The Russian leader traveled to the region in the west of the country where a surprise incursion last year embarrassed Moscow.
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Putin Visits Kursk for First Time Since Russia Drove Out Ukrainian Forces
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Putin visits reclaimed Kursk region as Russia presses battlefield advantage
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Vladimir Putin has visited Kursk for the first time since his forces expelled most of Ukraine’s forces from the frontline region, in a show of confidence as Russia presses its…
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Russian-linked Ukrainian politician shot dead in Spain
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A former high-ranking Ukrainian politician connected to the country’s ousted pro-Russian president was shot dead on Wednesday outside an exclusive international school…
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Putin Makes Surprise Visit To Russia’s Kursk Region Amid Accusations of Stalling Peace Talks
President Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to Russia’s Kursk region, his first since Russian troops pushed out Ukrainian troops who had been occupying parts of the region since launching an incursion last year.
Video from state television showed Putin meeting on May 21 with several groups…
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Putin Visits Kursk for First Time Since Russia Drove Out Ukrainian Forces
The Russian leader traveled to the region in the west of the country where a surprise incursion last year embarrassed Moscow.
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Peace in Ukraine Is Harder Than Trump Thought
President Trump’s phone call with Vladimir Putin, and what it can tell us about how the war might end.
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Ukrainians Mourn Mother Who Died Protecting Her Child From Russian Attack Drones
The Russian air strike that killed Ukrainian mother Anna Yefymenko near Kyiv on May 18 was part of a swarm of hundreds of Shahed drones launched by Russia that night.
She was killed while protecting her four-year-old son, Mark, with her body after the family apartment was hit.
Yefymenko — a…
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Does The EU Still Have The Sanctions Cards Needed To Hurt Russia?
With the ink still drying on the European Union’s freshly printed 17th sanctions package on Russia, work is already under way on a next step that European leaders say will be “massive.”
But some analysts warn that, in many ways, the EU has already played its best cards and doesn’t have many…
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Mourners Honor Ukrainian Mother Killed While Protecting Her Young Son
Neighbors and family gathered in the Ukrainian community of Vasylkiv, outside Kyiv, to mourn a mother who died on May 18 while shielding her 4-year-old son from a Russian air attack. Anna Yefymenko, 27, was killed in the air strike on the family’s apartment but her son, Mark, survived with…
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Trump’s New Position on the War in Ukraine: Not My Problem
In a reversal, President Trump appears to have backed off joining a European push for new sanctions on Russia, seemingly eager to move on to doing business deals with it.
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