Overnight Russian Shahed drone attacks killed one person in Dnipro on April 29-30 and injured at least 45 in Kharkiv and other cities in Ukraine. More than 100 air strikes lasting hours sparked multiple fires.
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Deadly Russian Drone Strikes Hit Kharkiv And Dnipro
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Microsoft vows to protect European operations from Donald Trump
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Microsoft’s top legal officer said the company would take the US government to court if necessary to protect European customers’ access to its services, as it…
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Commodities and shipping groups seek sanctions advice on return to Russia
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Commodity traders, insurers and shipping groups are among western companies approaching lawyers for advice on how to restart trading with Russia, in preparation for a potential…
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A Russian Missile Blew Apart These Kyiv Apartments, and a Decades-Old Community
Oleksandr Polishchuk knows suffering more than most.
He lost friends after joining the Ukrainian Army in 2015 when Russia invaded eastern Ukraine. He lost his first wife to the pandemic. In 2022, shortly after the Russians launched their full-scale invasion, he was captured and lost his freedom…
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Ukrainian Soldiers Skeptical Of Putin’s 72-Hour Cease-Fire Offer
Ukrainian troops say they’re doubtful about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s declaration of a three-day cease-fire with Ukraine, which is due to start on May 8, a day before Moscow marks the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in WWII. Kyiv has responded by calling for an…
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Child Killed In Russian Drone Strike On Residential Area In Ukraine
A Russian drone struck a residential area on April 29 in the Dnipropetrovsk region, killing a child, Ukrainian authorities said. Children were reportedly trapped under the rubble, and one child, a 12-year-old girl, died on the way to the hospital.
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Zelensky Calls Putin’s 72-Hour Truce Pledge ‘Manipulation’
Russian forces launched 100 attack drones across Ukraine overnight, the Ukrainian authorities said on Tuesday, killing a child and injuring several people just hours after President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia ordered a unilateral three-day cease-fire starting on May 8.
The announcement on Monday…
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Finnish Leader Warns Russia: ‘You Don’t Play With President Trump’
A day after they golfed together in Florida, President Trump said he was “pissed off” at the Kremlin and threatened to impose sanctions on Russia’s oil customers.
Hours after they sat next to each other at Pope Francis’ funeral in Vatican City, Mr. Trump lit into Moscow for shooting…
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Zelenskyy Says Putin’s Cease-Fire Proposal Over Victory Day Would Only Provide ‘Silence For His Parade’
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said a deal to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is “closer” as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for greater international pressure on the Kremlin following the latest wave of attacks along the front line.
“They [Russia and Ukraine] are closer in…
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‘I Will Wait For Peace:’ As Russian Bombs Hit Kostyantynivka, One Woman Resolves To Stay
Valentyna Oleksandrivna, an 84-year-old resident of Kostyantynivka, has lived through wartime before.
“It’s terribly upsetting to me that I was born during a war and I am dying during a war,” she told RFE/RL’s Current Time TV. “How is this even possible? I never would have thought…
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