Russian military intelligence (GRU) has targeted thousands of surveillance cameras across Romania and other NATO countries bordering Ukraine in an attempt to monitor the flow of military and humanitarian aid to Kyiv, according to a recent investigation involving the United States and several…
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Ukraine and Russia begin biggest prisoner swap of the war
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Ukraine and Russia began their largest exchange of prisoners of war on Friday that had been agreed during their first peace talks in three years, according to…
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Ukraine and Russia Set to Begin Largest Prisoner Exchange of War
President Trump trumpeted the event with a post on social networks.
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Trump Says Ukraine And Russia Conduct ‘Major’ Prisoner Swap, No Confirmation From Kyiv Or Moscow
US President Donald Trump said Ukraine and Russia had “just completed” a large-scale prisoner swap, but there was no immediate confirmation from Kyiv or Moscow that the exchange, in the works since peace talks in Istanbul last week, had taken place.
“A major prisoners swap was just completed…
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Why ‘neutral’ Austria does not want to be left out of EU rearmament drive
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EU urged to improve its readiness for war and natural disasters
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The Netherlands and seven other EU countries have called on the bloc to urgently improve its patchy civilian preparedness for man-made and natural disasters, in the wake…
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G7 Finance Ministers Agree To Increase Pressure On Russia If There Is No Cease-Fire In Ukraine
Finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of Seven democracies agreed during a meeting in western Canada that Russia could face further sanctions if it resists a push toward a cease-fire in its war in Ukraine.
The G7 finance chiefs condemned Russia’s “brutal war” in a…
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G7 ministers threaten more sanctions against Russia over Ukraine war
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G7 finance ministers vowed to crank up sanctions on Russia if it does not make progress towards peace with Ukraine, in a show of support for Kyiv after the US…
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Germany’s Friedrich Merz pledges to defend ‘every inch’ of Nato territory
Friedrich Merz promised to help defend “every inch” of Nato territory as he joined the inauguration of the first German military brigade to be permanently stationed on foreign soil since the second world war.
The new German chancellor declared that “the security of our Baltic allies is also…
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A Burst Of Diplomacy Brings No Breakthrough On Russia’s War Against Ukraine. What’s Next?
A flurry of intense diplomacy over Russia’s war against Ukraine, centered around the first direct peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow in three years and a long phone call between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, ended earlier this week without a…
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