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Wounded People: Seven wounded in Russian air strike on Ukraine's Dnipro
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Wounded People: Seven wounded in Russian air strike on Ukraine’s Dnipro

KYIV: Seven people were wounded early on Thursday in a Russian missile strike on the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro, authorities said. Six of the…

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Ukraine: Russia and Ukraine trade drone attacks as Kyiv claims it took out a key S-400 missile defense system
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Ukraine: Russia and Ukraine trade drone attacks as Kyiv claims it took out a key S-400 missile defense system

KYIV: Russia and Ukraine traded drone attacks early Wednesday, officials said, with Kyiv apparently targeting Moscow again and the Kremlin’s forces launching another bombardment of…

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Russia: 'It's dragged on': Ukrainians confront slow war gains
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Russia: ‘It’s dragged on’: Ukrainians confront slow war gains

KYIV: Rusted Russian tanks, which the Kremlin had hoped would parade victorious through Kyiv days after it invaded Ukraine, have instead been lined up as…

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Russia says it repelled border incursion from Ukraine
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Russia says it repelled border incursion from Ukraine

MOSCOW: Moscow’s forces have repelled an attempt by Ukrainian “saboteurs” to break into the Russian border region of Bryansk, the region’s local governor said Tuesday….

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Russia says thwarted Ukraine drone attack on Black Sea warships
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Russia says thwarted Ukraine drone attack on Black Sea warships

MOSCOW: Russia thwarted a Ukrainian marine drone attack on its warships in the Black Sea, its defence ministry said Thursday, the latest in a string…

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China's defense minister promises to boost cooperation with Russian ally Belarus
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China’s defense minister promises to boost cooperation with Russian ally Belarus

TALLINN: Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu on Thursday visited Belarus and said his country would increase military cooperation with Russia‘s neighbor and ally, where Moscow…

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Russia opens a criminal investigation into a leader of a prominent election watchdog
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Russia opens a criminal investigation into a leader of a prominent election watchdog

MOSCOW: The Russian authorities have opened a criminal investigation into one of the leaders of a prominent independent election monitoring group, his lawyer said Thursday….

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Ukraine: Ukraine reports new attack on grain silos but cargo ship sets sail
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Ukraine: Ukraine reports new attack on grain silos but cargo ship sets sail

KYIV: Ukraine said Russia had attacked its grain storage facilities overnight, but a container ship left the Black Sea port of Odesa on Wednesday despite…

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Ukraine's Unseen Army: The Mechanics Who Keep the Tanks Rolling
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Ukraine’s Unseen Army: The Mechanics Who Keep the Tanks Rolling

UKRAINE: A battered worker’s van whizzed back and forth along a village road near the front line in southern Ukraine, searching. It screeched to a…

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Russia: Ukraine to plough $35 million into fortifying border with Russia, Belarus
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Russia: Ukraine to plough $35 million into fortifying border with Russia, Belarus

KYIV: The Ukrainian government is to build new fortifications and military infrastructure in northeast regions that border Russia and Belarus at a cost of nearly…

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