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Important for India to attend Swiss Conference, play role in conveying message to Russia: Swiss Foreign Secretary Fasel

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Important for India to attend Swiss Conference, play role in conveying message to Russia: Swiss Foreign Secretary Fasel

Alexandre Fasel, Swiss Foreign Secretary. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement India has not “determined its attendance” at next month’s Ukraine Peace Conference in Switzerland, repeated the Ministry of External Affairs, as Swiss Foreign Secretary Alexandre Fasel met with his counterparts in Delhi for another attempt to secure India’s participation. Speaking to The Hindu, Mr. Fasel…

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Anti-Putin Russian Paramilitaries Join Ukraine’s Fight In Kharkiv Region

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Anti-Putin Russian Paramilitaries Join Ukraine’s Fight In Kharkiv Region

Ukraine has sent reinforcements to shore up its defence against a Russian ground incursion. Kharkiv Region: Peeking out from under a hat and with his face covered, the Russian fighting for Kyiv described unrelenting battles in the northeastern Ukrainian region of Kharkiv where Moscow’s forces opened a new front last week. “The situation is difficult,…

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Putin signs decree naming new Russian government, including replacement of Defence Minister

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Putin signs decree naming new Russian government, including replacement of Defence Minister

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the new government in Moscow, Russia May 14, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 14 signed a decree appointing a new government, including replacement of the Defence Minister with a former Deputy Prime Minister who is an economics expert with…

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Emergency Blackouts Introduced Across Ukraine After Russia Hits Power Grids

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Emergency Blackouts Introduced Across Ukraine After Russia Hits Power Grids

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Ukraine says Russia launches cross-border offensive in northeast

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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