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Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov. File | Photo Credit: Reuters EU countries scrambled on Monday (September 21, 2026) for a deal to extend sanctions on Russia over the war on Ukraine after France demanded oligarch Alisher Usmanov be taken off the blacklist. The 27-nation bloc last week pushed back a deadline for prolonging its asset freezes…
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A voter leaves a voting booth before casting her ballot at a polling station on the final day of Russia’s parliamentary election in Vladivostok, Russia, September 20, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters A parliamentary election that President Vladimir Putin has cast as a test of support for Russia’s war in Ukraine entered its third and…
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and EU officials attend a summit in a Carpathian 8 Summit in Bukovel, western Ukraine, on September 18, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hosted leaders and representatives from seven regional countries for talks on deepening cooperation on Friday (September 18, 2026), after overnight Russian strikes in multiple…
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“Some 1,004 cases of sexual violence were documented from February 24, 2022, when Russia’s attack on Ukraine began, through to the end of July this year,” the UN agency said in a report. (Representational image) | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Hundreds of civilians and prisoners have been subjected to sexual violence and torture — overwhelmingly…
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A voter casts her ballot at a polling station on the first day of Russia’s parliamentary election in Vladivostok, Russia, September 18, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia destroyed a wave of Ukrainian drones bound for Moscow, the city’s mayor said on Friday (September 18, 2026), as polling stations opened for the country’s first parliamentary…
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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. File | Photo Credit: Kay Nietfeld Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned on Thursday (September 17, 2026) that Russia is planning hybrid strikes with drones or rockets on European countries supporting Ukraine, among them Poland. Russia will pretend the attacks are “accidental” in order to “paralyze or at least weaken…
Power lines from the key electricity link between Poland and Lithuania, are seen at the Suwalki Gap area, flanked by Russia and its close ally Belarus, near Filicijanavas, Lithuania. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A NATO fighter jet shot down a drone in Lithuania shortly after midnight on Tuesday (September 15, 2026), the Lithuanian national…
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyytalks with Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoy, at Mariinsky palace in Kyiv, Ukraine. File | Photo Credit: AP Ukraine is ready to halt strikes on Russia if its partners ensure that Moscow will refrain from hitting Ukrainian energy facilities, infrastructure and food supply routes, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday…
U.S. President Donald Trump walks from Marine One toward Air Force One at Shannon Airport in Shannon, Ireland, on September 13, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday (September 13, 2026) called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries and other infrastructure used to produce and…
A diplomatic train carrying Boris Johnson, Carl Bildt and security advisers from several European Union states had purposely left the station at Yahodyn ahead of schedule. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A Russian drone struck a train near the Ukraine- Poland border on Sunday (September 13, 2026) shortly after senior visiting officials, including the former…