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Russia Launches Counter-Terror Operation To Stop Advancing Ukraine Troops

August 10, 2024 admin

Russia has deployed additional troops and equipment, including tanks to stop the advancing troops (file). Moscow, Russia: Moscow on Saturday launched a “counter-terror operation” in three border regions adjoining Ukraine to halt Kyiv’s biggest cross-border offensive in the two-and-a-half-year conflict. Ukrainian units stormed across the border into Russia’s western Kursk region on Tuesday morning in…

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US Announces $125 Million In New Military Aid For Ukraine

August 9, 2024 admin

US Announces 5 Million In New Military Aid For Ukraine

The United States on Friday announced $125 million in new military aid for Kyiv. Washington: The United States on Friday announced $125 million in new military aid for Kyiv, as Ukrainian forces push ahead with a surprise offensive inside Russian territory. The aid package underscores “our unwavering commitment to (Ukraine) as they continue to battle…

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How 1,000 Ukraine Troops Entered 30 Km Into Russia, What They Plan Next

August 9, 2024 admin

Ukraine has been largely silent on the offensive. (File) Ukrainian ground troops and mechanized forces crossed the international border, advancing over 30 kilometres into Russian territory in one of the most significant developments in the ongoing war between the two countries. The Ukrainian troops, estimated to be over 1,000, moved from the Sumy Oblast region…

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Crimea building evacuated after being hit by ATACMS, Russian official says

August 2, 2024 admin

Russian soldiers guard a pier in Sevastopol. File photo | Photo Credit: AP Authorities in the Russian-controlled city of Sevastopol in Crimea are evacuating a nine-storey residential building after it was hit by a fragment of an ATACMS missile, the Russian-appointed Governor of the city said on Friday. Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said no one had…

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Ukraine receives first F-16 fighter jets to bolster defences against Russia, says U.S. official

July 31, 2024 admin

U.S. F16 jet. File. | Photo Credit: AFP Ukraine has received the first F-16 fighter jets that it has sought for months to fight back against an onslaught of Russian missile strikes, a U.S. official confirmed to the Associated Press. Ukraine has been pushing its Western allies for F-16s for Ukraine for months, saying they…

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Russia says Kyiv’s statements on peace talks contradictory

July 27, 2024 admin

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attended the 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting at National Convention Center, in Vientiane, Laos, on July 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday he “does not listen” to what he called Ukraine’s contradictory statements on peace talks. Mr. Lavrov spoke after Ukrainian Foreign…

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Thousands Of Ukrainians To Graduate Amid “To Stay Or Leave” Concerns

July 25, 2024 admin

Student life was barely back to normal after Covid-19 when Russia invaded Ukraine (Representational) Kyiv, Ukraine: Anton Yushyn spent four years studying Italian at university in Kyiv but the outbreak of war taught him the most valuable lesson of his student life: to prioritise what matters most. When he enrolled at Kyiv National Linguistic University,…

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Russia downs 75 Ukraine-launched drones, some near Tuapse oil refinery

July 22, 2024 admin

Representational file image. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia’s air defence systems destroyed 75 drones launched by Ukraine overnight, including eight near the town of Tuapse on the Black Sea where Russia’s oil major Rosneft has a refinery, the Russian Defence Ministry said on July 22. Forty-seven drones were downed over the Rostov region in Russia’s…

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At least 6 dead, thousands without power as Russia continues strikes on Ukraine

July 20, 2024 admin

Pillars of smoke rise over a tree line in a field in the Kharkiv region, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Ukraine. File | Photo Credit: Reuters At least two people were killed and three more injured after a Russian missile strike on infrastructure in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, said Governor Oleh Syniehubov on July…

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Around 50 Indians Want To End Employment With Russian Armed Forces: Centre

July 19, 2024 admin

The MEA demanded a “verified stop” to further recruitment of Indians in Russian army. (Representational) New Delhi: India and Russia are working to ensure early discharge of Indians recruited into the Russian armed forces, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday. In his visit to Moscow last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had…

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