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Ukraine gets new air defences, allies deepen resolve after Russian strikes
By Agencies and published by CNA Brussels – Ukraine’s allies announced delivery of new air defences and recommitted to providing robust, enduring military assistance at a meeting at Nato headquarters on Wednesday (Oct. 12), saying Russian missile strikes two days ago only further united them. US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, sitting next to his …
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Ukraine’s Defence ministry vows revenge for Russian missile strikes
By Reuters and published by Yahoo! News and Swissinfo.ch Kyiv – Ukraine’s Defence Ministry said it would seek revenge for Russian missile strikes that hit cities across Ukraine on Monday morning. “There is sacrifice amongst people and destruction,” the ministry said on its Facebook page. “The enemy will be punished for the pain and death …
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Putin tightens infrastructure security after blast on bridge
By AP and published by Mercury News Kyiv, Ukraine – An explosion on Saturday caused the partial collapse of a bridge linking the Crimean Peninsula with Russia, damaging an important supply artery for the Kremlin’s faltering war effort in southern Ukraine and hitting a towering symbol of Russian power in the region. Nobody immediately …
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Russian men join exodus, fearing call-up to fight in Ukraine
By AP and published by NBC Boston Istanbul – Military-aged men fled Russia in droves on Friday, filling planes and causing traffic jams at border crossings to avoid being rounded up to fight in Ukraine following the Kremlin’s partial military mobilization. Queues stretching for 10 kilometres (6 miles) formed on a road leading to …
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India’s Modi tells Putin now is ‘not a time for war’
By AFP and published by CNA Samarkand, Uzbekistan – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin that now “is not a time for war” today (Sept. 16) on the sidelines of a regional summit. New Delhi and Moscow have longstanding ties dating back to the Cold War, and Russia remains by far …
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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy warns Europeans to brace for bleak winter
By Reuters and published by US News & World Report Kyiv – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has told Europeans to expect a difficult winter as the Russian assault on his country leads to cuts in oil and gas exports by Moscow. Zelenskiy was speaking on Saturday night after Moscow shut down a main pipeline that …
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Fears of a radiation leak mount near Ukrainian nuclear plant
By AP and published by Washington Post Kyiv, Ukraine – Authorities began distributing iodine tablets to residents near Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant today (August 26) in case of a radiation leak, amid mounting fears that the fighting around the complex could trigger a catastrophe. The move came a day after the plant was temporarily …
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Car blast kills daughter of Russian known as ‘Putin’s brain’
By AP and published by ABC News plus CNN Moscow – The daughter of an influential Russian political theorist often referred to as “Putin’s brain” was killed in a car bombing on the outskirts of Moscow, authorities said today (August 21). The Moscow branch of the Russian Investigative Committee said preliminary information indicated 29-year-old …
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Drone explosion hits Russia’s Black Sea Fleet HQ
By AP and published by Nbc12.com Kyiv, Ukraine – A small explosive device carried by a makeshift drone blew up on Sunday at the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet on the Crimean Peninsula, wounding six people and prompting the cancellation of ceremonies there honouring Russia’s navy, authorities said. Meanwhile, one of Ukraine’s richest men, …
Indonesia and Russia to build $22b refinery in East Java among other projects
By Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, The Straits Times Jakarta – Indonesia and Russia are set to work together on several projects, even as the West is isolating Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine. Indonesian state-owned oil company Pertamina and Russia’s Rosneft Oil Company are going ahead with their project to build a refinery in …
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Russia seizes control of Sakhalin gas project, raises stakes with West
By Reuters and published by CTV News Tokyo/London – President Vladimir Putin has raised the stakes in an economic war with the West and its allies with a decree that seizes full control of the Sakhalin-2 gas and oil project in Russia’s far east, a move that could force out Shell and Japanese investors. The …
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Russia abandons Snake Island in victory for Ukraine
By Reuters and published by Cyprus Mail RUSSIAN forces abandoned the strategic Black Sea outpost of Snake Island on Thursday (June 30) in a victory for Ukraine that could loosen the grip of Russia’s blockade on Ukrainian ports. Russia said it had decided to withdraw from the outcrop as a “gesture of goodwill” to …
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Tycoon Deripaska casts doubt on Russia quest for ‘victory’ in Ukraine
By Reuters and published by US News & World Report London – Russian aluminium tycoon Oleg Deripaska suggested on Tuesday (June 28) that no winner would emerge from Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and highlighted the economic price that Russia was paying for its actions. Deripaska’s comments to reporters in Moscow represented a rare public …
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Russia steps up missile strikes on Ukraine as G7 leaders gather
By Reuters, published by CNA, plus BBC Kyiv – Russian missiles hit an apartment block and kindergarten in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Sunday (June 26), in strikes US President Joe Biden condemned as “barbarism” as world leaders gathered in Europe to discuss further sanctions against Moscow. Up to four explosions shook central Kyiv …
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Ukrainian army leaving battered city for fortified positions
By AP and published by Cp24.com Kyiv, Ukraine – After weeks of ferocious fighting, Ukrainian forces have begun retreating from a besieged city in the country’s east to move to stronger positions, a regional governor said on Friday, the four-month mark in Russia’s invasion. The planned withdrawal from Sievierodonetsk, the administrative centre of the …
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European leaders grant Ukraine and Moldova EU candidate status
By ABC News/Wires EUROPEAN Union leaders have formally accepted Ukraine as a candidate to join the 27-nation bloc, a bold geopolitical move hailed by Ukraine and the EU itself as a “historic moment”. Although it could take Ukraine and neighbouring Moldova more than a decade to qualify for membership, the decision at a two-day …
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Thaksin advises public to hold cash amid global volatility
FORMER prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said via an online channel named Care Clubhouse on Tuesday (June 21) that it is advisable to hold onto cash and delay investment in high-risk assets such as stocks and cryptocurrencies amid the current global volatility, Sanook.com said. He pointed to the war between Russia and Ukraine as causing …
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Big crowds take to London streets to protest soaring costs
By AP, published by CTVnews.ca, plus BBC London – Thousands of people marched through central London on Saturday in a protest over the soaring cost of living in Britain. Huge crowds flooded into the British capital for the rally to demand that the government do more to help people faced with bills and other expenses …
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Ukraine gets possible path to EU, aid pledges from Britain
By AP and published by US News & World Report Kyiv, Ukraine – The European Union’s executive arm recommended putting Ukraine on a path to membership on Friday, a symbolic boost for a country fending off a Russian onslaught that is killing civilians, flattening cities and threatening its very survival. In another show of …
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Ukraine defies Russian ultimatum for eastern city, US sends more weapons to Kyiv
By Reuters and published by US News & World Report Kyiv/Niu-York, Ukraine – Ukraine ignored a Russian ultimatum to surrender the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk on Wednesday as the United States announced more weapons for Kyiv and urged its allies also not to “lose steam” in providing military support. Sievierodonetsk, now largely in ruins, …
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World’s ‘future rules’ being decided on Ukraine battlefields, says Zelenskyy at Singapore meet
By Channel NewsAsia Singapore – The future rules of the world are being decided on the battlefields of Ukraine, its President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday (June 11), warning that the Russian invasion has global implications for peace moving forward. “Please remember that this support and this attention is not only for Ukraine but …
Russia says two Ukrainian ports ready to ship grain but Kyiv must demine coast
By Reuters and published by US News & World Report London – Russia said on Tuesday that two major Ukrainian ports on the Sea of Azov seized by Russian forces were ready to resume grain shipments, but the Kremlin said Kyiv still needed to demine the approaches to its ports for exports to take …
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