THE United States has resumed surveillance drone flights over the Black Sea region following a Russian fighter jet intercept on Tuesday that led to the downing of a U.S surveillance drone, two U.S. officials said on Friday. An RQ-4 Global Hawk flew a mission to the region on Friday, the …
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THE latest Russian missile barrage against Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure has marked one of the largest such attacks in months. On Thursday, Russia fired more than 80 missiles in a massive effort to overwhelm Ukrainian air defenses and cripple the country’s energy system. Russia has been regularly launching similar strikes since …
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Moscow confirmed Thursday it had exchanged US basketball star Brittney Griner, who had been jailed in Russia, for notorious arms trafficker Viktor Bout, who was serving a 25-year sentence in the United States. “On December 8, 2022, at the Abu Dhabi airport, the exchange of Russian citizen Viktor Bout for …
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RUSSIA is preparing to annex four regions in Ukraine after the results of controversial referendums were made public. The voting to determine whether the regions want to become part of Russia faces serious condemnations from countries. In Zaporizhzhia, the officials announced that 93.11 percent of voters backed the move to …
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Long lines of vehicles were seen at a border crossing between Mongolia and Russia on Sunday as people fled the Kremlin’s call-up of hundreds of thousands of reservists for the war in Ukraine. The head of a checkpoint in the town of Altanbulag told AFP that more than 3,000 Russians …
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The Ukrainian government has issued a stern warning to Russia not to provoke the country. This is because, on Friday, representatives from both countries, along with the United Nations and Turkey, signed an agreement to facilitate the export of grain. According to a senior UN official who spoke with CNN, the agreement …
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The family of United States President, Joe Biden has been banned from entering Russia Making the announcement on Tuesday, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow said Biden’s wife, Jill and daughter, Ashley, would no longer be allowed to travel to Russia. Earlier Biden and Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, as well as hundreds …
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Russia will deliver iskander-M missiles with nuclear warheads to its ally Belarus. Russian armoured columns sent in from Belarus were a part of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24. In the past, Iskander missiles were stationed in Kaliningrad, a tiny Russian Baltic territory situated between Lithuania and Poland, two …
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As Russian forces occupy Severodonetsk, Ukraine has started to pull back its troops. According to Roman Vlasenko, head of the Severodonetsk district military administration, the withdrawal operation is anticipated to last a few days. “As of now, the Ukrainian military still remains in Severodonetsk,” Vlasenko said on Friday. “They are …
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After Russia threatened Lithuania on Tuesday, June 21, the United States has declared that it will stand firmly behind Lithuania with its NATO commitments to defend it. Lithuania, is one of the most outspoken nations that have been opposing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Lithuania who is a former Soviet republic …
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