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The Ukrainian army pulls out from another eastern village as Russia smashes defensive positions
A Kyiv official says Ukraine’s army has pulled out from a village in the eastern Donetsk region, surrendering another front-line position as Russian forces blast Ukrainian defenses in a relentless onslaught.
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Hungary’s Orbán releases letter to EU leaders detailing his maligned Ukraine ‘peace mission’
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Leader of Belarus marks 30 years in power after crushing all dissent and cozying up to Moscow
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Ukraine faces twin challenges of fighting Russia and shifting political sands in the US
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Relatives of those killed when MH17 was shot down mark 10 years since tragedy that claimed 298 lives
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MORE COVERAGE OF THE WAR
Ukrainian former lawmaker killed in suspected assassination as civilians die in Russian airstrikes
A Ukrainian former lawmaker best known for her crusade to promote the Ukrainian language has died after being shot in the street by an unknown assailant.
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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy urges Britain to help it strike deeper inside Russia as he addresses UK Cabinet
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Britain’s new government to help Kyiv’s forces attack deeper inside Russia to stop deadly missile strikes.
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US tells Russian minister Putin should release detained Americans including Gershkovich and Whelan
The U.S. Ambassador told Russia’s foreign minister that President Vladimir Putin should release detained Americans, singling out journalist Evan Gershkovich and ex-Marine Paul Whelan.
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Baltic countries notify Russia and Belarus they will exit the Moscow-controlled electricity grid
The electricity grid operators of the three Baltic countries on Tuesday officially notified Russia and Belarus that they will exit a 2001 agreement that has kept Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania connected to an electricity transmission system controlled by Moscow.
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Top EU leaders will boycott meetings hosted by Hungary’s Orbán after his outreach to Russia, China
The European Commission says that the commission president and other top EU officials will boycott informal meetings hosted by Hungary while the country holds the EU’s rotating presidency.
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US journalist Masha Gessen is convicted in absentia in Russia for criticizing the military
U.S. journalist and author Masha Gessen was convicted in absentia by a Russian court of spreading false information about the military and sentenced to eight years in prison.
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Ukraine needs 25 Patriot air defense systems and more F-16 warplanes, President Zelenskyy says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country needs 25 Patriot air defense systems to fully defend its airspace and protect the entire country from Russian missile attacks.
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Estonia’s Prime Minister Kaja Kallas steps down to become EU’s top diplomat
Estonia’s Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has stepped down as the leader of the Baltic country to become the foreign policy chief of the European Union later this year.
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China, Russia start joint naval drills, days after NATO allies called Beijing a Ukraine war enabler
China and Russia’s naval forces have kicked off a joint exercise at a military port in southern China on Sunday, official news agency Xinhua reported, days after NATO allies called Beijing a “decisive enabler” of the war in Ukraine.
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Scientists, a journalist and even a bakery worker are among those convicted of treason in Russia
Over the past decade, Russia has seen a sharp increase in treason and espionage cases. Lawyers and experts say prosecutions for these high crimes started to grow after 2014 — the year that Russia illegally annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine.
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Peaceful pre-Olympic protest in Paris honors fallen Ukrainian athletes
In a powerful tribute to the hundreds of Ukrainian athletes who have perished since the Russian invasion of their homeland, the Union of Ukrainians of France led a peaceful march of several hundred people in Paris on Saturday.
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Shelling kills 4 in Ukraine as a drone attack sparks fire at an oil depot in Russia
Russian shelling of Ukraine has killed four people as the two countries exchanged drone attacks, one of which set ablaze a Russian oil depot.
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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts:
A bill signed by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer does not prohibit a vote recount based on election fraud allegations. It clarifies the rules around a recount.
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Czech brewer Budvar’s net profit up 46.3% in 2023 as it recovers from loss of the Russian market
The Czech brewer Budvar, which has been embroiled in a long legal dispute with U.S. beer giant Anheuser-Busch over the use of the Budweiser brand, says it increased its net profit, output and exports in 2023.
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The NATO summit was about Ukraine and Biden. Here are some key things to know
NATO leaders met this week to celebrate the alliance’s 75th anniversary under the cloud of deep political uncertainty in its most powerful member – the United States.
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Faced with threats from Russia and its Asian supporters, NATO and Indo-Pacific partners get closer
Four Indo-Pacific countries attending the NATO summit have issued a joint statement to “strongly condemn the illicit military cooperation” between Russia and North Korea.
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Hungary’s nationalist leader visits Trump at Mar-a-Lago following NATO summit
Hungary’s nationalist prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has traveled to Florida and met with former President Donald Trump following a NATO summit in Washington.
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Biden announces $225 million weapons package for Ukraine, including Patriot system
President Joe Biden has announced a new $225 million aid package for Ukraine, including a Patriot missile system to bolster its air defenses against a deadly onslaught of Russian airstrikes.
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Zelenskyy says to win the war, US needs to lift limits on striking military targets inside Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is embracing the support of international allies even as he pushed for the help to arrive faster and restrictions to be lifted on the use of U.S. weapons to attack military targets inside Russia.
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China tells NATO not to create chaos in Asia and rejects label of ‘enabler’ of Russia’s Ukraine war
China has accused NATO of seeking security at the expense of others and told the alliance not to bring the same “chaos” to Asia.
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NATO agrees to take on coordination of some Ukraine security support. How that will work
WASHINGTON (AP) — NATO has agreed to launch a new program to provide reliable military aid and training to Ukraine and help it get ready to join the alliance.
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Russia declares newspaper The Moscow Times ‘undesirable’ amid crackdown on criticism
The Russian prosecutor general’s office has declared The Moscow Times newspaper to be an “undesirable organization.”
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Belarusian authorities are depriving Nobel Peace Prize laureate of medicine in jail, his wife says
The wife of an imprisoned Belarusian Nobel Peace Prize laureate says that the Belarusian authorities are depriving her husband of medicine.
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In a diplomatic quirk, Russia chairs a UN meeting decrying its strike on a Ukraine kids’ hospital
U.N. Security Council members are confronting Russia over a missile strike that destroyed part of Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital.
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Zelenskyy says the world cannot wait until the US election in November to take action to repel Putin
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the world must not wait for November to drive back Russia’s offensive against his country.
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Putin hosts India’s prime minister to deepen ties, but Ukraine looms over their relationship
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, seeking to deepen the two nuclear powers’ relationship as NATO leaders gathered in Washington and Russia and launched deadly missile strikes in Ukraine that destroyed a children’s hospital.
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Russia’s war threatens Ukraine’s Olympic future, not just the present. A young gymnast offers hope
Russia’s war on Ukraine is demolishing the seeds of a sports culture that was a European powerhouse.
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Ukraine mourns as rescuers search the rubble of a Kyiv children’s hospital struck by a missile
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says rescue operations have stretched into a second day at a major Kyiv children’s hospital struck by a Russian missile.
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To counter China, NATO and its Asian partners are moving closer under US leadership
New Zealand, Japan, South Korea and Australia are sending leaders or their deputies to the NATO summit in Washington this week as the military alliance shows growing interest beyond Europe and the Western Hemisphere.
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NATO leaders are descending on Washington. Here’s what to know
NATO leaders meet this week for a summit commemorating the 75th anniversary of the military alliance, which has never been larger and more focused.
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