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Ukrainian officials say civilians were killed and wounded in Russian overnight attacks

October 21, 2023 admin

Head of Kryvyi Rih Military Administration Oleksandr Vilkul. File | Photo Credit: Reuters At least two civilians were killed and others wounded across Ukraine as Russian forces continued to shell frontline areas and other parts of the country, local Ukrainian officials reported Saturday. In Kryvyi Rih, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s hometown in central Ukraine, a 60-year-old…

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Biden to address U.S. on Israel-Hamas war, Ukraine

October 18, 2023 admin

Members of the U.S. Jewish community protest against the Israeli military operation in Gaza inside the Cannon building in the US Capitol in Washington, DC on October 18, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP U.S. President Joe Biden will give a primetime speech on Thursday about the conflict between Israel and Hamas and the Russian invasion…

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Ukraine Uses US-Supplied Long-Range Missiles For First Time: Zelensky

October 17, 2023 admin

Volodymyr Zelensky did not give any details of when or where they were used. (File) Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that Ukraine’s armed forces had used US-supplied ATACMS long-range missiles for the first time. “They have performed very accurately. ATACMS have proven themselves,” he said in an evening address posted on social…

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Qatar reunites stranded Ukrainian children with families

October 16, 2023 admin

A 7-year-old Ukrainian boy, who is the first child released under a new mechanism Qatar has set up with the goal of repatriating children from Russia to Ukraine, is seated next to his grandmother (L) and Russia’s Commissioner for Children’s Rights, Maria Lvova-Belova after being released to Qatari diplomats in this handout image taken at…

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India, Indonesia Risk Biggest Fallout From Geopolitical Shocks

October 16, 2023 admin

Israel-Hamas conflict comes on top of Russia’s protracted war on Ukraine (File) New Delhi: A triumvirate of high oil prices, a surging dollar and geopolitical instability are set to weigh on India and Indonesia among Asia’s emerging markets, while energy exporter Malaysia may prove a rare beneficiary. Economists are fretting over the fallout on developing…

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India, Indonesia Risk Biggest Fallout From Geopolitical Shocks

October 16, 2023 admin

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‘Heated’ fighting in Avdiivka as Russia tries to ‘surround’ city: official

October 14, 2023 admin

Smoke rises above the area of Avdiivka town in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict, as seen from Yasynuvata (Yasinovataya) in the Donetsk region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, on October 13, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Kyiv reported “heated” fighting around its eastern city of Avdiivka on Saturday, saying Russian forces had “not stopped assaulting” the symbolic industrial…

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Dozen injured, including baby, in Russian attack on Ukraine’s Kherson

October 8, 2023 admin

Representational file image of rescue workers | Photo Credit: REUTERS A dozen people were wounded, including a 27-year-old woman and her nine-month-old baby, in a Russian attack on the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson, its governor said on Sunday. “The Kherson region experienced another terrible night,” Governor Oleksandr Prokudin wrote on the Telegram messaging app….

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Russia “Will Again Try To Destroy” Ukraine’s Power Grid: Zelensky

October 6, 2023 admin

Zelensky said government officials met to discuss the protection of energy facilities. Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Friday that Russia will “again try to destroy” Ukraine’s power grid this winter and that Kyiv was making “preparations” to protect its heating facilities. Fears for Ukraine’s energy security have risen ahead of the winter months as…

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Russia to build naval base in breakaway Georgian region

October 5, 2023 admin

In this photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and Aslan Bzhania, leader of Georgia’s breakaway province of Abkhazia pose for a photo prior to their talks in Sochi, Russia, on October 03, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Russia will set up a naval base on the Black…

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