The Ukrainian leader held talks with Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada and was set to meet with President Trump’s envoy, Keith Kellogg, amid continuing diplomatic efforts to end the war.
Category: 2. RussianAggression
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Zelensky Marks Ukraine’s Independence Day With Diplomacy in Kyiv and a Plea for Peace
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Why the Donbas Is the Key to the Ukraine War
Talks of a cease-fire in Ukraine have centered on the Donbas, a valued region for both sides and where most of the fighting is taking place. Michael Schwirtz, a global intelligence correspondent, and Anatoly Kurmanaev, a foreign correspondent covering Russia, break down who the Donbas is…
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Zelenskyy Vows To ‘Not Lose’ War With Russia During Independence Day Speech
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy celebrated Ukraine’s Independence Day by saying that his country will “not lose” its fight against Moscow amid new battlefield advances and high-stakes diplomacy around ending the more than three-year war.
“Ukraine hasn’t won yet, but it will most…
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Peace Talks in Ukraine All Lead to the Donbas
The contested region is where Russia’s war in Ukraine began a decade ago. Scores of Ukrainian soldiers have died defending it. Would Ukraine give it up now?
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Why Haven’t Sanctions on Russia Stopped the War? The Money Is Still Flowing.
For decades, companies feared being on the wrong side of U.S. sanctions. That’s not always true anymore.
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Downed Ukrainian Drone Causes Fire At Kursk Nuclear Power Plant
A fire broke out at the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant in Russia after Russian military forces shot down a Ukrainian drone flying near the plant, the press service of the plant said on August 23.
The drone fell on an auxiliary transformer, sparking the fire, which has been extinguished, and there…
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Russia, Ukraine Both Claim Battlefield Successes In Eastern Regions As Drone Attacks Persist
Russian troops have taken control of two more settlements near the front line in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry said on August 23 after Russia again hit Ukraine with another barrage of drones overnight.
The ministry said the villages of Kleban-Byk, northwest of…
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Frontline report: Putin promised to take Sumy — his paratroopers are trapped there instead
Today, there is a lot of news from the Sumy direction. Here, Ukrainian forces in the sector have seized the initiative, moving from a defensive posture to a broad counteroffensive that is steadily reshaping the frontline. The momentum shift is allowing Ukrainian units to dictate the pace of…
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Frontline report: Russian reinforcements walk for days to reach Sumy front — Ukraine hits them first
Today, there is a lot of news from the Sumy direction. Here, Ukrainian forces in the sector have seized the initiative, moving from a defensive posture to a broad counteroffensive that is steadily reshaping the frontline. The momentum shift is allowing Ukrainian units to dictate the pace of…
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Zelenskyy wanted 30,000 attack drones. One factory alone is building 36,000
Ukrainian firm Fire Point is building 100 FP-1 attack drones every day. That’s … a lot of drones.
Building thousands of FP-1s and other long-range attack drones a month, Ukraine is coming close to matching Russia’s own production of Shahed attack drones.
Meanwhile, Fire Point is…
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