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European Union’s Commissioner for Migration Magnus Brunner. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The EU on Friday (June 26, 2026) proposed stopping granting Ukrainian men of fighting age refugee protection to settle in the bloc, while extending the right beyond 2027 for others from the country. Brussels said the change follows a request from Kyiv, whose…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia on Thursday (June 25, 2026) denied exerting pressure on Belarus to support an expansion of the war in Ukraine, while Belarus said it was the West that was trying to drag it into the conflict. The former Soviet state is…
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Poland and Ukraine tried to strike a conciliatory tone on Thursday (June 25, 2026) as they opened the annual Ukraine Recovery Conference in the Polish port of Gdansk after weeks of squabbling over historical differences — albeit without President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk called on the West to believe a post-war Ukraine…
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Speaking at a foreign policy forum in Moscow, the Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the global security system was “eroding.” File | Photo Credit: Reuters Nuclear weapons are the “only” bulwark preventing the world from slipping into a global war, the Kremlin said Wednesday (June 24, 2026) amid fears of a fresh multi-country arms…
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A Ukrainian strike killed a man in the Russian border region of Belgorod, authorities said on Wednesday (June 24, 2026). Russia’s Defence Ministry said the country’s forces had destroyed more than 300 drones from Ukraine overnight, with the warring neighbours having stepped up strikes in recent weeks. The man was killed when a drone exploded…
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A firefighter works at the site of a Russian drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in the Sumy region, Ukraine, June 22, 2026. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Sumy region/Handout via Reuters A Russian drone strike on the city of Sumy in northeastern Ukraine killed three members of the same family, including…
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A firefighter attempts to put out a fire after a Russian strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, at a location given as Odesa Region, Ukraine, in this still image from video released on June 22, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Moscow shot down dozens of drones in the early hours of Monday (June 22, 2026)…
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. File. | Photo Credit: AP President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday (June 20, 2026) that Russian forces were preparing an impending massive attack on Ukraine and warned residents to take special care as Russian strikes in different regions killed at least six people. “Tonight and in the coming hours, it is…
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Thick plumes of smoke with flames rise from an oil refinery following what the authorities say is a Ukrainian drone strike in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Moscow, Russia, on June 18, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Ukraine hit a Moscow oil refinery for a second time in a week and disrupted commercial flights…
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Firefighters try to put out a fire at a city marketplace following a Russian missile and drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on June 15, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Russia’s military said on Monday (June 15, 2026) that it had carried out a “massive strike” on Ukrainian military sites in the capital Kyiv, as well…
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