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Russia has shouted a long time
Ukraine said it has shot down 10 of the 15 drones that Russian forces used to attack Ukrainian forces. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this while speaking on the second day of the war with Russia. Three Russian servicemen were killed on Monday when a Ukrainian drone was shot down by air defenses at a…
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Putin has a clear preference in the vote in two years
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that his “special military operation” in Ukraine is taking longer than expected and has succeeded in seizing new territory. “The things we held dear, like the memory of the Second World War, for instance, became completely compromised,” he said, referring to Putin’s baseless claim that Russian forces are “denazifying”…
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A treasury official stated that US monitoring and countervailingRussian intelligence services as part of the sanctions cracking
The US on Friday imposed sanctions on Russian and third-country actors that are “supporting Russia’s war effort” in Ukraine. It targeted over 200 individuals and entities, including both Russian and third- country actors across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. It also imposed sanctions on companies tied to Russia’s aerospace, technology and electronics sectors.
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There is an opinion about how Putin can’t win in Ukraine
Russia has criticised Ukraine for trying to deliver humanitarian aid to the Russian-held city of Kramatorsk. Russian Defence Ministry said that it has rejected the Ukrainian authorities’ “unacceptable demands” for humanitarian assistance to be delivered in the city. This comes after at least 12 people were killed and 110 others were injured in Russian missile…
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There is a secret weapon against Russia that is batteries
Ukraine’s Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko has said that 70% of the country’s energy infrastructure has been attacked by Russian missiles in the last two months. “After Russia attacked… Ukrainian civilian population, we’ll be looking for air defence options that will help the Ukrainians,” General Mark Milley, Chairman of US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said.
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The man sheds light on brutality in the country
Russian military contractor Wagner Group has stopped recruiting convicts from Russian prisons to fight in Ukraine amid a conflict between Russian forces and the Ukrainian military, its CEO Yevgeny Prigozhin said. “Those who work for us now are fulfilling all their obligations,” he said. Prigozhin’s statement comes after reports claimed that Russian Defence Minister Sergei…
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Biden will have a clash with Putin after his surprise trip to Ukraine
Ukraine’s Defence Ministry on Monday said that its forces carried out airstrikes on Russian military positions in Crimea. This comes a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine will take control of the peninsula by the end of the year. Ukraine has been fighting Russia-backed separatists in Crimea since the beginning of the…
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Daily briefing about how artificial intelligence might change mathematics
Nearly 60,000 Ukrainian researchers fled Ukraine during the first half of World War II, according to an estimate by the National Scientific Academy of Ukraine. The academy has been supporting scientists who have left the country, it added. Some scientists said that they did not want to continue working at the Large Hadron Collider (LHR)…
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Ukrainians have ever had more pesticide malware than any other country
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “hybrid war” with Ukraine has not been successful, a Western official said. The official added that there was no way that Russia could measure success in cyberspace by a single attack. In 2017, Russia launched ‘NotPetya’ malware that wiped computer systems at companies across Ukraine before spreading around the world, according…
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Is it possible that Russian assets can be used to rebuild Ukraine?
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has said that the reasons for the ongoing war in Ukraine are because the country has historically been part of Russia, even though it had gained independence from the Soviet Union more than 30 years ago. He added that Russia was defending itself against “neo-Nazi” government in Ukraine just as…
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Russia’s war has recently been updated in Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that US President Joe Biden assured him that “we will be providing Ukraine with military assistance for as long as it takes”. Zelenskyy’s remarks came during a meeting with US President Joe Biden in the White House. US President Joe Biden promised to provide more military aid to Ukraine during…
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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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Ukrainians are defiant amid one of the biggest missile barrages
Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister Oleksandr Reznichenko said the country is adhering to international humanitarian law, but cannot comment on specific weapons “before the end of the war and restoration of our sovereignty and territorial integrity”. The Ukrainian official added that Ukraine has been asking for the weapons “for many months”. Russia has launched fresh strikes…
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Russia’s cyberwar has been overshadowed by deaths of civilians
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that the country is prepared to face a “long confrontation with” Russia after his visit to Washington. Zelenskyy, who visited the US for the first time since the start of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, also said that the country would not tolerate the Russian annexation of…
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Russia’s war inUkraine is live
Russian President Vladimir Putin “is running short of friends” amid the military conflict in Ukraine, a British diplomat said. “We can see that desperation at many levels inside Russian society and inside the Russian military machine,” he added. The diplomat’s comments come after an air strike on a Russian military base in Ukraine on New…
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Putin would like you to know he won’t be humiliated
Ukraine is supplying sophisticated Western-supplied weapons to help shoot down Russia’s missiles and drones, as well as send artillery fire into Russia-held areas of the country, a Ukrainian military spokesperson said. Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had proposed a 10-point peace formula that includes Russia’s withdrawal from all Ukraine territory, a path to nuclear safety…
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Biden turned to the lessons of the Cuban missile crisis in dealing with Putin
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that he has a peace plan for Ukraine but Russia will keep fighting. “I told (US President) Joe Biden, I have a plan but Russia will keep fighting,” Zelenskyy added during a visit to the US. The US has accused Russia of war crimes in Ukraine where it has…
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There was a bigger message from the Biden-Xi meeting
Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in the US on Monday for his first trip outside his country since the Russian invasion in February. The two leaders will discuss “the war between Ukraine and Russia, the sanctions imposed by the US and Europe,” an official said. Zelenskyy will be accompanied by Ukraine’s Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman.
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Russia’s top brass have failed and are now being blamed
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he would declare that the region of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern and southern Ukraine will be part of Russia on Friday. Russia had annexed the two regions after it fought a war with Ukrainian forces in the region for over seven months. At least 3,610 people have been…
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There is a revenge for Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the threat of nuclear war is growing and suggested that Russia could abandon its “no first-use” nuclear weapons doctrine. The Russian leader’s comments come amid a standoff between Russia and Ukraine following Moscow’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in March. Earlier, Putin had said that Russia would only…
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Ukraine is in a situation of panic
Ukraine on Monday said that it destroyed a Russian drone that had fired 76 missiles at it on Saturday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the drone was shot down by nine Shaheeds, a type of drone used by the Russian military for reconnaissance and attack operations. At least three Russian servicemen were killed when…
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As war rages, the Allies of Ukraine meet to plan arms supply
Ukraine’s air defense systems had shot down around 30 missiles fired by Russia over the past 24 hours, the country’s defence ministry said on Thursday. Russia has said that it has fired about 65 missiles at Ukraine this week. Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had said that the country is ready to defend itself with…
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Should the world respond if Putin fires a nuclear weapon?
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that his “special military operation in Ukraine is taking longer than expected”. He added that it has succeeded in seizing new territory and added that Russia’s nuclear weapons are deterring escalation of the conflict. Putin’s comments came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the international community for a…
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Ukraine is at risk unless it is attacked, as tensions escalate at the border
Russian forces in Ukraine were running out of troops on Monday as the Ukrainian military made gains in the South of the country and pressed their offensive in the east. Meanwhile, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko rejected a proposal to establish a joint force between Belarus and Russia, calling it “co-aggressor”. The move comes after a…
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An orphan who survived the Mariupol siege finds a family
A 27-year-old railroad worker Vladimir Bespalov has said the first day of the conflict in Ukraine was “very clearly” when Russian forces invaded their country. “We realized we were already in a state of war, and we thought we could no longer adopt,” he added. Bespalov and his wife Maria were later to learn from…