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A Russian warplane crashes on a training mission. The fate of the crew is unknown

September 13, 2023 admin

A Russian warplane crashed on Tuesday during a training mission in southern Russia, the military said, without specifying what happened to its crew of two. The Defence Ministry said that the Su-24 bomber went down in an unpopulated area in the Volgograd region and rescue helicopters were deployed to the site. The ministry said that…

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is headed for Russia, setting the stage for a meeting with Putin

September 11, 2023 admin

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has departed for Russia, where he is expected to hold a highly anticipated meeting with President Vladimir Putin that has sparked Western concerns about a potential arms deal for Moscow’s war in Ukraine. North Korea’s official news agency said Tuesday that Mr. Kim boarded his personal train from the…

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Any grain initiative that isolates Russia is bound to fail: Turkey President

September 10, 2023 admin

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses a press conference on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: PTI Any initiative that isolates Russia in the Black Sea Grain Initiative is bound to fail, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday, while Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov…

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Ukraine says G-20 statement on Russian war ‘nothing to be proud of’

September 9, 2023 admin

TOPSHOT – Ukrainian cadets attend a ceremony for taking the military oath at The National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War, in Kyiv, on September 8, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. More than 300 cadets took the oath of enlistment. (Photo by Roman PILIPEY / AFP) | Photo…

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Turkey’s President meets Russia’s Putin and aims to revive the wartime Ukraine grain export deal

September 4, 2023 admin

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday sought to persuade Russian President Vladimir Putin to revive an agreement that allowed Ukraine to export grain and other commodities from three Black Sea ports despite the war with Russia. Mr. Putin in July refused to extend the agreement, which was brokered by Turkey and the United Nations…

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Russia deploys ICBM that Putin says will make enemies ‘think twice’

September 2, 2023 admin

In this photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, a Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile is launched from Plesetsk in northwestern Russia. File. | Photo Credit: AP The head of Russia’s Roscosmos space agency said on September 1 that the country has deployed an advanced intercontinental ballistic missile that President Vladimir Putin once said will…

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Ukrainian drones strike deep in Russian territory, Moscow says, while a barrage in Kyiv kills two

August 31, 2023 admin

Ukraine sent waves of drones deep into western Russia in more than four hours of nighttime attacks that struck military assets, Russian officials and media reports said on August 30. The drones hit an airport near Russia’s border with Estonia and Latvia, causing a huge blaze and damaging four Il-76 military transport planes, the Russian…

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U.S. to send $250 million in weapons to Ukraine

August 29, 2023 admin

The weapons will be drawn from existing U.S. stockpiles and will include mine-clearing equipment, artillery and rocket rounds, ambulances and medical gear, among other items. File. | Photo Credit: AP The Biden administration announced on August 29 that it will send an additional $250 million in weapons and ammunition to Ukraine as part of its…

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Zelensky says elections could happen in Ukraine under fire if West helps

August 28, 2023 admin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. File. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, responding to calls by a U.S. senator this week to announce elections in 2024, said on Sunday voting could take place during wartime if partners shared the cost, legislators approved, and everyone got to the polls. Elections cannot currently be held…

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