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Ukraine War

Russia and Ukraine Exchange 1K Bodies of Soldiers

Russia returned the bodies of 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers while receiving the bodies of 24 Russian soldiers in exchange, authorities said.

Ukrainian Drones Spark Fire at Gazprom Oil Plant in Bashkortostan

Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat is Russia’s 10th-largest refinery, with a capacity of 10 million metric tons of oil per year.
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Russia Inflates Battlefield Gains After a Costly Summer Offensive

Analysts say the gap between the military’s upbeat reports and the battlefield reality helps feed into Putin’s conviction that Russia is winning.
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2 Killed in Russian Overnight Attacks on Southern Ukraine

Among those wounded in an airstrike in southeastern Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region was a four-year-old girl.
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Ukrainian Drone Attack on Belgorod Region Kills 2 Women

Russia’s Defense Ministry said it intercepted and destroyed six drones over the Belgorod region between Sunday night and Monday morning.
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2 Trains Derail in Northwestern Leningrad Region, 1 Killed

Two trains in separate parts of Russia's Leningrad region derailed early Sunday, leaving a train driver dead and disrupting railway traffic.

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Ukraine Hits One of Russia’s Largest Oil Refining Complexes

The complex lies around 1,400 kilometers from the front line in Ukraine in Russia's republic of Bashkortostan.

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Russia Claims Another Village in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk Region

The Russian defense ministry said its troops had seized the village of Novomykolaivka near the border with the Donetsk region.
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News Analysis

‘Iron Diplomacy’: With NATO On Edge, Russia and Belarus Launch Major Military Drills

As Moscow and Minsk seek to show off their latest military capabilities, their NATO neighbors are expecting the two allies to probe their defenses.
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Ukraine Peace Talks ‘On Pause,’ Kremlin Says

“Negotiators remain in contact, but for now it is probably more accurate to speak of a pause,” top spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
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Ukrainian Drone Strike Kills Woman in Belgorod as Russia Claims Kyiv Targeted Nuclear Plant

The Defense Ministry said it intercepted more than 200 Ukrainian drones across the country overnight, including in the northwestern Leningrad region.
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Russia’s National Guard Revives Tank Units, Chief Says

The reforms began after the June 2023 Wagner mercenary mutiny.
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Belgorod Shuts Down Malls, Moves School Lessons Online Amid Large-Scale Drone Attack

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Ukraine launched 122 drones at the border region overnight.
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Trump Ready to Match EU Tariffs on China, India to Pressure Putin – U.S. Official

Trump raised the possibility of tariffs between 50% and 100% on Moscow's oil buyers to hit at revenue it needs for the war in Ukraine, the official said...
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Kremlin Uneasy About Return of Ukraine War Veterans – Reuters

Authorities in Moscow hope to avoid unrest like after the Soviet war in Afghanistan, when returning veterans helped fuel organized crime in the 1990s.
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At Least 24 Killed in Russian Airstrike on Village in Donetsk Region

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the attack struck civilians at the moment state pension payments were being handed out.
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Ballistic Missile Used in Russian Attack on Ukrainian Government Building, Yermak Says

Sunday's attack was the first of its kind in the more than three-year war.
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Russia Hits Seat of Ukraine Government in War's Biggest Air Attack

Russia fired at least 810 drones and 13 missiles at Ukraine, the largest of the war, according to the Ukrainian air force.
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Ukrainian Drones Strike Rosneft Refinery in Ryazan Region

The refinery, among Russia’s five largest, was also attacked in early August, forcing Rosneft to cut production at the facility by around half.
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