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War in Ukraine
8/19/2024 1:53:21 PM
Authorities in the southern Russian city of Proletarsk introduced a state of emergency Monday as firefighters battle for more than 24 hours to extinguish a blaze at an oil facility hit by a Ukrainian drone.
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War in Ukraine
8/19/2024 9:58:17 AM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday the daring military incursion into Russia’s Kursk region aims to create a buffer zone to prevent further attacks by Moscow across the border.
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War in Ukraine
8/18/2024 5:33:55 PM
Ukraine said Sunday it had struck a second key bridge in the Kursk region, seeking to disrupt Moscow's supply routes as Kyiv's unprecedented incursion on Russian soil stretched through its second week.
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War in Ukraine
8/18/2024 11:07:53 AM
Ukrainian drones attacked an oil storage facility in Russia's southern Rostov region early Sunday morning, sparking a large fuel fire, the local governor said.
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War in Ukraine
8/17/2024 5:15:44 PM
Germany, the second largest contributor of aid to war-torn Ukraine, plans to halve its bilateral military aid to Kyiv in 2025, a parliamentary source told AFP on Saturday.
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War in Ukraine
8/17/2024 3:30:28 PM
A Russian missile strike sparked a blaze in the Ukrainian city of Sumy Saturday, while Ukrainian forces continued to push into Russia’s Kursk border region.
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War in Ukraine
8/15/2024 9:23:36 PM
U.S.-Russian dual national Ksenia Khavana was convicted Thursday of treason in a Russian court and sentenced to 12 years in prison on charges stemming from a donation of about $52 to a charity aiding Ukraine.
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War in Ukraine
8/15/2024 4:44:09 PM
Ukrainian forces are now fully in control of the Russian town of Sudzha, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday, more than a week into Kyiv's incursion into Russian territory.
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War in Ukraine
8/14/2024 7:56:01 PM
For more than a week, Ukrainian troops have pushed into the Kursk region of Russia, just north of their border, in the most extensive incursion by Kyiv’s forces in the 2½-year-old war. The advance has shown significant weaknesses in Russia’s border defence and embarrassed the Kremlin.
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Region
8/14/2024 10:57:43 AM
Ukraine on Wednesday pressed its surprise offensive in Russian territory and bombarded the neighbouring border region of Belgorod, where the governor has declared a state of emergency.
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War in Ukraine
8/13/2024 7:58:28 PM
Ukraine now controls 74 settlements in Russia's Kursk border region, the country's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday.
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War in Ukraine
8/13/2024 3:49:15 PM
The Russian army is intensifying its attacks in eastern Ukraine, military authorities said Tuesday, even as the Kremlin’s forces try to check a stunning weeklong incursion into Russia by Kyiv’s troops.
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Region
8/12/2024 8:54:28 PM
The United States warned Iran on Monday against sending ballistic missiles to Russia, saying it would invoke a "severe" US response and would counter efforts by Tehran to improve relations.
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Africa
8/12/2024 5:11:26 PM
While Russia’s army is bogged down in Ukraine, its mercenaries are faring no better in Africa.
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International
8/12/2024 5:01:51 PM
The UK government welcomed Monday the "de-escalation" of disorder and rioting in English towns and cities following a knife attack that killed three children, but insisted officials remain on "high alert".
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War in Ukraine
8/12/2024 4:44:47 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that the Ukrainian army’s incursion into the Kursk region, which has caused more than 100,000 civilians to flee and embarrassed the Kremlin, is an attempt by Kyiv to stop Moscow’s offensive in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region and gain leverage in possible future peace talks.
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War in Ukraine
8/12/2024 10:04:38 AM
Russia on Monday ordered more evacuations in a region bordering Ukraine as it battled to contain an unprecedented push onto its territory by Kyiv forces.
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International
8/11/2024 6:43:44 PM
A week of racism-fuelled disorder in Northern Ireland, sparked by disturbances in English towns and cities, is proving harder to end, with fears the UK region's sectarian divisions are feeding into the violence.
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War in Ukraine
8/11/2024 6:08:33 PM
Russia's army appeared to acknowledge Sunday that Ukrainian units had driven deep into the country, saying it had hit troops and equipment around 30 kilometres (20 miles) from the border.
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War in Ukraine
8/11/2024 3:28:09 PM
Explosions rang out Saturday night in the centre and east of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, AFP journalists noted, as Ukraine's air force said two Russian missiles were headed towards the city.
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