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Ukraine Says “Strengthening” Positions In Russia Amid Raging War

August 17, 2024 admin

Kyiv claims to have taken control of more than 80 settlements in the lightning incursion. (File) Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday his forces were “strengthening” their positions in Russia’s Kursk region, where Kyiv has been mounting a major ground offensive for more than 11 days. His comments came a day after Moscow accused…

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Zelensky Acknowledges Army Operation In Russia’s Kursk Region For 1st Time

August 10, 2024 admin

Volodymyr Zelensky had previously stayed silent about the operation. (File) President Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged for the first time on Saturday that Ukrainian forces were fighting in Russia’s Kursk region and said the operation was part of Kyiv’s drive to restore justice after Russia’s 2022 invasion. Russia said Ukrainian forces pushed into Kursk region last Tuesday…

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Russian strike on Ukraine supermarket kills 10, wounds 35

August 9, 2024 admin

President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed retribution for the attack, which happened in the middle of the day. File | Photo Credit: AP “A Russian strike on a supermarket in the eastern Ukrainian town of Kostyantynivka on Friday (August 9, 2024) killed at least 10 people and injured 35,” Ukraine’s interior minister said. The town is about…

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Record Heat Temperatures In Ukraine After Russian Attacks On Power Plants

July 17, 2024 admin

Last month, Ukraine urged officials to turn off air conditioners in government buildings. (File) Kyiv: Several cities across Ukraine were recording historic scorching temperatures, officials said Wednesday, at a time when major urban hubs are suffering long periods without electricity after Russian attacks on power plants. In the capital Kyiv, Ukrainians have been seeking respite…

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Russia Should Attend Second Ukraine Summit, Says Zelensky Amid Raging War

July 15, 2024 admin

“Russian representatives should be at the second summit,” Zelensky told a press conference (File) Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that Russia should be represented at a second summit aiming to secure lasting peace with the Kremlin, after more than two years of war. Dozens of world leaders voiced support for a just peace…

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Joe Biden Slams Vladimir Putin

July 10, 2024 admin

“Ukraine can and will stop Putin,” US President Joe Biden said. Washington: US President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced a historic donation of air-defence equipment for Ukraine and said Russia is failing in this war. Welcoming leaders of NATO member countries for the historic summit on the occasion of its 75th anniversary, Biden said the…

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The rise of the far-right in Europe and its ramifications | Data

July 8, 2024 admin

People gather at Republique plaza in a protest against the far-right on July 3, 2024 in Paris | Photo Credit: AP French voters face a decisive choice on July 7 in the run-off of snap parliamentary elections that could see the country’s first far-right government since the World War II Nazi occupation — or no…

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Russia says captured village in east Ukraine

July 6, 2024 admin

Night attack on Russian positions. Ukrainian infantry on the zero line of the front in prepared trenches 100 meters from the Russian trenches on July 5, 2025 in the direction of Toretsk region, Ukraine. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Russia on July 6 said its forces had captured a village in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region,…

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Hungary’s Orban, in Kyiv, proposes ceasefire to speed up peace talks

July 2, 2024 admin

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attend a joint news briefing, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine on July 2, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday to consider a ceasefire to accelerate an end to the war with…

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Russian shelling of Ukrainian front-line villages kills four and hits top floors of an apartment bloc

June 29, 2024 admin

Rescuers work at a site of an apartment building hit by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Dnipro, Ukraine, in this handout picture released on June 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russian shelling of front-line villages in eastern Ukraine killed four people while rescuers in the city of Dnipro dug…

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