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Russia says it shot down 36 Ukrainian drones as fighting grinds on in Ukraine’s east

October 29, 2023 admin

Two Ukrainian soldiers walk along the destroyed city in the fog on October 26, 2023 in Avdiivka, Ukraine. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Russian air defence shot down over 30 Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea and the Crimean peninsula overnight Saturday, Russia’s Defence Ministry said on October 29. “The air defense systems in place…

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Russia simulates nuclear strike as upper house rescinds ratification of test ban treaty

October 26, 2023 admin

A still image from video, released by the Russian Defence Ministry, shows what it said to be Russia’s Yars intercontinental ballistic missile test-launched at the Plesetsk cosmodrome during a military exercise rehearsing the country’s ability to deliver a massive retaliatory nuclear strike by land, sea and air, in this image taken from video released October…

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Russia’s Shoigu says Moscow exhausting Ukrainian army

October 25, 2023 admin

This video grab from a handout footage released by the Russian Defence Ministry press service on October 25, 2023, shows Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu visiting the “Vostok” command post in eastern Ukraine. | Photo Credit: AFP Russia claimed on October 25 it was exhausting Ukraine’s army, 20 months into a conflict in which neither side…

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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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