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Russia-Ukraine expected to sign grain export deal; U.S. says Moscow deliberately weaponized food
Turkey says Russia and Ukraine are close to signing grain export deal A farm implement harvests grain in the field, as Russian-Ukrainian war continues in Odesa, Ukraine on July 04, 2022. Metin Aktas | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images A U.N.-backed deal to resume exports of Ukrainian grain could be signed on Friday, easing a […]
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No evidence Putin is sick, CIA chief says; Ukraine desperate for air defense systems as forces hold the frontline
CIA director says Putin is wrong on Western resolve in Ukraine CIA Director William Burns in Washington, DC on October 27, 2021. Vladimir Putin’s view that Western resolve in Ukraine will gradually weaken is wrong, said CIA Director William Burns at the Aspen Security Forum on Wednesday. Drew Angerer | Getty Images News | Getty […]
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Ukrainian first lady urges Congress to send more weapons for fight against Russia
Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska speaks to members of the US Congress about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in the US Capitol Visitors Center Auditorium on July 20, 2022, in Washington, DC. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON — Ukraine’s first lady, Olena Zelenska, on Wednesday urged bipartisan lawmakers to send more weapons to her […]
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Putin says Ukraine has no ‘desire’ to pursue peace deal; Russians look to advance on key city Bakhmut
Trade official says 140 Finnish companies have trimmed operations in Russia The logo of Finnish dairy-products exporter Valio seen at the company’s offices in St. Petersburg on August 12, 2014. Over the past few months, 140 Finnish companies have reduced business in Russia to one degree or another, Russian state-owned news agency Ria Novosti reported […]
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Russia is laying the groundwork to annex Ukrainian territory, White House says
Britain’s Ministry of Defense has said that Russian forces, having seized the Luhansk province in the Donbas after weeks of intense shelling, are likely to employ the same tactics to seize Donetsk Scott Olson | Getty Images WASHINGTON – The White House said Tuesday that it has intelligence to indicate Russia is taking steps to […]
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UK shatters record for its hottest day ever with temperatures hitting 104.4 Fahrenheit
U.K. rail services were heavily impacted Monday, with buckled rails reported and overhead wire systems failing in some places. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images LONDON — Britain recorded its hottest-ever day Tuesday, with temperatures hitting a high of 40.2 degrees Celsius (104.4 degrees Fahrenheit) in south England, according to provisional data from […]
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U.S.-supplied rockets helping Ukraine retain defensive lines, official says; Putin meets Erdogan to talk grain exports
Russia over-committed in Donbas and likely to make slow progress, UK says Russia continues to commit what are nominally six separate armies to its Donbas offensive, according to the latest intelligence update from the British Ministry of Defence, that noted Tuesday that at full strength, before the invasion, these formations were established for around 150,000 […]
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Russia orders its forces to intensify operations ‘in all directions’; Ukraine’s Zelenskyy suspends top officials after treason fears
Zelenskyy removes top officials after cases of treason in government agencies Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy suspended the head of Ukraine’s security service and the prosecutor general. It was announced on Sunday that Prosecutor General Irina Venediktova and the Head of the SBU (the Security Service of Ukraine) Ivan Bakanov were being suspended after Zelenskyy said […]
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45 countries sign a pact to punish Russian war crimes; 2.5 million people have been moved from Ukraine to Russia, UK says
More than 2.5 million people have been evacuated from Ukraine to Russia: UK More than 2.5 million people have been evacuated from Ukraine to Russia, Britain’s Ministry of Defense wrote in its latest intelligence update, with many of those evacuees suspected to have been forcibly deported. “Russia continues to face accusations that it is forcibly […]
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Russians ‘destroying everything they see’ as they bombard Donbas; Ukraine exports deal could be close
Russians ‘destroying everything they see in front of them’ as they try to advance, Ukraine official says Russian forces are reportedly attempting to break through to Siversk — a town that lies between the Luhansk and Donetsk regions in eastern Ukraine — in order to open a way to nearby Bakhmut in Donetsk, a Ukrainian […]
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