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Dozen injured, including baby, in Russian attack on Ukraine’s Kherson

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Dozen injured, including baby, in Russian attack on Ukraine’s Kherson

Representational file image of rescue workers | Photo Credit: REUTERS A dozen people were wounded, including a 27-year-old woman and her nine-month-old baby, in a Russian attack on the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson, its governor said on Sunday. “The Kherson region experienced another terrible night,” Governor Oleksandr Prokudin wrote on the Telegram messaging app….

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Russia “Will Again Try To Destroy” Ukraine’s Power Grid: Zelensky

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Russia “Will Again Try To Destroy” Ukraine’s Power Grid: Zelensky

Zelensky said government officials met to discuss the protection of energy facilities. Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Friday that Russia will “again try to destroy” Ukraine’s power grid this winter and that Kyiv was making “preparations” to protect its heating facilities. Fears for Ukraine’s energy security have risen ahead of the winter months as…

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Russia to build naval base in breakaway Georgian region

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Russia to build naval base in breakaway Georgian region

In this photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and Aslan Bzhania, leader of Georgia’s breakaway province of Abkhazia pose for a photo prior to their talks in Sochi, Russia, on October 03, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Russia will set up a naval base on the Black…

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At Least 49 Killed In Russian Rocket Strike On Grocery Store In Ukraine

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At Least 49 Killed In Russian Rocket Strike On Grocery Store In Ukraine

The Ukrainian prosecutor general said at least 49 people were killed. Kyiv: Ukrainian officials said Thursday that a Russian strike on a grocery store and cafe in the eastern region of Kharkiv had killed dozens of people. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the strike had slammed into the Kupiansk district of the war-battered region bordering…

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Britain Says Russia May Target Civilian Shipping With Mines In Black Sea

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Britain Says Russia May Target Civilian Shipping With Mines In Black Sea

Last month Britain accused Russia of targeting a civilian cargo ship at port in the Black Sea. London:  Russia may use sea mines to target civilian shipping in the Black Sea, including by laying them on the approach to Ukrainian ports, the British government said on Wednesday citing intelligence. Russia pulled out of a deal…

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Former Russian journalist sentenced in absentia for Ukraine war criticism

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Former Russian journalist sentenced in absentia for Ukraine war criticism

Marina Ovsyannikova, a former Russian state TV journalist who quit after making an on-air protest of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, was handed an 8 1/2-year prison term in absentia for protesting Russia’s war in Ukraine. File | Photo Credit: AP A court in Moscow on Wednesday handed a former state TV journalist an 8…

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Russia says it has foiled a major Ukrainian drone attack as concerns grow about weapons supplies

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Russia says it has foiled a major Ukrainian drone attack as concerns grow about weapons supplies

Russian air defenses shot down 31 Ukrainian drones during a concerted nighttime attack by Kyiv’s forces on border regions, the Russian Defense Ministry said October 4, even as uncertainty grew over Ukraine’s future access to weapons and ammunition from its Western allies. The drone attack appeared to be Kyiv’s largest single cross-border drone assault reported…

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President Biden Calls US Allies On Support For Ukraine: White House

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President Biden Calls US Allies On Support For Ukraine: White House

President Joe Biden called key allies on Tuesday to “coordinate” support for Ukraine. (File) Washington: President Joe Biden called key allies on Tuesday to “coordinate” support for Ukraine, the White House said, amid concerns in Western capitals after Republican hardliners derailed US funding for Kyiv. “President Biden convened a call this morning with allies and…

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Kremlin says Ukraine fatigue ‘will grow’, after U.S. aid rift

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Kremlin says Ukraine fatigue ‘will grow’, after U.S. aid rift

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken toured a State Border Guard of Ukraine Detached Commandant Office of Security and Resource Supply site in the Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine on September 7, 2023. File | Photo Credit: AP The Kremlin said on October 2 that Western fatigue over Ukraine “will grow”, as the future of United States…

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Russia-Ukraine War: Moscow May Annex More Ukrainian Regions

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Russia-Ukraine War: Moscow May Annex More Ukrainian Regions

Dmitry Medvedev is one of Moscow’s most hawkish voices in support of the Ukraine offensive Moscow: Russia’s former leader Dmitry Medvedev suggested Saturday that Moscow may annex more regions of Ukraine, as he marked one year since the Kremlin claimed four Ukrainian territories as its own. Moscow held elections in the four regions this month,…

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