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U.S. President Donald Trump. File. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday (October 10, 2026) that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin would like to reach a deal on the war with Ukraine, accusing leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy of resisting a compromise. “Russia would like to make a deal… but for whatever reason,…
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Three children were among the 11 people killed when Russian aerial bombs hit residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia, Mykhailo Semikin, head of the regional military administration, said on October 10, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russian strikes killed at least 11 people in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, officials said on Saturday (October 10, 2026), a day after…
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Rescue workers clear the rubble of a residential building destroyed by a Russian airstrike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on October 10, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Seven people were killed by a Russian attack on the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Saturday (October 10, 2026) morning, the regional governor said, as rescuers searched for more…
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The story so far: In late August, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned allies of a roughly €27-billion hole in his country’s defence budget for the year. On October 1, after weeks of technical talks with Kyiv, the European Commission declared that Ukraine’s financial and military needs for 2026 were now “fully covered.” Yet the manner…
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday (October 6, 2026) that the latest intelligence suggested Russia was preparing a “massive attack” on Ukraine. “There is updated intelligence indicating that Russia is preparing a massive attack,” Mr. Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address. “Ukrainian services and our…
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A razor-wire boundary fence along the Polish-Lithuanian border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, near the Suwalki Gap. The Suwalki Gap is a 104-kilometre stretch that forms the only land corridor connecting the Baltic states with the rest of NATO, while separating Belarus from Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave. | Photo Credit: AFP On October 1, Russian…
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The fire-damaged “Royad Mammadov” ship in the Black Sea after a fire aboard the vessel outside Romania’s territorial waters left two people dead and prompted a rescue operation in which others were rescued, in this handout image released on October 5, 2026. | Photo Credit: Romanian Interior Ministry via Reuters Two crew died and 11…
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Russian aerial attacks forced the partial closure on Friday (October 2, 2026) of three bridges over the Dnipro River in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital’s mayor said, in Moscow’s latest effort to disrupt life in the city. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s top diplomat said officials have received separate proposals for a partial truce with Russia from the United…
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Ahead of the BRICS summit in New Delhi last month, Mr. Putin and PM Modi held talks, during which the Russian leader briefed Modi on the overall situation regarding the Ukraine war, which began in February 2022, and ongoing peace initiatives. | Photo Credit: PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi has “very good ideas” on a…
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President Vladimir Putin on Thursday (October 1, 2026) reiterated Moscow’s long-held position that Russia is not planning to attack European countries but will respond to aggression with “all weapons” in its arsenal. In remarks at a foreign policy forum, Mr. Putin accused the West and Europe of escalating tensions by talking about preparing for a…