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Articles with tag "Ukraine war"

Russian Army Retakes Monastery in Last Ukrainian-Held Village in Kursk – TASS

The 17th-century monastery is located on the northeastern edge of Gornal and less than 18.5 miles northeast of the Ukrainian city of Sumy.
opinion Joshua R. Kroeker

Putin Wants to Look Like the Good Guy by Proposing Ceasefires. It's a Trap.

Kyiv says Russia violated yesterday's ceasefire 3,000 times. Moscow isn't seeking peace; it wants Washington to believe Kyiv wants war.
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Trump Tower Moscow, Rare Earths and Geopolitical Perks: How the Kremlin Plans to Bait Trump Into a Grand Bargain

The Kremlin wants an outcome far more ambitious than a mere ceasefire in Ukraine. For that, it will need extraordinary incentives.
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Russia Launches Air Attacks on Ukraine as Putin’s Easter Truce Ends

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of 3,000 ceasefire violations during the 30-hour pause in fighting over the weekend.
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Russian Attacks Ongoing Despite Putin’s Easter Truce, Says Zelensky

Zelensky accused Russia of violating the truce just hours after the order was meant to have come into effect, with air-raid sirens sounding in Kyiv.
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Putin Orders Easter Ceasefire as Russia and Ukraine Exchange Hundreds of POWs

Zelensky dismissed Moscow’s temporary pause in fighting and said Russia was launching air attacks right as the truce was supposed to begin.
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Russian Forces Close to Fully Liberating Kursk Region, Military Says

After Moscow’s forces regained control of the village of Oleshnya, Ukrainian troops reportedly hold just one more village near the border.
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Trump Threatens to Withdraw From Ukraine Peace Talks Unless Deal Reached ‘Very Shortly’

A decision to exit the talks could come “very shortly,” Trump said. “No specific number of days, but quickly. We want to get it done.”
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U.S. Proposed Russian Sanctions Relief as Part of Ukraine Peace Deal – Bloomberg

The reported ceasefire proposal would also freeze the war along current front lines, effectively leaving occupied Ukrainian territory under Russian control...
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Russia and Ukraine Exchange Nearly 1K Bodies of Killed Soldiers

Russia received the remains of 41 soldiers, while Ukraine repatriated the bodies of 909 servicemen, authorities said.
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Pause in Air Strikes on Ukraine’s Energy Grid Has Expired, Kremlin Says

The end of the moratorium raises concerns that Russia may resume its systematic campaign to degrade Ukraine’s power grid ahead of winter.
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U.S. Will Abandon Ukraine Peace Talks ‘Within Days’ if No Progress Made, Rubio Says

“The United States has been helping Ukraine over the last three years, and we want it to end, but it’s not our war,” Rubio said in France.
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Russia Systematically Seizing Thousands of Homes in Occupied Mariupol, Investigation Says

To keep their homes, Ukrainians must travel to Mariupol via Russia, undergo rigorous security checks and navigate a complex web of bureaucratic hurdles...
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Russian Air Attacks in Northeastern Ukraine Kill 2, Injure Dozens

Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said that overnight strikes on his city appear to have been carried out using ballistic missiles with cluster munitions.
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Trump Softens on Zelensky, Says Mineral Deal Coming 'Soon'

Trump has repeatedly made the false claim that Ukraine started the war and this week accused Zelensky of responsibility for "millions" of deaths.
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Russia Warns Germany Against Supplying Taurus Missiles to Ukraine

Russia said it would treat Ukrainian strikes on transport infrastructure using the German long-range missiles as "direct participation" in the conflict...
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Zelensky Says He Believes China Supplying Arms to Russia

The assertion comes amid an escalating row between Kyiv and Beijing over China's support for Moscow.
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Russia Attempts Major Assault in Southern Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian Army Says

Hundreds of Russian soldiers were said to have attacked villages southeast of Zaporizhzhia starting around 6:00 p.m. local time on Wednesday.
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Hundreds of Ethnic Germans Are Dying for Russia in Ukraine. This Man Is Tracking Them.

Andrej Triller, a descendant of Volga Germans deported to Kazakhstan by the Soviets, has been documenting the new tragedy hitting his community.
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Zelensky Urges Pressure on Russia to End War

At least 12 people were reported killed and dozens wounded Thursday as Russia pounded Ukraine with drone strikes and shells.
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