimir Putin…

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Russia says captured district of key Ukraine town of Chasiv Yar

July 4, 2024 admin

A serviceman walks down a street, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, near the frontline town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region, Ukraine. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia said on Wednesday its forces had captured a district in the key hilltop town of Chasiv Yar near Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, where Moscow has been pressing…

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Russia says captured two more east Ukrainian villages

July 1, 2024 admin

A Ukrainian serviceman of the Ochi reconnaissance unit collects a parachute of a Furia drone after a flight over Russian positions at the frontline in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Sunday, June 30, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Russia said on July 1 it had captured two more east Ukrainian villages, as Moscow’s forces have continued…

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Missile fragments hit apartment building in Kyiv suburb, damage balconies

June 30, 2024 admin

Missile fragments fell on a northern suburb of Kyiv on Sunday, damaging balconies on a multi-storey apartment building, officials said. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said two female residents were being treated for severe stress at the site in the city’s Obolon district. The head of Kyiv’s military administration, Serhiy…

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Ministry On Indians In Russian Army

June 21, 2024 admin

Moscow has been on a global quest for more troops as the Ukraine war rages on India on Thursday said it has been pressing Russia for early release and repatriation of its nationals employed by the Russian Army, underlining that it has sought a stop to recruitment of Indians in the war zone. The statement…

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Russian-American Woman Charged With “Treason” For Funding Ukraine Army

June 20, 2024 admin

Her trial will be held behind closed doors, as is customary in such cases in Russia. London: A Russian-American woman arrested earlier this year while visiting family in Russia went on trial for alleged treason on Thursday after authorities accused her of raising money to send to the Ukrainian army. Ksenia Karelina, who was born…

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Russia says exchanged 75 captured servicemen with Ukraine

May 31, 2024 admin

Ukrainian servicemen sit in a bus after returning from captivity during a POWs exchange in Sumy region, Ukraine, on May 31, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Russia and Ukraine announced on Friday they had exchanged dozens of prisoners of war, in one of the only areas of dialogue between the warring countries. Despite full-scale hostilities,…

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