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Sunak says will be with Kyiv in 'darkest hours'; pledges $3.2billion in aid
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Sunak says will be with Kyiv in ‘darkest hours’; pledges $3.2billion in aid

KYIV: British PM Rishi Sunak visited wartime Kyiv on Friday to sign a new security agreement and announce an increase in military funding for Ukraine…

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Ukraine: Ukraine mourns ace fighter pilot 'Juice' killed in collision
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Ukraine: Ukraine mourns ace fighter pilot ‘Juice’ killed in collision

KYIV: Hundreds of Ukrainians attended a church ceremony on Tuesday to pay their last respects to a celebrated fighter pilot with the callsign Juice who…

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Grain Infrastructure: Pope urges Russian 'brothers' to restore Black Sea grain deal
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Grain Infrastructure: Pope urges Russian ‘brothers’ to restore Black Sea grain deal

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Sunday called on Russia to reverse its decision to abandon the Black Sea grain deal, under which it had allowed…

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South Korea President Yoon makes surprise visit to Ukraine
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South Korea President Yoon makes surprise visit to Ukraine

SEOUL: South Korea‘s President Yoon Suk Yeol was visiting Ukraine for the first time on Saturday for talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Yonhap news agency…

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Ukraine: Russian envoy rejects idea of Swiss peace summit on Ukraine
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Ukraine: Russian envoy rejects idea of Swiss peace summit on Ukraine

GENEVA: Russia’s ambassador to Switzerland said Moscow could not accept any Swiss-hosted peace summit on Ukraine after it joined European Union sanctions against his country,…

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Rebel Russian mercenaries return to base under deal ending advance on Moscow
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Rebel Russian mercenaries return to base under deal ending advance on Moscow

ROSTOV-ON-DON/VORONEZH, Russia: Heavily armed Russian mercenaries pulled out of the southern Russian city of Rostov overnight after halting their advance on Moscow under a deal…

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Russia: Russia attacks Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities in overnight air strikes
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Russia: Russia attacks Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities in overnight air strikes

KYIV: Russia attacked military and infrastructure targets across Ukraine early on Tuesday, including in the capital Kyiv and the western city of Lviv, Ukrainian officials…

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Ukraine: Ukraine prepares 'biggest blow' as it claims recapture of eight villages from Russia
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Ukraine: Ukraine prepares ‘biggest blow’ as it claims recapture of eight villages from Russia

KYIV:Ukraine said on Monday it had driven Russian forces out of an eighth village in its two-week-old counteroffensive and a defence official vowed Kyiv‘s “biggest…

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Putin: Putin says tactical nuclear weapons to be deployed in Belarus in July
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Putin: Putin says tactical nuclear weapons to be deployed in Belarus in July

MOSCOW: Russia will start deploying tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus after special storage facilities are made ready on July 7-8, President Vladimir Putin said on…

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Russia says US-built F-16s could 'accommodate' nuclear weapons if sent to Ukraine
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Russia says US-built F-16s could ‘accommodate’ nuclear weapons if sent to Ukraine

Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that US-built F-16 fighter jets can ‘accommodate’ nuclear weapons and warned that supplying Kyiv with them will…

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