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Putin vows truce if Ukraine exits Moscow-occupied areas and drops NATO bid

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Putin vows truce if Ukraine exits Moscow-occupied areas and drops NATO bid

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. | Photo Credit: AFP Russian President Vladimir Putin promised on June 14 to “immediately” order a cease-fire in Ukraine and begin negotiations if Kyiv started withdrawing troops from the four regions annexed by Moscow in 2022 and renounced plans to join NATO. Such a deal appears a nonstarter for Kyiv, which…

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Russia claims capture of village in Ukraine’s Donetsk region

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Russia claims capture of village in Ukraine’s Donetsk region

A member of a drone unit of Ukraine’s 58th Motorized Brigade unpacks equipment near the front line in the Donetsk region. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia’s Defence Ministry claimed on June 2 to have captured a tiny village in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, where it has been on the offensive making territorial gains….

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Russia Jails Barman For 25 Years Over Joining Pro-Ukraine Fighting Unit

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Russia Jails Barman For 25 Years Over Joining Pro-Ukraine Fighting Unit

Last month, Russia jailed a man for 10 years for planning to fight on Ukraine side. (Representational) Moscow: Russia on Thursday jailed a barman for 25 years for joining a unit of Russians fighting for Ukraine and carrying out sabotage of railway equipment. Russia has reported numerous incidents of sabotage since the start of its…

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Russia Says Ukraine Launched 62-Drone Attacks, Oil Refinery Halted

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Russia Says Ukraine Launched 62-Drone Attacks, Oil Refinery Halted

Russia said its forces had captured the village of Starytsia in Kharkiv region. (Representational) Moscow: Russia said on Sunday that Ukraine launched a major 62-drone attack on Russian regions forcing one oil refinery in southern Russia to halt operations, and that Kyiv’s forces had fired U.S., French and Ukrainian missiles at Russian-held territory. Russia shot…

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10 Killed, 25 Injured In Russian Strikes On Ukraine’s Kharkiv Region

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10 Killed, 25 Injured In Russian Strikes On Ukraine’s Kharkiv Region

The first strike killed five and wounded 16 in a recreation area just outside Kharkiv. Kharkiv: Russian strikes killed at least 10 people, including a pregnant woman, and injured 25 others in two separate attacks in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region on Sunday, local officials said. It was the latest in what have been constant attacks…

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Taiwan’s foreign minister says China and Russia are supporting each other’s ‘expansionism’

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Taiwan’s foreign minister says China and Russia are supporting each other’s ‘expansionism’

Russia and China are helping each other expand their territorial reach, and democracies must push back against authoritarian states that threaten their rights and sovereignty, Taiwan’s outgoing foreign minister, Joseph Wu, said in an interview with The Associated Press. His comments came as Russian President Vladimir Putin was on a visit to China amid Russia’s…

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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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Zelensky postpones all upcoming foreign visits as Ukraine faces a new Russian offensive

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Zelensky postpones all upcoming foreign visits as Ukraine faces a new Russian offensive

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky postponed all his upcoming foreign trips as Ukraine’s army battled to contain a front-line push by the Kremlin’s forces, as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on May 15 visited a drone manufacturing facility in Kyiv on the second day of a visit meant to reassure Ukrainians of continuing American support….

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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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