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- There are just seven missile-armed warships left in Russia’s once-powerful Black Sea Fleet
- Ukrainian drone forces are escalating their attacks on these surviving vessels…
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Russia’s Black Sea Fleet is down to 7 major warships. Ukraine is hunting them one by one.
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Mongols, Soviets, now Putin: every empire told Ukraine “you are one of us.” None were right.
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From a corner table here in Virmenka café, three days after a Shahed drone hit downtown Lviv’s 17th-century Bernardine monastery, I consider how Ukraine’s complex history…
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Ukraine’s big boom FP-2 drones just blew up four Russian Orions inside their Crimean hangar
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- Ukrainian drones hit a Russian drone base in Crimea for the second time in six months
- The 2 April strike on Kirovske air base inflicted more damage than the October raid,…
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‘Sooner or later’ Russia must yield to peace
Britain’s leader encouraged his global counterparts to continue pushing for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine at the start of a virtual meeting Saturday intended to end the fighting between the two countries.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told a virtual meeting of mostly European…
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VOA Russian: Putin tries to punt decision on Ukraine back to Trump
After U.S. President Donald Trump urged Moscow to accept the ceasefire deal agreed to by the U.S. and Ukrainian delegations in Saudi Arabia and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that “the ball is in Russia’s court,” experts polled by VOA Russian said Vladimir Putin’s first reaction was…
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G7 urges Russia to accept ceasefire or face further sanctions
CHARLEVOIX, QUEBEC, CANADA —Top diplomats from the Group of Seven leading democracies urged Russia on Friday to accept a U.S.-proposed ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war or face the possibility of additional sanctions.
“We called for Russia to reciprocate by agreeing to a ceasefire on…
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Kremlin: Reasons to be optimistic about ceasefire deal
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday that there were reasons for “cautious optimism” regarding a proposed ceasefire deal between Ukraine and Russia, following talks between a U.S. envoy and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
Speaking to reporters in a telephone news briefing,…
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Ukraine peace, global security top G7 agenda as diplomats convene in Canada
CHARLEVOIX, QUEBEC —Top diplomats from the Group of Seven leading industrial nations gathered Thursday in Charlevoix, Quebec, as host country Canada outlined its top agenda, focusing on achieving a “just and lasting peace in Ukraine” and strengthening security and defense partnerships…
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Putin expresses support for ceasefire but says details must be worked out
Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed support for a U.S. ceasefire proposal to halt Russia’s war with Ukraine for 30 days, but he stressed that many details would have to be worked out and that any truce should pave the way to lasting peace.
“We agree with the proposals to halt the…
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Deadly Russian aerial attacks hit Ukraine’s Kherson region
Russian aerial attacks overnight killed at least two people in the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson, officials said Thursday.
Kherson Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said on Telegram his region came under attack by Russian drones and shelling, and that one other person was injured.
In the…
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