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Articles with tag "Ukraine"

Russia and Ukraine Agree to Prisoner Swap After First Direct Talks Since 2022

But questions remain as to whether any significant progress was made toward ending the ongoing war in eastern Ukraine.

Rustem Umerov: The 'Charismatic' Defense Minister Leading Kyiv's Delegation in Istanbul

The Ukrainian defense minister is hailed by his colleagues as a skilled and pragmatic negotiator but has been embroiled in scandal during his tenure.
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Germany Arrests 3 Ukrainians Accused of Plotting Sabotage for Russia

Prosecutors said the men were "strongly suspected" of planning the shipment of exploding packages at locations across Europe.
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EU Pledges $1.1Bln From Frozen Russian Assets to Ukrainian Arms Industry

Western nations froze around $300 billion in Russian central bank assets after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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Medvedev Warns of ‘Vanishing’ Ukraine After U.S. Signs Minerals Deal With Kyiv

“Trump has finally broken the Kyiv regime,” the former Russian president wrote on social media after the long-awaited minerals deal was signed.
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Ukraine and U.S. Sign Long-Awaited Minerals Deal

Ukraine said it secured key interests after protracted negotiations, including full sovereignty over its own rare earths.
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Investigation Reveals Systematic Torture of Ukrainians in Russian Prisons

Journalists identified 29 facilities, with 11 in occupied Ukraine and 18 inside Russia, some as far as 1,000 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.
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‘Crimea Will Stay With Russia,’ Trump Tells Time Magazine

“Zelensky understands that, and everybody understands that it’s been with them for a long time,” Donald Trump said in an interview with the publication...
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FSB Arrests Romanian Suspected of Spying for Ukraine

The unnamed man is accused of collecting and transmitting information about air defense sites in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi.
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Moscow Returns Body of Ukrainian Reporter Who Died in Russian Detention

Victoria Roshchyna disappeared in August 2023 while reporting in occupied eastern Ukraine and was later reported to have died under unclear circumstances...
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Russian Politician Admits He’s Been Working Remotely From Ukraine Since 2021

Councilman Mikhail Nosik reportedly claimed that he has been forced to hide from the Ukrainian authorities since moving to the country for cancer treatment...
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White House Officials Advise Trump Against Calling Putin Until Ukraine Ceasefire Reached – NBC

But U.S. officials told NBC that Trump could “suddenly” decide to call Putin despite advice that such a conversation would be premature.
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Germany’s Foreign Minister Accuses Putin of ‘Playing for Time’ in Ukraine

"He is feigning a willingness to negotiate, but not deviating an inch from his goals," German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock.
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Trump Says ‘Very Angry’ With Putin Over Ukraine

The U.S. president threatened to impose "secondary tariffs on all oil coming out of Russia" if the Kremlin refused to back a peace deal in Ukraine.
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Putin Orders Ukrainians to ‘Legalize’ Immigration Status or Leave Russia by September

Ukrainians without “legal grounds to stay or reside in Russia” must leave unless they “settle their legal status,” according to the decree.
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Finnish Court Sentences Russian Ultranationalist to Life in Prison for War Crimes in Ukraine

Vojislav Torden received a life prison sentence for war crimes committed in Ukraine in 2014, including the mutilation of a wounded Ukrainian soldier.
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ECHR Says Ukraine Failed to Prevent 2014 Odesa Clashes, Acknowledges Russian ‘Propaganda’ Role

The deadly 2014 clashes culminated in the storming of the Trade Union building where dozens of pro-Russia and anti-Maidan activists were barricaded.
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FSB Claims Ukraine Sought to Recruit Members of Russia's Youth Army

Ukraine’s GUR intelligence service was accused of sending phishing emails to schools in Moscow and the surrounding region.
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France Opposes Seizing Frozen Russian Assets to Boost Ukraine Military Aid

French officials argue that using the frozen assets to help arm Ukraine would violate international agreements that France and Europe have signed.
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Kremlin Says It’s Waiting for Official Confirmation of U.S.-Ukraine Minerals Deal

Ukrainian officials said Kyiv had agreed on the framework of a deal, and that President Volodymyr Zelensky could sign it as soon as Friday.
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