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Ukraine counteroffensive hits Russia where it hurts; front line ‘intense but fully controlled,’ commander says
Russians’ security situation in Crimea is deteriorating, UK ministry says Smoke billows and explosions erupt from a Russian munitions depot in Dzhankoi on August 16, 2022. Moscow blamed the catastrophic event on a fire that spread and detonated ammunition. Marie-laure Messana | AFP | Getty Images Recent explosions at Russian military facilities in Crimea are […]
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Zelenskyy speaks to Macron as fears over nuclear plant mount; explosions hit Russian ammo depot in Crimea
Zelenskyy warns Ukrainians to avoid Russian military installations due to reports of explosions Smoke rises after explosions were heard from the direction of a Russian military airbase near Novofedorivka, Crimea August 9, 2022. Stringer | Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked people in Crimea and other heavily occupied areas of Ukraine to not go near […]
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Russia urged to withdraw forces from Ukrainian nuclear power plant; Putin turns to North Korea for friendship
Putin looks to expand ties with North Korea Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held talks in 2019. Alexander Zemlianichenko | Afp | Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly sent a message of friendship to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in which he expressed his wish for […]
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Zelenskyy slams Ukrainian officials for revealing tactics; details of Crimea airbase blasts emerge
Eleven rockets hit Ukraine’s Kramatorsk at 2 a.m., mayor says Eleven Russian rockets struck the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, its mayor Oleksandr Honcharenko reported via his Facebook page. “Private homes were destroyed. There is no information about victims. Occupiers destroy everything in their path – a terrorist tactic,” he wrote in a translation provided […]
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Satellite images show Russian warplanes destroyed in Crimea; Moscow’s military exports under strain
Satellite imagery shows at least 8 Russian warplanes hit in Crimea attack Satellite imagery from U.S.-based Planet Labs shows at least eight Russian warplanes damaged or destroyed from massive explosions that took place on Tuesday at Russia’s Saky airbase in Crimea. The Kremlin has denied that any planes were damaged in the blasts that it […]
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Zelenskyy vows to liberate Crimea; Ukraine fears Russian damage to major nuclear plant
Zelenskyy vows to liberate Russian-annexed Crimea People rest on a beach as smoke and flames rise after explosions at a Russian military airbase, in Novofedorivka, Crimea August 9, 2022. Stringer | Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed in his nightly address that Ukraine would liberate its southern peninsula of Crimea, which was annexed by Russia […]
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Russia launches Iranian satellite into space; more ships carrying produce depart Ukraine
Russia is stripping airplanes for parts amid sanctions-induced shortage Aeroflot Russian Airlines and Rossiya Airlines jet aircrafts at Moscow-Sheremetyevo International Airport. Leonid Faerberg | Lightrocket | Getty Images Russia has started stripping jetliners of spare parts they can no longer obtain from overseas due to Western sanctions, Reuters reported, citing several anonymous sources. The majority […]
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Biden authorizes largest yet weapons package for Ukraine, bringing U.S. commitment to $9.8 billion
Ukraine was already stocking up on U.S.-made Javelins before Russia invaded. Here a group of Ukrainian servicemen take a shipment of Javelins in early February, as Russia positioned troops on Ukraine’s border. Sergei Supinsky | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON – The Biden administration announced a $1 billion security assistance package for Ukraine on Monday, […]
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Russia’s Medvedev says Moscow will achieve its aims in Ukraine; two more ships depart Ukrainian ports
Former Russian President Medvedev says Moscow will achieve its aims in Ukraine Deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Alexandrovsky Garden near the Kremlin wall in Moscow on June 22, 2022. Yekaterina Shtukina | Afp | Getty Images Former Russian […]
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Russia says it’s ready to discuss prisoner swap; three ships carrying grain leave Ukrainian ports
Russian-backed separatists claim to have taken east Ukraine’s Pisky village Pisky, a village on the outskirts of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, has been seized by pro-Russian forces, according to Russian state news agency Tass. Gaelle Girbes | Getty Images News | Getty Images Russian and pro-Russian forces said they have seized full control of Pisky, […]
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