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A man covers windows with plywood boards of a building that was heavily damaged following a recent shelling, in the town of Mykolaivka, near Sloviansk in the north of the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, on March 30, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed a longtime aide and several advisers on Saturday…
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A view shows residential buildings damaged during a Russian missile and drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in the city of Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine March 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Moscow launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure Friday, with a mass barrage of 99 drones and missiles hitting regions across…
US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink also noted the increased frequency of recent attacks. Kyiv: Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and the western region of Lviv came under a “massive” Russian air attack early Sunday, officials said, while Poland said one of the Russian missiles breached its airspace. Russia and Ukraine have been engaged in a series…
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Heaping crisis: Polish farmer Piotr Korycki stands in a warehouse filled with grain on his farm in Cywiny Wojskie | Photo Credit: AP Piotr Korycki picks up a handful of wheat and watches as the yellow grains run through his fingers. All around him, grain is piled high in a warehouse on his farm north of…
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Pope Francis smiles as he waves faithful at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, on March 20, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Pope Francis on March 20 repeated his call for negotiations to end wars in Ukraine and Gaza, after remarks about “raising the white flag” sparked…
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There was no surprise. When Russia’s election authorities announced results of the presidential election, Vladimir Putin, who has been in power for nearly a quarter century, was elected for another term. He won 87% of votes, extending his reign for six more years, while his closest rival, Nikolay Kharitonov of the Communist Party of Russian…
Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Simon Coveney of Ireland during an interview in New Delhi on March 14, 2024. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap The number of civilian injuries, fatalities and human misery under Israel’s campaign in Gaza is “shocking “ and “breaches of international law” by Israel will be called out, said…
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Friday’s attack was just the latest in a series of fatal barrages between Kyiv and Moscow Odesa: Ukraine said Friday that Russian forces had pounded the Black Sea port city of Odesa with missiles, killing more than a dozen people including a paramedic and a rescue worker. AFP journalists on the scene saw bodies covered…
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While battling its bigger neighbour, Ukraine has vowed not to give up its territory. Kyiv: Ukraine on Sunday slammed Pope Francis’s call to negotiate with Russia two years into its invasion, vowing “never” to surrender after the pontiff said Kyiv should “have the courage to raise the white flag”. The Catholic leader had fuelled anger…
A resident of Kupwara who joined as a security helper with the Russian Army last year. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu “Two Russia-based agents involved in the human-trafficking network that pushed Indians into the Ukraine war zone are under the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) scanner,” officials said on March 8. “The agents allegedly…
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