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Coming winter will be ‘the most difficult’ for Ukraine, Zelenskyy says; 1,000 Mariupol fighters reportedly sent to Russia. Follow our live updates
More than 1,000 Mariupol fighters have been sent to Russia, report suggests A screen grab taken from a video released by Russian Defense Ministry shows Ukrainian soldiers being evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant in the port city of Mariupol, Ukraine, on May 17, 2022. Russian Defence Ministry handout | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images […]
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Ukraine wants to join the European Union. But it is not going to be easy
Ukraine has requested to become a member of the EU, but the process is likely to take some time and it is unclear if there is a broad support to accept several new nations in the bloc. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images The European Union could be about to throw its support behind Ukraine […]
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Ukraine retakes parts of Severodonetsk amid brutal street fighting; Zelenskyy mourns ‘dead cities’. Follow our live updates
Zelenskyy mourns Ukraine’s ‘dead cities’ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy decried what he called Ukraine’s “dead cities,” once centers of life now almost entirely destroyed by Russian bombardment. He was referring to Severodonetsk and Lysychansk, crucial remaining holdouts in the country’s east that Russian forces have almost entirely captured and that are key in Moscow’s aims […]
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Russia’s failure to achieve major goals in Ukraine is ‘quite embarrassing,’ ex-U.S. official says
A destroyed Russian tank about 25 miles west of Kyiv. Russia failed to achieve its key tactical objectives in the first 100 days of the Ukraine war, according to a former U.S. diplomat. (Photo by Sergei Chuzavkov/SOPA Images/Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Russia has failed to achieve its strategic goals in the first […]
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Russia thinks it has found a way around Washington’s dollar bond payment blockade
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov (seen here with Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2019) reportedly told Russian newspaper Vedomosti that Moscow will continue to service external debts in rubles, but foreign Eurobond holders will need to open ruble and hard currency accounts with Russian banks in order to receive payments. Mikhail Svetlov | Getty Images […]
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UK to send long-range missiles to Ukraine despite Putin warning; Zelenskyy visits hard-hit Donbas
Heavy fighting is continuing around Severodonetsk in eastern Ukraine, UK says Smoke and dirt rise in the city of Severodonetsk during fighting between Ukrainian and Russian troops in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas on June 2, 2022. Aris Messinis | AFP | Getty Images Heavy fighting is continuing around the contested town of Severodonetsk […]
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How the U.S. Space Force plans to police outer space
Outer space is getting crowded, with both commercial endeavors and secretive military projects. And it’s going to be up to the newest United States military branch, the Space Force, to protect American interests there. Space launches in the U.S. have been on the rise, and participation by private companies has increased over the last decade. […]
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Food price inflation rocks the Middle East’s economies, pushing up risk of social unrest
Local government officials and a Ukrainian soldier inspect a grain warehouse earlier shelled by Russian forces on May 06, 2022 near the frontlines of Kherson Oblast in Novovorontsovka, Ukraine. John Moore | Getty Images Rising prices of food and energy are reverberating through Middle Eastern and North African economies, a new S&P Global Ratings report […]
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Russia-Ukraine war hits 100th day; Moscow starts military drills in the Pacific. Follow our live updates
Russia controls over 90% of Luhansk, but no original goals have been achieved: UK MoD On the 100th day of Russia’s war in Ukraine, which the Kremlin still terms its “special military operation,” Russian forces made significant territorial gains in the country’s eastern Donbas, now controlling more than 90% of Luhansk. “Russia is now achieving […]
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Angela Merkel breaks silence on Ukraine, calls Russia’s war ‘barbaric’
German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a joint news conference with Ukrainian President following their talks at the Mariinsky palace in Kiev, on August 22, 2021. SERGEY DOLZHENKO | AFP | Getty Images Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel forcefully condemned Russia’s war in Ukraine in her first public speech since leaving office in December of last […]
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