Finance ministry asked cabinet in February to freeze expenditure in other areas as cost of conflict mounts
Category: 2. RussianAggression
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Russia overspends on Putin’s war in Ukraine by $28bn
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Starobilsk incident highlights Ukrainian concerns over civilian risk in deep strikes and limits of wartime verification in occupied areas
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Reports of a Ukrainian strike in occupied Starobilsk, Luhansk Oblast, on 22 May, have prompted conflicting accounts about the target and reported civilian casualties, with…
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Working For A Secret Family: The Foreigners Raising Putin’s Purported Sons
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his purported partner, Alina Kabayeva, have hired at least 20 foreign governesses, tutors, and other caregivers to help raise the two boys widely believed to be their sons — most of them from Western countries, including several citizens of NATO states…
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Kyiv’s Envoy Says Patriot Missiles Are Critical As Zelenskyy Appeals To Trump
WASHINGTON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has issued an unusually direct appeal to President Donald Trump and the US Congress, warning that Ukraine urgently needs additional Patriot missile systems as Russia intensifies ballistic missile attacks on Ukrainian cities.
In a five-page…
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Russians caught putting Pantsirs on rooftops in Moscow in the rain following Ukrainian strikes
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Russians are mounting more Pantsir short-range air defenses onto tall buildings in Moscow in preparation for Ukrainian deep strikes on the capital.
Footage surfaced online…
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Rouble’s strength piles pressure on Russian war economy
Rising energy exports have helped push currency to three-year high, making other exports less competitive
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Ukraine is turning the tables
The country’s war effort was at a nadir. But mass drone production has come to the rescue
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EU must change accession system to cater for Ukraine, enlargement chief says
Admitting new members seen by many as a geopolitical necessity after Russian assault on Kyiv
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How Ukraine’s drones turned the tables
The country’s war effort was at a nadir. But mass drone production has come to the rescue
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Ukrainian drones used to burn one tanker. Now they can burn the whole train
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- Ukrainian drone-maker Fire Point is arming some of its FP-1 and FP-2 one-way attack drones with underwing unguided rockets
- The most coveted target: a Russian supply train…
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