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Blinken's guitar performance in Ukraine seen as tone-deaf by some
KYIV - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken took to the stage with a Ukrainian band at a bar late on Tuesday during a surprise trip to...
May 16, 20242 min read
Explainer-Why is Russia holding nuclear exercises - and what to watch for?
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his military to practise the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons after what...
May 15, 20243 min read
Blinken, in Kyiv, says U.S aid arriving at 'challenging' time for Ukraine
KYIV - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during a trip to Kyiv on Tuesday that part of a major...
May 14, 20243 min read
Putin taps economist to run defence, replacing Shoigu in unexpected move
MOSCOW -Russian President Vladimir Putin tapped a civilian economist as his surprise new defence minister on Sunday in an attempt to...
May 13, 20243 min read
Factbox-Who is Andrei Belousov, Putin's choice as defence minister?
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a surprise new defence minister, nominating civilian Andrei Belousov, a former...
May 13, 20242 min read
Factbox-Putin changes his defence minister, moves Patrushev
MOSCOW -Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed changing his defence minister and moving him to replace the powerful secretary of...
May 13, 20242 min read
Seven killed in Ukrainian missile strike on Russian apartment block
MOSCOW -At least seven people were killed and 17 injured when a whole section of a Russian apartment block collapsed after it was struck...
May 12, 20242 min read
Russia's Belgorod governor says Ukraine shelling kills one, wounds 29
The governor of Russia's Belgorod region bordering Ukraine said one woman was killed, 29 people were wounded and several hundred flats...
May 12, 20241 min read
Five killed in Ukrainian strikes on Russian border regions, Donetsk, officials say
MOSCOW -Five people were killed and nine wounded in three separate Ukrainian drone and artillery strikes on the Russian border provinces...
May 11, 20242 min read
Poland will build fortifications on eastern border, PM Tusk says
WARSAW - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Saturday that Poland is starting work on further strengthening the entire eastern...
May 11, 20242 min read
Russian attack forces frustrated, hungry residents from Ukraine border town
NEAR VOVCHANSK, Ukraine - Residents of a Ukrainian border town, frustrated and angry at an armoured ground attack by Russian troops...
May 11, 20242 min read
US announces new $400 million military aid package for Ukraine, official says
The United States is preparing a $400 million military aid package for Ukraine, as the U.S. returns to a regular pace of supplying...
May 11, 20241 min read
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