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Germany’s Olaf Scholz Urges Ukraine Talks In 1st Call With Putin Since 2022

November 15, 2024 admin

Berlin: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to engage in peace talks with Ukraine, in the first call between the leaders in almost two years. In the call, Scholz “condemned Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and called on President Putin to end it and withdraw troops”, the chancellor’s spokesman…

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1,500 Russian Troops Killed Or Injured Every Day In October In Ukraine: UK

November 10, 2024 admin

London: Russian troops recently suffered their worst month for casualties since the country’s war with Ukraine began almost three years ago, the head of Britain’s armed forces said on Sunday. An average of around 1,500 Russian soldiers were killed or injured per day in October, UK Chief of the Defence Staff Tony Radakin told the…

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Russian Forces Capture New Village In Ukraine’s Donetsk Amid Raging War

November 10, 2024 admin

Russian army has been making advances in the region since recent weeks. (Representational image) Moscow: The Russian defence ministry said Sunday that its forces had captured a new village in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region where the army has been making advances in recent weeks. “Units of the Centre armed group have liberated the town of…

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Europe urges Trump to support Ukraine, avoid trade wars

November 7, 2024 admin

President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a press conference at the European Political Community summit at Puskas Arena on November 7, 2024 in Budapest, Hungary. | Photo Credit: Getty Images European leaders meeting in Budapest on Thursday urged Donald Trump from afar to avoid trade wars, maintain support for Ukraine and to refrain from unsettling the global order…

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Ukraine, Russia In Talks For Halting Airstrikes On Energy Sites: Report

October 30, 2024 admin

Ukraine and Russia are in the early stages of negotiations about potentially halting airstrikes on each other’s energy facilities, the Financial Times reported, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter. The FT, citing sources late on Tuesday who it said included senior Ukrainian officials, reported that Ukraine was seeking to resume talks that had come…

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Ukraine’s vast forests devastated in hellscape of war

October 10, 2024 admin

Serhiy Tsapok surveyed the smouldering ruins of pine trees, blackened stumps as far as the eye can see that bear witness to a scorched nation. “They’re dead now,” the weary ranger said of the trees he’d nursed for almost two decades. The 41-year-old’s daily route through the Ukrainian forests, once a joy, has become a…

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Zelensky to attend defence talks in Germany with Biden

October 5, 2024 admin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will attend an international meeting to discuss military support for Ukraine to be held in Germany next week | Photo Credit: Getty Images via AFP President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday (October 5, 2024) he would attend an international meeting to discuss military support for Ukraine to be held in Germany next…

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Ukraine Claims Over 650,000 Russian Soldiers Killed Since War Began In 2022

September 30, 2024 admin

Russia has lost 651,810 troops since the onset of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said. This figure, released on September 29, includes 1,170 Russian casualties recorded in just one day. In addition to troop casualties, the report said Russia lost 8,869 tanks, 17,476 armoured…

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Joe Biden in farewell U.N. address says peace still possible in conflicts in Mideast and Ukraine

September 24, 2024 admin

President Joe Biden declared in his final address to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday (September 24, 2024) that the U.S. must not retreat from the world, as Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon edged toward all-out war and Israel’s bloody operation against Hamas in Gaza neared the one-year mark. Mr. Biden used his wide-ranging…

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Biden urges world to ‘stop arming generals’ in Sudan

September 24, 2024 admin

President Joe Biden addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, September 24, 2024, at the U.N. headquarters. | Photo Credit: AP US President Joe Biden on Tuesday (September 24, 2024) urged all countries to cut off weapons supplies to rival generals in Sudan, as the UN chief said he regretted…

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