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French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a press conference. File | Photo Credit: AP French President Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed he did not rule out sending troops to Ukraine, saying the issue would “legitimately” arise if Russia broke through Ukrainian front lines and Kyiv made such a request, in an interview with the Economist published on…
Two Finnish towns near the Russian border plan to close schools offering Russian language and culture classes, upsetting parents and students who say cross-cultural understanding is needed more than ever. Also Read: Russia-Ukraine Crisis Finland’s relations with its powerful eastern neighbour have soured since Russia’s 2022 invasion. The war prompted Helsinki to reverse its decades-long policy…
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US on Wednesday accused Russia of violating the international chemical weapons ban. Washington: The United States on Wednesday accused Russia of violating the international chemical weapons ban by deploying the choking agent chloropicrin against Ukrainian troops and using riot control agents “as a method of warfare” in Ukraine. “The use of such chemicals is not…
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The sanctions also targeted individuals connected to the death of Aleksey Navalny. (File) Washington: US officials on Wednesday announced fresh sanctions aimed at crippling Russia’s military and industrial capabilities, punishing companies in China and elsewhere that help Moscow acquire weapons for its war in Ukraine. In a sweeping package announced by the US Treasury Department,…
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The unit is funded by donations and stocked with weapons captured from the enemy Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine: Oleksandr Taran’s mobile artillery unit isn’t officially part of Ukraine’s military, but that hasn’t stopped his men from destroying Russian targets on their own dime. “We … get by thanks to the pension fund,” the 68-year-old commander –…
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Ukraine has lost 80% of its thermal power generation during Russian attacks Kyiv: Russian missiles pounded power facilities in central and western Ukraine on Saturday, increasing pressure on the ailing energy system as the country faces a shortage of air defences despite a breakthrough in U.S. military aid. The air strike carried out with long-range…
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Ukraine’s air force said Moscow fired 34 missiles, of which 21 were shot down. Kyiv: Russia launched a “massive” missile strike at Ukraine overnight, damaging four power plants in the latest barrage targeting the country’s energy supply, officials in Kyiv said on Saturday. Moscow has launched some of its largest ever strikes on Ukraine’s energy…
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In this image released by the U.S. Department of Defense, German soldiers assigned to Surface Air and Missile Defense Wing 1, fire the Patriot weapons system at the NATO Missile Firing Installation, in Chania, Greece, on Nov. 8, 2017. U.S. officials say the Pentagon is expected to announce that it will provide about $6 billion…
Joe Biden said the Ukraine aid package bill “should have gotten there sooner” Washington: The United States is the first to acknowledge that its long-awaited $61 billion aid package for Ukraine is not a “silver bullet.” As weapons and ammunition are rushed to the country, other issues such as manpower shortages in Kyiv’s struggling military…
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Ukraine believes Russia has illegally taken more than 19,000 of its children Doha: Russia and Ukraine have agreed in a Qatari-brokered deal to exchange almost 50 children displaced by Moscow’s invasion, the Kremlin’s children’s rights commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova announced in Doha Wednesday. Moscow has been accused of forcibly taking Ukrainian children into Russian territory during…
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