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Ukraine and Russia exchange drone attacks while Russia continues its push in the east

May 19, 2024 admin

A Ukrainian serviceman prepares to launch a drone at the frontline in Donetsk region, Ukraine. File. | Photo Credit: AP Russia reported some 60 drones and several missiles shot down over its territory overnight into May 19, with Ukraine in turn saying it destroyed over 30 Russian drones. Russia’s renewed offensive continues to play out…

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7 Russian Soldiers Injured After Blast In St. Petersburg Military Academy

May 17, 2024 admin

A 76-millimeter World War II-era munition “arbitrarily detonated”, press office said. (Representational) St. Petersburg: Seven soldiers were injured after a World War II-era munition exploded in the Military Academy of the Signal Corps in St. Petersburg, Russia’s Leningrad Military District said. The explosion occurred on Friday during the cleaning of one of the basement premises…

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Blinken visits Ukraine to tout U.S. support for Kyiv’s fight against Russia’s advances

May 14, 2024 admin

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 14 | Photo Credit: AP U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kyiv on May 14 in an unannounced diplomatic mission to reassure Ukraine that it has American support as it struggles to defend against increasingly intense Russian attacks. The visit comes…

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Thousands evacuated as Russia pounds Ukraine border town

May 12, 2024 admin

Police carry an elderly man to a bus to evacuate him from the village of Bugayivka close to Vovchansk, the site of heavy battles with the Russian troops in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on May 11, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Thousands of people been evacuated from border areas in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, as Russia…

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7 Killed As Bus Crashes Into River In Russia’s St Petersburg: Cops

May 10, 2024 admin

The police said that there were about 20 people on the bus. (Representational) Moscow: Seven people were killed when a bus with an estimated 20 people on board crashed into a river in the northern Russian city of St Petersburg on Friday, officials said. “The number of deaths as a result of a bus falling…

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Claims of chemical weapon use in Ukraine ‘insufficiently substantiated’: watchdog

May 8, 2024 admin

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. File | Photo Credit: AP The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said on May 7 that information it had received until now on alleged chemical weapons use in Ukraine was “insufficiently substantiated.” Also read:Explained | Chemical and biological weapons: what international regulations bind Russia? The OPCW also said…

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Man Arrested In Poland Over Suspected Plot To Kill Ukraine’s Zelensky

April 18, 2024 admin

Ukrainian prosecutors had informed Poland about the activities. Warsaw: A man suspected of aiding a plot by Russian intelligence services to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been arrested in Poland, Polish and Ukrainian prosecutors said Thursday. The Polish national, named only as Pawel K., is suspected of supplying information to Russian military intelligence and…

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India Deploys Three S-400 Missile Units On China, Pak Border

October 31, 2023 admin

India and Russia also planning to discuss the final delivery schedule for the remaining two squadrons. New Delhi: With the Air Force having already operationalised three of its S-400 air defence missile squadrons along borders with China and Pakistan, Indian and Russian officials are set to meet soon to discuss the final delivery schedule for…

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Kremlin rejects speculation that Putin is ill and uses body doubles

October 24, 2023 admin

Russian President Vladimir Putin. File. | Photo Credit: AP The Kremlin on October 24 denied a report that President Vladimir Putin was ill, and laughed off persistent rumours that he used body doubles to cover for him in public appearances. “Everything is fine with him, this is absolutely another fake,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said…

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Russia Sends 27 Tonnes Of Humanitarian Aid To Gaza As Israel-Hamas War Escalates

October 19, 2023 admin

A special plane has taken off from an airport near Moscow (File) Moscow: Russia on Thursday sent 27 tonnes of humanitarian aid for civilians in the Gaza Strip to be transported from Egypt, Moscow’s emergency situations ministry said. “A special plane has taken off from the airport at Ramenskoye near Moscow for El-Arish in Egypt….

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