World
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War in Ukraine
6/29/2023 3:58:47 PM
The EU's top diplomat warned Thursday that a "weaker" Russian President Vladimir Putin would pose a "greater danger" after Wagner's aborted mutiny sparked the largest political crisis in decades in the nuclear-armed country.
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World
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War in Ukraine
6/29/2023 2:10:07 PM
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will be key figures at Thursday's European Union summit, underscoring the importance the 27 EU leaders attach to protecting their eastern flank from Russian aggression and beefing up Ukraine’s defense capabilities.
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World
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War in Ukraine
6/28/2023 6:40:04 PM
The United States late on Tuesday announced a fresh tranche of arms to bolster Ukraine's mounting counteroffensive against Russian forces, including armored vehicles, precision munitions and mine-clearing equipment.
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World
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War in Ukraine
6/28/2023 6:19:42 PM
Russian forces target only military-linked infrastructure in Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Wednesday, after a strike on a restaurant in the eastern city of Kramatorsk left at least 10 dead.
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World
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War in Ukraine
6/28/2023 4:57:19 PM
Poland on Wednesday received a first shipment of US-made advanced Abrams tanks, its defence minister said, as the country boosts its military capabilities in light of Russia's war in Ukraine.
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World
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Africa
6/28/2023 3:43:39 PM
The Russian mercenary group that briefly threatened President Vladimir Putin’s authority has for years been a ruthless force-for-hire across Africa, protecting rulers at the expense of the masses.
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World
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War in Ukraine
6/27/2023 7:48:46 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin told troops gathered Tuesday at the Kremlin they prevented civil war after a revolt by Wagner mercenaries, and held a minute's silence for pilots killed during the insurrection.
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World
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War in Ukraine
6/27/2023 7:07:27 PM
Yevgeny Prigozhin, owner of the private army of inmate recruits and other mercenaries that has fought some of the deadliest battles in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, is in Belarus after his abortive armed rebellion against the Kremlin, Belarus’s president said Tuesday.
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World
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War in Ukraine
6/27/2023 12:25:03 PM
Russian authorities said Tuesday they have closed a criminal investigation into the armed rebellion led by Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, with no charges against him or any of the other participants.
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International
6/26/2023 10:53:36 PM
US diplomats reached out to Russian counterparts in "real time" to discuss security concerns during the Wagner mercenary group revolt, the White House said Monday.
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World
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War in Ukraine
6/26/2023 8:19:57 PM
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has made Switzerland, the home of several international organisations, a hub for Russian and Chinese espionage, the Swiss intelligence service said Monday.
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World
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International
6/26/2023 6:47:09 PM
The leader of the Wagner mercenary group defended his short-lived insurrection in an audio statement Monday, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu made his first public appearance since the uprising that demanded his ouster, in a video aimed at projecting a sense of order after the country’s most serious political crisis in decades.
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World
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War in Ukraine
6/26/2023 6:12:29 PM
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday visited the frontline Donetsk region in the east of his country, which is partly occupied by Russian forces.
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World
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War in Ukraine
6/26/2023 3:14:42 PM
The head of the Wagner group is still under investigation for trying to organise an armed rebellion, Russian news agencies reported on Monday, despite a deal to end his mutiny announced earlier by the Kremlin.
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World
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War in Ukraine
6/26/2023 12:43:01 PM
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Monday said the weekend mutiny by mercenary troops in Russia showed that Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine was a "mistake".
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World
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War in Ukraine
6/26/2023 10:35:43 AM
Wagner's aborted mutiny shows Moscow's war in Ukraine is splintering Russian power, the EU's top diplomat said Monday, warning instability in the nuclear-armed power is "not a good thing".
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World
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War in Ukraine
6/26/2023 9:50:07 AM
The rebellious mercenary soldiers who briefly took over a Russian military headquarters on an ominous march toward Moscow were gone Sunday, but the short-lived revolt has weakened President Vladimir Putin just as his forces are facing a fierce counteroffensive in Ukraine.
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World
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War in Ukraine
6/26/2023 9:32:51 AM
Russian state television on Monday broadcast footage of Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu inspecting Russian troops, in his first public appearance since a failed mutiny by Wagner forces.
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World
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War in Ukraine
6/25/2023 9:19:35 PM
A short-lived revolt by a rebellious Russian mercenary commander ended with his troops beating a retreat, but the extraordinary challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s two-decade hold on power could have long-term consequences for his rule and his war in Ukraine.
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World
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Region
6/25/2023 12:43:00 PM
Russian air strikes killed at least 13 people in rebel-held northwest Syria on Sunday, the deadliest attack on the war-torn country this year, a war monitor said.
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