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Breakaway Moldovan region cuts heating, hot water after Russia stops gas flow

January 1, 2025 admin

File photo of pipelines of the national natural gas distribution network outside Ungheni, Moldova. | Photo Credit: AP The breakaway Moldovan region of Transdniestria cut heating and hot water supplies to households on Wednesday after Russia stopped supplying gas via Ukraine. “There is no heating or hot water,” an employee of local energy company Tirasteploenergo…

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Russia launches New Year drone strike on Kyiv, officials say

January 1, 2025 admin

Firefighters work at a site of a building damaged during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in central Kyiv, Ukraine January 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia launched a drone strike on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Wednesday (January 1, 2025), wounding at least three people and damaging buildings in…

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Russia advanced nearly 4,000 square km in Ukraine in 2024: AFP analysing ISW

December 31, 2024 admin

In this photo provided by Ukraine’s 65th Mechanised Brigade press service, a Ukrainian fortification line is seen on the frontline in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Tuesday (December 31, 2024). | Photo Credit: AP Russian forces advanced by 3,985 square km (1,539 square miles) in Ukraine in 2024, seven times more than in 2023, according to an…

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Russia opposes Western peacekeepers in Ukraine

December 30, 2024 admin

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the state-run TASS news agency that Moscow opposed that idea as well as others being proposed by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters “Russia is against the deployment of Western peacekeeping troops to Ukraine as part of any settlement to end the nearly three-year conflict,” Foreign…

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Biden announces nearly $2.5B more in military aid for Ukraine

December 30, 2024 admin

U.S. President Joe Biden. | Photo Credit: Reuters President Joe Biden said Monday (December 30, 2024) that the United States will send nearly $2.5 billion more in weapons to Ukraine as his administration works quickly to spend all the money it has available to help Kyiv fight off Russia before President-elect Donald Trump takes office….

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Several Injured North Korean Soldiers Died After Being Captured By Ukraine: Zelensky

December 28, 2024 admin

Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that “several” wounded North Korean soldiers died after being captured by Ukrainian forces, as he accused Russia of throwing them into battle with “minimal protection”. Ukraine and its western allies say North Korea has sent thousands of soldiers to support Russia’s army, in what is seen as a…

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North Koreans suffering battlefield losses, unprotected by Russian forces: Ukraine’s Zelenskiy

December 28, 2024 admin

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters North Korean troops deployed in Russia’s Kursk region are suffering heavy losses and being left unprotected by the Russian forces they are fighting alongside, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday (December 27, 2024). Mr. Zelenskiy, in his nightly video address, said Russian troops were sending…

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Injured North Korean Soldier, Captured By Ukraine During War, Dies

December 27, 2024 admin

Seoul, South Korea: A North Korean soldier who was captured while fighting in Russia’s war against Ukraine has died of his wounds, South Korea’s spy agency said on Friday. Pyongyang has deployed thousands of troops to reinforce Russia’s military, including in the Kursk border region where Ukraine mounted a shock border incursion in August. One…

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Ukraine’s military intelligence says North Korean troops suffering heavy battlefield losses

December 27, 2024 admin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said earlier this week that 3,000 North Korean troops have been killed and wounded in the fighting in the Kursk region. File | Photo Credit: AP North Korean troops are suffering heavy losses in the fighting in Russia’s Kursk region and facing logistical difficulties as a result of Ukrainian attacks, Ukraine’s military…

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Russia’s security must be guaranteed by any Ukraine peace deal, Lavrov says

December 26, 2024 admin

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov | Photo Credit: AP Russia sees no point in a weak ceasefire to freeze the war in Ukraine but Moscow wants a legally binding deal for a lasting peace that would ensure the security of both Russia and its neighbours, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday (December 26, 2024)….

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