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The US confirms that Ukraine fired long-range anti-tank missiles into Russia
Ukraine used American-made ATACMS longer-range missiles for the first time to strike a target inside Russia, Ukrainian officials said. Earlier in September, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed the Ukrainian military couldn’t deploysophisticated long-range weapons without NATO’s help. He further said the Russian military could not use sophisticated long-range weapons without NATO’s help.
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A hospital for children in Kyiv is one of the places Russia hit
Russia has denied hitting civilian targets and accused Ukraine of “hysterics” before the NATO summit. Russia’s Defense Ministry said that its forces were responding to the “Kyiv regime’s attempts to damage Russian economic and energy facilities”. It added that its forces were using long-range weapons to hit “military industrial facilities of Ukraine and air bases…
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The New York Times says that Putin’s options aren’t great
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s spokesman said on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is planning to take the country into a new phase of war. He added that the US and NATO are not involved in Russia’s attempted mutiny. Earlier, Putin had said that some Russian pilots were killed in the mutiny but he didn’t…
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NATO doubled its border with Russia in a blow to Putin
Finland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto on Tuesday raised the country’s flag at the NATO headquarters in Brussels. In 2017, Finland and Sweden simultaneously applied for NATO membership at the same time, US Vice President Joe Biden said. “This is a problem for…military operations of Finland and Sweden, since they have long had integrated…
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The Finns have dealt a blow to Putin as they enter NATO
Finland’s Foreign Affairs Minister Pekka Haavisto said, “This is the day most historic to us and to our partners.” Finland’s accession more than doubles NATO’s land border with Russia. Russia would strengthen its military capabilities in the north-west and northwest if NATO deploy forces and equipment on Finnish territory, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko…
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Turkey has approved the last hurdle of the NATO application by Finland
Turkey’s Parliament on Wednesday voted in favour of a motion opposing the accession of Sweden to NATO. In the motion, Turkey said that it should join NATO only if Sweden complies with its anti-terrorism laws. Turkey added that it should also be allowed to participate in NATO’s military drills. The motion was put forward by…
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It could backfire and hand Putin a propaganda coup, that is the analysis
Turkey, Sweden and Finland will meet next month to address challenges that have deterred Sweden’s accession application to the NATO, Turkish President Erdoan avuolu said. The meeting will be chaired by NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. Finland and Sweden had earlier said that they would join the alliance “hand-in-hand” with Sweden at the NATO summit in…
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NATO’s expansion may be in danger because Turkey is blocking it
NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg has said that Finland and Sweden will join the alliance “hand in hand” if they win the vote in Hungarian lawmakers on their bids. Stoltenberg’s statement comes after Finland, Sweden and Turkey said that they would not participate in the NATO’s membership process. Finland and Sweden have maintained that they’re not…
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The live updates include the release from the Russian jail of Basketball player Brittney Griner
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said that Finland and Sweden should become NATO members as soon as possible. He added that the main issue is not whether they are ratified together. However, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Finland and Sweden of being “like guest houses for terror organisations”, saying that they’re like “guest…
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Europe has a big question about Russia: what will they do next?
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that his country has been able to prevent Russian tanks from entering the eastern region of Donbas. He further said that Russia “has not been able to make any gains in the last few days”. However, Zelenskyy also said that Ukraine is “looking for help from other countries and…
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The live updates are about the release from Russian jail of a basketball player
US State Secretary Mikaev Blinken said that the time has come for Finland and Sweden to become full members of the NATO. “There can be no doubt on anyone’s part that they are ready today to be members of the alliance,” he added. Blinken further said that the countries have made progress since the NATO…
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There’s an Opinion about why Netanyahu is less friendly with Putin
Israel will share its airspace in the North with Russia in response to Syria’s invasion of Ukraine, Defence Minister Benny Gantz said. However, he added, Israel will “support and stands with Ukraine, NATO and the West”, but will not move its systems to Ukraine because “we have to share our airspace in the North with…