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Emergency Blackouts Introduced Across Ukraine After Russia Hits Power Grids

May 14, 2024 admin

In the capital Kyiv, the city administration said 10 percent of households had been disconnected. Kyiv: Ukraine rolled out emergency blackouts Tuesday after weeks of Russian strikes on power plants left the country unable to deal with a drop in temperatures, state power operator Ukrenergo said. Russia has launched some of its most devastating strikes…

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Blinken visits Ukraine to tout U.S. support for Kyiv’s fight against Russia’s advances

May 14, 2024 admin

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 14 | Photo Credit: AP U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kyiv on May 14 in an unannounced diplomatic mission to reassure Ukraine that it has American support as it struggles to defend against increasingly intense Russian attacks. The visit comes…

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Russia pounds 30 towns and villages in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region

May 13, 2024 admin

A resident from Vovchansk who fled due to Russian shelling, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, arrive in evacuation centre in Kharkiv, Ukraine on May 13, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia pounded over 30 villages and towns in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region after launching a ground offensive in the border region, forcing almost 6,000 to…

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Putin replaces Shoigu as Russia’s Defence Minister as he starts his fifth term

May 13, 2024 admin

Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 12 replaced Sergei Shoigu as Defence Minister in a Cabinet shakeup that comes as he begins his fifth term in office. In line with Russian law, the entire Russian Cabinet resigned on Tuesday following Mr. Putin’s glittering inauguration in the Kremlin, and most members have been widely expected to…

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Apartment building partially collapses in a Russian border city after shelling; at least 13 killed

May 13, 2024 admin

In this photo released by Belgorod regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov’s Telegram channel on May 12, 2024, a view of a partially collapsed block of flats after a missile attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Russian city of Belgorod. | Photo Credit: AP An apartment building partially collapsed in the Russian border city of…

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Renewed Russian offensive on Kharkiv in northeast Ukraine forces 1,700 civilians to flee

May 11, 2024 admin

Firefighters work at a site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine on May 10, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russian forces began a renewed ground assault in Ukraine’s northeast, killing and injuring several people and forcing more than 1,700 civilians to evacuate from the Kharkiv region, officials said…

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Ukraine says Russia launches cross-border offensive in northeast

May 10, 2024 admin

Ukraine pushed back Russian forces from most of Kharkiv region in late 2022, but Moscow is now back on the offensive there as Kyiv’s troops struggle with ammunition and manpower shortages. File | Photo Credit: AP Russia launched a cross-border ground offensive into Ukraine’s northeast Kharkiv region and civilians were being evacuated amid the fighting,…

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Ukraien President Volodymyr Zelensky Fires Bodyguard Chief After Assassination Plot Foiled: Report

May 9, 2024 admin

Zelensky on Thursday fired the head of the department responsible for his personal protection. Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday fired the head of the department responsible for his personal protection after two of its officers were detained this week over an alleged assassination plot. Zelensky published a decree to “dismiss Sergiy Leonidovich Rud…

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Ukrainian Drone Hits Russian Oil Facility From 1,500 km Away: Report

May 9, 2024 admin

Russia said a Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire and damaged several oil tanks. (Representational) London: A Ukrainian drone struck a major oil processing plant in Russia’s Bashkiria region on Thursday from some 1,500 km (932 miles) away, a Kyiv intelligence source said, its longest-range such attack since the start of the war. Ukraine also…

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Russia targets Ukraine on a day marking World War II defeat of Nazis

May 8, 2024 admin

Children lay flowers at a monument to the Eternal Flame, in Kyiv, Ukraine on May 8, 2024, on the 79th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. | Photo Credit: AP Russian forces unleashed a nighttime barrage of more than 50 cruise missiles and explosive drones at Ukraine’s power grid on Wednesday,…

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