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Ukrainian Minister Arrested For Taking Bribe Worth Half A Million Dollars

August 12, 2024 admin

The minister took the payment with the help of three alleged accomplices (Representational) Kyiv: A Ukrainian deputy energy minister accused of taking a bribe worth half a million dollars has been arrested along with three alleged accomplices, Ukraine’s SBU Security Service said on Monday. The minister, whom the SBU did not name, allegedly demanded mining…

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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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Putin accuses Ukraine of a ‘large-scale provocation’ with its raid in southwestern Russia

August 7, 2024 admin

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday (August 7, 2024) described a Ukrainian incursion into the country’s southwestern Kursk region as a “large-scale provocation” as his officials asserted that they were fighting off cross-border raids for a second day. Ukrainian officials remained silent about the scope of the operation. Mr. Putin met with his top defense…

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Russia Says Ukraine Launched Missiles, Drones Shot Down Over Kursk Region

August 7, 2024 admin

Five people were killed throughout the day and some 28 wounded Moscow: Ukraine lobbed missiles and drones at Russia’s southwest region of Kursk overnight, the local governor said Wednesday, a day after pro-Kyiv forces crossed across the border with tanks and armoured vehicles. “Two Ukrainian missiles were shot down by air defence systems in the…

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The View From India newsletter: Is all well in Indo-U.S. partnership?

July 29, 2024 admin

(This article is part of the View From India newsletter curated by The Hindu’s foreign affairs experts. To get the newsletter in your inbox every Monday, subscribe here.) Earlier in July, immediately after Prime Minister Modi wrapped up a bilateral summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, since first visit to Russia since the Ukraine…

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Thousands Of Ukrainians To Graduate Amid “To Stay Or Leave” Concerns

July 25, 2024 admin

Student life was barely back to normal after Covid-19 when Russia invaded Ukraine (Representational) Kyiv, Ukraine: Anton Yushyn spent four years studying Italian at university in Kyiv but the outbreak of war taught him the most valuable lesson of his student life: to prioritise what matters most. When he enrolled at Kyiv National Linguistic University,…

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Ukraine’s top diplomat in Beijing for talks on ending war

July 23, 2024 admin

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Ukraine’s Foreign Minister was in China on July 23 for talks on how officials there might help end the war with Russia, whose ties with Beijing have grown stronger since the conflict began. China presents itself as a neutral party in the war and says it…

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Russia downs 75 Ukraine-launched drones, some near Tuapse oil refinery

July 22, 2024 admin

Representational file image. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia’s air defence systems destroyed 75 drones launched by Ukraine overnight, including eight near the town of Tuapse on the Black Sea where Russia’s oil major Rosneft has a refinery, the Russian Defence Ministry said on July 22. Forty-seven drones were downed over the Rostov region in Russia’s…

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Ukraine faces twin challenges of fighting Russia and shifting political sands in the U.S.

July 17, 2024 admin

After almost 30 months of war with Russia, Ukraine’s difficulties on the battlefield are mounting even as its vital support from the United States is increasingly at the mercy of changing political winds. A six-month delay in military assistance from the U.S., the biggest single contributor to Ukraine, opened the door for the Kremlin’s forces…

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