Politics
Ukraine says it still controls Sievierodonetsk plant sheltering hundreds of civilians
Smoke rises after a military strike on a compound of Sievierodonetsk’s Azot Chemical Plant, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in the town of Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine June 10, 2022. Oleksandr Ratushniak | Reuters Bitter fighting raged in Sievierodonetsk, but the region’s governor said Ukraine remained in control of an industrial area and chemical plant […]
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Ukraine grain exports via Poland and Romania face bottlenecks, says deputy foreign minister
A driver unloads a truck at a grain store during barley harvesting in the village of Zhovtneve, Ukraine, July 14, 2016. Valentyn Ogirenko | Reuters Ukraine has established two routes through Poland and Romania to export grain and avert a global food crisis although bottlenecks have slowed the supply chain, Kyiv’s deputy foreign minister said […]
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Ukraine’s leader says his troops keep defying predictions
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said no one knows how long the war in his country will last but that Ukrainian forces are defying expectations by preventing Russian troops from overrunning eastern Ukraine, where the fighting has been fiercest for weeks. In his nightly video address, Zelenskyy said he was proud of the Ukrainian defenders managing […]
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Russian shelling triggers fire in eastern city of Sievierodonetsk, governor says
Smoke rises after a military strike on a compound of Sievierodonetsk’s Azot Chemical Plant, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in the town of Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine June 10, 2022. Oleksandr Ratushniak | Reuters Russian shelling of the Azot chemical plant in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk ignited a big fire on Saturday after […]
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Russia is said to be using more deadly weapons in war with Ukraine
A Terminator-2 tank support fighting vehicle (front) drives during the joint Russian-Belarusian military exercises Zapad-2017 (West-2017) at the Luzhsky training ground in the Leningrad region on September 18, 2017. Vasily Maximov | Afp | Getty Images Ukrainian and British officials warned Saturday that Russian forces are relying on weapons able to cause mass casualties as […]
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UK man’s family ‘devastated’ by death sentence after fighting for Ukraine
A non exploded aviation bomb FAB-250 is pictured in front of a destroyed building in the city of Mariupol on June 2, 2022, amid the ongoing Russian military action in Ukraine. Stringer | AFP | Getty Images The family of a British man condemned to death for fighting for Ukraine said it is devastated by […]
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EU’s von der Leyen tells Zelenskyy opinion on EU membership ready next week
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen meets President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, Ukraine on April 8, 2022. Ukraine has completed a questionnaire which marks the starting point for the European Union to decide on membership for Kyiv, says Ihor Zhovkva, deputy head of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office on Monday. EU Commission / […]
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Australia reaches settlement with France over scrapped submarine deal
French President Emmanuel Macron and former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull stand on the deck of HMAS Waller, a Collins-class submarine operated by the Royal Australian Navy, at Garden Island in Sydney on May 2, 2018. Ludovic Marin | Afp | Getty Images Australia’s new Labor-led government has reached a 555 million euro ($583.58 million) […]
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Jan. 6 probe’s first hearing accused Trump of fueling election conspiracy. Here’s what’s coming next
The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th hearing listen to a video of President Donald Trump in the Cannon House Office Building on Thursday, June 9, 2022 in Washington, DC. Kent Nishimura | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images In its first public hearing, the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol […]
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Trump’s Air Force One paint scheme scrapped by Biden
A model of the proposed paint scheme of the next generation of Air Force One is on display during a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the Oval Office of the White House June 20, 2019 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images The Biden administration will […]
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