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Ukraine and Russia exchange drone attacks while Russia continues its push in the east

May 19, 2024 admin

A Ukrainian serviceman prepares to launch a drone at the frontline in Donetsk region, Ukraine. File. | Photo Credit: AP Russia reported some 60 drones and several missiles shot down over its territory overnight into May 19, with Ukraine in turn saying it destroyed over 30 Russian drones. Russia’s renewed offensive continues to play out…

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Putin signs decree naming new Russian government, including replacement of Defence Minister

May 15, 2024 admin

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the new government in Moscow, Russia May 14, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 14 signed a decree appointing a new government, including replacement of the Defence Minister with a former Deputy Prime Minister who is an economics expert with…

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Renewed Russian offensive on Kharkiv in northeast Ukraine forces 1,700 civilians to flee

May 11, 2024 admin

Firefighters work at a site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine on May 10, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russian forces began a renewed ground assault in Ukraine’s northeast, killing and injuring several people and forcing more than 1,700 civilians to evacuate from the Kharkiv region, officials said…

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Russian drone attack injures nine in Ukraine’s Odesa, officials say

April 23, 2024 admin

A view shows damaged buildings at the site of a Russian drone strikes, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine on April 23, 2024. Photo: Mayor of Odesa Hennadii Trukhanov via Telegram, via Reuters Russia launched a drone attack on Ukraine that injured nine people in the Black Sea port of Odesa, four of…

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Moscow says 50 Ukrainian drones shot down as attacks spark fires at Russian power stations

April 20, 2024 admin

A handout picture released by the Russian Defence Ministry shows a demonstration flight of military drones at a training range in the Moscow military district, in Russia, picture released April 20, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Ukraine launched a barrage of drones across Russia overnight, the Defence Ministry in Moscow said Saturday, in attacks that…

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Poland arrests man suspected of spying for Russia to aid Zelensky assassination plot

April 18, 2024 admin

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky. | Photo Credit: AP A Polish man has been arrested on allegations of being ready to spy on behalf of Russia’s military intelligence in an alleged plot to assassinate Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, Polish prosecutors said Thursday. The office of Poland’s National Prosecutor said in a statement that the man, identified…

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Russia launches barrage of 99 drones and missiles on Ukraine’s energy system, officials say

March 29, 2024 admin

A view shows residential buildings damaged during a Russian missile and drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in the city of Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine March 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Moscow launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure Friday, with a mass barrage of 99 drones and missiles hitting regions across…

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Russian bombs and shells turn Ukraine border village into ‘hell’

March 29, 2024 admin

Toll of war: A resident walks past the destroyed private houses in the village of Velyka Pysarivka, which lies five kilometres from the Russian border, in the Sumy region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. | Photo Credit: AFP Wandering among the ruins, Svitlana Zavaly was searching desperately for anything that could be salvaged from…

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Two Russia-based agents under CBI scanner for sending Indians to Ukraine war

March 8, 2024 admin

A resident of Kupwara who joined as a security helper with the Russian Army last year. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu “Two Russia-based agents involved in the human-trafficking network that pushed Indians into the Ukraine war zone are under the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) scanner,” officials said on March 8. “The agents allegedly…

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Ukraine claims it has sunk another Russian warship in the Black Sea using high-tech sea drones

March 5, 2024 admin

Handout footage shows what Ukrainian military intelligence said is the Russian Black Sea Fleet patrol ship Sergey Kotov that was damaged by Ukrainian sea drones, at sea, at a location given as off the coast of Crimea, in this still image obtained from a video released on March 5, 2024. | Photo Credit: Ministry of…

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