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Russian missiles kill at least 16 people in the latest strike on southern Ukraine’s Odesa
A Russian missile attack blasted homes in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa, followed by a second missile that targeted first responders who arrived at the scene.
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UN-backed human rights experts decry new evidence of torture of Ukrainian POWs by Russia
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Takeaways into AP investigation into Russian system to force its passports on occupied Ukraine
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Russia forces Ukrainians in occupied territories to take its passports – and fight in its army
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Macron again declines to rule out Western troops in Ukraine, but says they’re not needed now
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Ex-Air Force employee pleads not guilty to sharing classified info on foreign dating site
A former Air Force employee and retired Army lieutenant colonel has pleaded not guilty to charges that he shared classified information about Russia’s war with Ukraine on a foreign dating site.
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Victoria Nuland, third-highest ranking US diplomat and critic of Russia’s war in Ukraine, retiring
The third-highest ranking U.S. diplomat and frequent target of criticism for her hawkish views on Russia and its actions in Ukraine will be leaving her post.
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Meet Ukraine’s small but lethal weapon lifting morale: Unmanned sea drones packed with explosives
Uncrewed, remote-controlled boats have been around since the end of World War II. Late last century, technological innovations broadened their potential uses.
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The UN atomic watchdog’s director says he’s heading to Moscow for talks on nuclear safety in Ukraine
The U.N. atomic watchdog agency’s director said that he’s due to depart for a trip to Moscow on Tuesday for high-level talks with Russian officials to discuss the issue of nuclear safety in Ukraine.
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Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira pleads guilty under a deal that calls for at least 11 years in prison
A Massachusetts Air National Guard member has pleaded guilty in federal court to leaking highly classified military documents about Russia’s war in Ukraine and other national security secrets.
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A woman clutching an infant is found in the rubble of Ukraine building after Russian drone strike
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Western allies to boost his country’s air defenses after a Russian drone strike destroyed an apartment block in the southern port city of Odesa and killed at least 11 people.
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Russian drone strike on the Ukrainian port city of Odesa kills 7
Ukraine’s State Emergency Service says seven people were killed when debris from a Russian drone hit an apartment block in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa overnight.
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Senators warily allow F-16 sale to Turkey as part of NATO expansion agreement. ‘A deal’s a deal’
U.S. senators have declined to block the sale of F-16s to Turkey. The vote on Thursday gives the Senate’s OK to an unofficial U.S. bargain with Turkey after it stopped blocking Sweden’s accession to NATO.
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Editor of top independent Russian newspaper fined for allegedly discrediting military
The editor-in-chief of the renowned Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta was detained and later fined 30,000 rubles ($329) after being accused of discrediting Russia’s armed forces.
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US adults fracture along party lines in support for Ukraine military funding, AP-NORC poll finds
A poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that U.S. adults have become fractured along party lines in their support for military aid for Ukraine.
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What to know about Russia’s presidential election, set to give Putin another six-year term
With most opposition figures either in jail or abroad and many independent media outlets blocked, the Kremlin maintains a tight control over the country’s political system.
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A top EU official calls for a new defense industry strategy with locally made arms at its heart
A top European Union official is calling for a new defense industry strategy to respond to security challenges posed by Russia’s war on Ukraine.
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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy pleads for more ammunition at Albania summit of southeastern European nations
Ukraine’s president has pleaded for more ammunition to repel Russian advances at a summit he co-hosted with Albania’s government to build further support for Kyiv among southeastern European countries.
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State Dept. screens AP-PBS Ukraine war film days after 2-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion
The U.S. State Department has hosted a screening of the award-winning Associated Press-PBS “Frontline” Ukraine war documentary “20 Days in Mariupol.”
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Ukrainian President Zelenskyy lands in Saudi Arabia to push for peace and a POW exchange with Russia
Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy has arrived to Saudi Arabia and met the kingdom’s powerful crown prince to push for a peace plan and the return of prisoners of war from Russia.
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Yellen urges world leaders to ‘unlock’ frozen Russian Central Bank assets and send them to Ukraine
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is offering her strongest public support yet for the idea of liquidating roughly $300 billion in frozen Russian Central Bank assets and using them for Ukraine’s long-term reconstruction.
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Deep divisions on Russia’s war in Ukraine were evident at a meeting of 4 Central European countries
The prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia says the four Central European countries are deeply divided over Russia’s war against Ukraine and how to resolve the conflict.
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Polish, Canadian leaders discuss boosting Ukrainian food exports to hungry countries outside Europe
The prime ministers of Canada and Poland have discussed boosting exports of Ukrainian grain to the world’s poorest countries to ease protests by farmers in Europe who see the Ukrainian goods as a market threat.
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Ukrainian troops pull back again as Russia’s onslaught pushes ahead in eastern Ukraine
A Ukrainian army spokesman says Kyiv’s troops have withdrawn from a village in the east of the country, as Russian forces make their advantages in manpower and ammunition tell on the battlefield at the start of the war’s third year.
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Russia wants to imprison the co-chair of Nobel-winning rights group over criticism of war in Ukraine
Russian authorities are seeking a prison sentence of nearly three years for a veteran human rights advocate who spoke out against the war in Ukraine.
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Hungary’s parliament ratifies Sweden’s NATO bid, clearing the final obstacle to membership
Hungary’s parliament has ratified Sweden’s bid to join NATO, ending more than 18 months of delays that frustrated the alliance as it sought to expand in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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Putting Western troops on the ground in Ukraine is not ‘ruled out’ in the future, French leader says
French President Emmanuel Macron says sending Western troops on the ground in Ukraine is not “ruled out” in the future after the issue was debated at a gathering of European leaders in Paris, as Russia’s full-scale invasion grinds into a third year.
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31,000 Ukrainian troops killed since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Zelenskyy says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in action in the two years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion.
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Delays in promised Western military aid to Ukraine are costing lives, the defense minister says
Ukraine’s defense minister says half of all promised Western military support fails to arrive on time.
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Western leaders rally around Kyiv to mark 2 years since Russia’s full-scale invasion
EU’s Ursula von der Leyen traveled overnight to Kyiv by train along with Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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After 2 years of war, questions abound on whether Kyiv can sustain the fight against Russia
The future looks bleak for war-weary Ukraine. It’s beset by shortages in soldiers and ammunition, as well as doubts about the supply of Western aid.
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Ukraine’s top diplomat tells skeptics at the UN that his country will win the war
Ukraine’s foreign minister is telling skeptics who believe Ukraine can’t win the war with Russia that they will be proven wrong.
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US and EU pile new sanctions on Russia for the Ukraine war’s 2nd anniversary and Navalny’s death
The United States and the European Union are heaping hundreds of new sanctions on Russia on the eve of the second anniversary of its invasion of Ukraine and in retaliation for the death of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.
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Ukraine endures a second year of war with scenes of grief, suffering and also joy
The second year of Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s full-scale invasion brought no respite for Ukrainian soldiers or civilians.
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Thousands of Ukrainians live in agony and uncertainty as they search for their missing loved ones
The latest figures from the National Police show that more than 30,000 people have been reported missing in Ukraine during two years of war.
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