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Dutch dock workers refuse ship with Russian diesel cargo

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Dutch dockworkers on Saturday refused to sell off a tanker with a consignment of Russian diesel in Amsterdam, an afternoon after a similar movement stored the delivery from coming into Europe’s biggest port. The Sunny Liger, a 42,000-tonne tanker become currently mendacity at anchor off Amsterdam, even as port groups had been mulling her entry … Read more

UN chief briefed Turkish president on his talks with Putin and Zelensky

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke by phone with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Saturday. According to a statement from the Turkish Communications Directorate, Guterres informed Erdogan on his talks this week in Moscow and Kyiv. Erdogan stated that Turkey is willing to assist the UN in both evacuations and humanitarian relief efforts. He … Read more

Macron says France to ‘intensify’ military, humanitarian aid to Ukraine

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Following a discussion with his Ukrainian colleague Volodymyr Zelensky, French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Saturday that France would “intensify” its military and humanitarian assistance. Zelensky thanked France for “large-scale military shipments that contribute to the Ukrainian resistance,” Macron said, adding “that this support will continue to intensify, as will the humanitarian assistance provided by … Read more

14 Ukrainians including pregnant woman freed in prisoner exchange

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In the latest prisoner swap with Russian forces, 14 Ukrainians, including a pregnant soldier, were released, Ukraine reported on Saturday, without specifying the number of Russians returned to Moscow. “Today, we carried out a new exchange of prisoners. Fourteen of ours are coming home, seven military and seven civilians. One of the military women is … Read more

Ukraine seeks to stall relentless Russian onslaught in Donbas

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Russian forces in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region have switched from a steamroller tactic to one of persistently chipping away at their foes in the hopes of crushing them down. Ukraine’s army has little option but to try to stall their larger and better-equipped enemy in the sprawling plains of Donbas, where artillery is king. “It’s … Read more

Sanctions relief for Moscow

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Kyiv: The lifting of sanctions placed on Russia is part of peace talks between Moscow and Ukraine, which are “tough” but ongoing on a daily basis, according to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in statements published early Saturday. On Friday, Kyiv warned that discussions to terminate Russia’s invasion, which is now in its third month, … Read more

Zelensky, Putin invited to G20 summit: Indonesian leader

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been invited to the G20 summit in November, which will also include Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to Indonesia’s leader on Friday. Indonesia, which holds the G20 presidency this year, has faced intense pressure from the West, led by the United States, to exclude Russia in the aftermath of its … Read more

Tensions rise as West shifts decisively behind Ukraine

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Despite the risk of a direct conflict with Russia, the West altered gears in its backing for Ukraine this week, becoming less cautious about its military support and more clear in its war goals. “We want to see Russia diminished to the point where it can’t do the types of things it did in invading … Read more

Russia hit Kyiv during the UN chief’s visit as Moscow

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The Russian military resumed their onslaught on Ukraine’s south and east on Friday, after bombing the country’s capital during the UN Secretary-visit. General’s At least three people were injured in strikes in Kyiv’s western suburbs late Thursday, the first in the capital in over two weeks, and which occurred after UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres toured … Read more

Russia: Massive fire rages through Moscow

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RUSSIA: A gigantic fire has engulfed Moscow after multiple automobiles detonated. On Wednesday night, social media images showed a number of cars on fire on Kustanayskaya Street in eastern Moscow. As shown in several testimonies and footage of the incident, up to seven vehicles were on fire. An explosion can be heard in a video … Read more

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visits Ukraine

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After meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow to try to negotiate a ceasefire in the nine-week war and an agreement on civilian evacuations, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres travels to Ukraine. He visits the ruined town of Borodianka outside Kyiv, where Russian forces are accused of murdering civilians. “The sooner this war ends, the … Read more

Russia suspended from UN tourism body over Ukraine war

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The United Nations’ tourism body on Wednesday suspended Russia from the organization over its invasion of Ukraine, arguing that it had breached its statutes. Most of the 159 member states of the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) subsidized the flow, taken at a first-rate trendy meeting, said a spokesman for the Madrid-based totally body. The … Read more

With prisoner swap, US and Russia return to time-honored rite

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Quiet negotiations amid crisis accompanied by way of prisoners taking walks lose onto the tarmac. With Wednesday’s choreographed inmate swap, the US and Russia are finding a new use for a Cold War rite. As the West pummels Russia with sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine, Washington insisted it become not make any diplomatic overture … Read more

