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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday the daring military incursion into Russia’s Kursk region aims to create a buffer zone to prevent further attacks by Moscow across the border.

It was the first time…

Ukrainian troops staged a surprise cross-border attack into Russia early last week, and now Kyiv claims to control more than 1,100 square kilometres of its neighbour’s territory.

The incursion has reframed the war and caused chaos in western…

Russia suffered significant blows to its reputation in mid-2024. An attack on its territory by Ukraine came as a surprise. In west Africa, the Wagner mercenary group, supported by Russia, suffered one of its heaviest fatalities in Mali.

An…

In early August, political tensions escalated in Venezuela as the incumbent Nicolás Maduro was officially declared the winner of the July 28 presidential election—a result disputed by the opposition and independent analysts. The…

Units of the Ukrainian army crossed the border into Russia for the first time on August 6, marking the launch of a surprise…

During the past week, Ukraine has launched an offensive in Kursk in the most significant cross-border attack since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022.

The Kursk region, located in western Russia and bordering…

Mali recently severed relations with Ukraine as Ukrainian-backed Tuareg rebels killed at least 84 Russian soldiers in a well-executed ambush.

It’s unclear whether Ukrainian Special Operations Forces were directly involved in the assault,…

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