Russia has lost more than 30 percent of its ground combat efficiency in Ukraine but military concerns will not lead to regime change in Russia, according to Britain's senior military official, USA Today reported. Early Sunday, Russian missiles struck industrial districts of Mykolaiv, which...
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Russian energy giant Gazprom warned this week that it could not guarantee the proper operation of "critical" equipment for the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline, despite Canada's decision to return an important turbine after it had been repaired there, Politico reported. Nord Stream, Germany's...
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Officials from Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, and the United Nations reached an agreement on major elements of a plan to resume Ukrainian grain shipments across the Black Sea which had been disrupted following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, according to the Wall Street Journal. Representatives from...
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Iran will send hundreds of weapons-capable drones to Russia to aid Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, according to US officials, underscoring a deepening alliance that will be punctuated next week when Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Tehran, the Guardian reported Tuesday. US intelligence officials also said Iran...
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EU finance ministers approved a European Commission proposal for about $1 billion in financial support to Ukraine in the form of a long-term concessional loan, Politico reported The money will be backed by an EU budget guarantee, and interest payments will be subsidized by...
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Happenings today surrounding Kaliningrad echo a bygone era when European statesmen standing around an enormous map on a table negotiated borders over cigars and sherry. Kaliningrad was born in that era. As the Guardian explained, Teutonic knights founded the region in the 13th century. It became...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday expanding a fast-track system for obtaining Russian citizenship for all Ukrainians in another push to enhance Moscow's influence on war-torn Ukraine, the Associated Press wrote. Until recently, only inhabitants of Ukraine's eastern Donetsk and Luhansk...
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Russian missile attacks have inflicted massive destruction in towns and cities throughout eastern and southern Ukraine, the BBC reported. According to local officials, four people were killed in a hit on Siversk, a town in the Donetsk area. Still, Russian ground forces do not...
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Bali, Indonesia, for a meeting of G20 foreign ministers that is expected to be overshadowed by Moscow's invasion of Ukraine and profound disagreements inside the group over how to respond to the situation, the Guardian reported. The...
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Along with other activism to promote democracy and respect for the law in his native Russia, Sergei Davidis spoke in the defense of Alexei Navalny in court earlier this year. He told the i (inews.co.uk), a British news outlet, that he knew the main political...
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Russian forces increased their attacks in Donetsk as the Kremlin seeks to seize additional territory in the Donbas area, USA Today reported. Shelling has killed at least eight people in Ukraine in the past 24 hours, authorities reported Wednesday. According to pro-Russian rebels, attacks...
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On Tuesday, all 30 NATO members approved the accession protocols for Sweden and Finland, sending the two countries' membership requests to the allies’ capitals for legislative approval, according to the Associated Press. The decision worsens Russia's geopolitical isolation in the aftermath of its February...
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After taking control of nearby Luhansk, the region’s governor warned that Russian soldiers are attempting to advance deeper into eastern Ukraine and take control of the entire Donetsk area, the Guardian reported. On Sunday evening, Ukraine's military leadership acknowledged that its soldiers had been...
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Russian assaults on civilian targets escalated rapidly in the second half of June, according to Ukrainian officials, with strikes involving older and less accurate weaponry from the Soviet times that result in more deaths, the New York Times wrote. Russia took control of Ukraine's...
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Ukrainian forces have forced Russian soldiers off Snake Island, a vital Black Sea location off the southern coast of Odesa, the Guardian noted. Russia portrayed the withdrawal from Snake Island, as a "goodwill gesture." But Ukrainian military officials said the Russians evacuated the island...
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President Joe Biden pledged to increase American military activities in Europe to shore up strength and unity among NATO members as they deal with Russia's invasion of Ukraine, NBC News wrote Wednesday. The occupied Kherson region in southern Ukraine is preparing to vote on...
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NATO leaders will formally invite Finland and Sweden to join the alliance on Wednesday after Turkey dropped its veto on their membership, NATO's secretary-general announced Tuesday evening, opening the way for one of the group's most substantial expansions in decades, the New York Times...
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For the first time in a century, Russia defaulted on its foreign-currency sovereign debt, the culmination of ever-tougher Western sanctions that cut off payment lines to international creditors, Bloomberg reported. For months, the country discovered ways to avoid sanctions imposed because of its invasion...
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Russian lawmaker Oleg Morozov of the pro-government United Russia political party, the largest in the country, was recently sharing his thoughts on a Rossiya-1 state television talk show. Speaking to pro-Kremlin TV host Olga Skabeyeva, he asked: what if Russian agents kidnapped a NATO country...
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The Group of Seven major economies will restrict gold imports from Russia, the latest in a series of penalties aimed at further isolating Russia economically over its invasion of Ukraine, CBS News reported. A formal announcement is expected Tuesday as the leaders hold their...
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