Transnistria rebels say drones seen, shots fired near Russia arms depot

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The interior ministry of Transnistria, a Moscow-sponsored separatist location of Moldova bordering Ukraine, stated Wednesday that shots had been fired at a village housing a Russian hands depot after drones flew over from Ukraine. This came after the unrecognized place said a sequence of explosions that it referred to as “terrorist assaults”, elevating fears of a … Read more

EU alerts companies not to purchase Russian gas in rubles

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned agencies now not to bend to Russia’s demands to pay for gas in rubles, as the continent scrambles to respond to Moscow’s circulate to start switching off resources. Gazprom PJSC grew to become off the faucets to Poland and Bulgaria on Wednesday in a dramatic escalation of … Read more

Russia prisoner swap has ‘zero’ effect on relations: US official

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The United States does now not expect any improvement in family members with Russia and will maintain full aid for Ukraine regardless of Wednesday’s prisoner switch with Moscow, a US official said. “It represents no change — zero — to our approach to the appalling violence in Ukraine,” a senior US official told reporters. “These discussions with the … Read more

Russia restricts gas supplies

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KYIV: Moscow cut off gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria on Wednesday, following bombings in a breakaway area of neighbouring Moldova that prompted Kyiv to accuse Moscow of attempting to extend the Ukraine war into Europe. Gazprom, Russia’s largest energy company, said it has halted supplies to Poland and Bulgaria, marking Moscow’s latest deployment of … Read more

Villages captured by Russian forces

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Ukraine reported on Wednesday that Russian soldiers had advanced farther east and taken numerous villages as part of Moscow’s operation to regain control of Donbas. Moscow said earlier this month that it would withdraw its invading soldiers from the capital Kyiv in order to concentrate its military efforts on seizing Donetsk and Lugansk in east … Read more

Moldova security talks on blasts in Russia-backed region

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The president of ex-Soviet Moldova on Tuesday convened a meeting of the state’s safety council after a sequence of blasts inside the Russian-subsidized separatist Transnistria vicinity. The breakaway vicinity, which borders western Ukraine, saw explosions hit its protection ministry on Monday and a radio tower on Tuesday morning. The press provider of President Maia Sandu … Read more

US, allies to meet monthly on arming Ukraine: Austin

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The United States and its allies will meet once a month to speak about Ukraine’s defence desires to battle invading Russian troops, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tuesday. “Today’s gathering will become a monthly Contact Group on Ukraine’s self-defence,” Austin said following the first session of a weapons summit. “The Contact Group will be a … Read more

Germany to send tanks to Ukraine in policy shift

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Germany said Tuesday it might ship anti-aircraft tanks to Ukraine, in a clean transfer in Berlin’s careful policy on army backing for Kyiv that became welcomed by way of the United States. The government has agreed to log out the transport of used Gepard anti-aircraft tanks, Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht told a global assembly of … Read more

Kyiv razes Soviet monument to Ukraine-Russia friendship

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Kyiv on Tuesday started out demolishing a monument symbolizing historic ties between ex-Soviet Ukraine and Russia, AFP correspondents reported, extra than two months after Moscow’s troops invaded their seasoned-democratic neighbor. “We are removing the bronze sculpture of two workers installed in the center of the capital in 1982 ‘to commemorate the reunification of Ukraine with … Read more

Swedish’s diplomats are expelled from Russia

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Moscow removed three Swedish diplomats on Tuesday after Stockholm ousted three Russian diplomats for the Ukraine war, contradicting Sweden’s claim that four were sacked. Russia’s foreign ministry said it summoned Sweden’s ambassador and “strongly protested” the expulsion of Russian diplomats as well as Sweden’s “military backing for the Kyiv government.” It also accused Sweden of  … Read more

UN leader in Moscow urges a cease-fire 

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MOSCOW: During a visit to Moscow on Tuesday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was searching for methods to bring the violence in Ukraine to a halt as soon as feasible. “We are extremely interested in finding ways in order to create the conditions for effective dialogue, create the conditions for a ceasefire as soon … Read more

Several killed in kindergarten shooting

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Moscow, Russia: According to regional officials, an armed man opened fire in a kindergarten in Russia’s central Ulyanovsk area on Tuesday, killing at least four people. “We confirm the shooting and that there are four bodies,” a regional official stated, while a law enforcement source informed TASS news agency that two children were murdered in the … Read more

UN chief travels to Moscow

António Guterres, the UN Secretary-General, has been to Moscow to meet with Vladimir Putin in an attempt to position the UN at the centre of Ukrainian mediation efforts. Ukraine has chastised Guterres for not paying a visit to Kyiv first and for failing to intervene firmly before Russia invaded on February 24. Prior to travelling … Read more