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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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WNBA star Brittney Griner sentenced to nine years in prison by Russian court
US’ Women’s National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, waits for the verdict inside a defendants’ cage before a court hearing in Khimki outside Moscow, on August 4, 2022. Evgenia Novozhenina | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON – A Russian […]
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Russian ‘strike force’ builds around Zelenskyy’s hometown; fears grow for ‘out of control’ nuclear power plant
Russian ‘strike force’ building to target Zelenskyy’s hometown of Kryvyi Rih Kryvyi Rih, the hometown of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is looking increasingly vulnerable with Ukraine saying Russia is building a military “strike force” to target the industrial city in central-southern Ukraine. Early Thursday, Ukraine’s southern military command saying the situation in its operational area […]
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UN Secretary General urges governments to tax ‘immoral’ oil and gas profits
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during the 2022 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations in New York City on August 1, 2022. Ed Jones | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged governments on Wednesday to tax excessive […]
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‘It’s just hell’: Ukraine says Russia has the advantage in battle for the Donbas; grain ship safely arrives in Turkey
First grain shipment out of Ukraine in months reaches Turkey safely The first grain ship to leave Ukraine in months has arrived safely in Turkish waters, where it will be inspected before it continues its journey to Lebanon. The shipment comes after a deal was brokered between Russia and Ukraine by Turkey and the United […]
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