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Maria Ivashchenko’s husband Pavlo volunteered to fight the very same day Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.
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Putin threatens war as Western allies near deal on missile strikes in Russia – POLITICO
U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy, who will join the latter part of Friday’s White House meeting along with Britain’s National Security Adviser Tim Barrow and Ambassador to the U.S. Karen Pierce, said on a joint visit with Blinken to Kyiv…
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Ukraine: Over 6 Million Refugees Spread Across Europe
No fewer than 6.168 million Ukrainian refugees were registered across Europe by the end of July 2024, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The war has caused the largest population displacement crisis since…
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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 921 | Russia-Ukraine war News
As the war enters its 921st day, these are the main developments.
Here is the situation on Tuesday, September 3, 2024.
Fighting
- Russia struck Kyiv with dozens of drones and missiles in the early morning, in a bombardment that coincided with the…
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Pull back from the border or risk ‘tragic mistakes’ – POLITICO
Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko said earlier this month that he had deployed nearly one-third of his country’s armed forces to the border with Ukraine, telling state-run TV the move came in response to Kyiv amassing troops near its…
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Another Poland-Ukraine Border Checkpoint Closed Due to Repairs
Due to ongoing repair work, travel between Poland and Ukraine will encounter delays at major border checkpoints until mid-November.
In August 2024, Poland closed the Dorohusk checkpoint, located near Ukrainian Yahotyn, for essential repairs. This…
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Maps and satellite imagery show Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region
Ukrainian troops staged a surprise cross-border attack into Russia early last week, and now Kyiv claims to control more than 1,100 square kilometres of its neighbour’s territory.
The incursion has reframed the war and caused chaos in western…
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Ukraine’s invasion of Russia exposes the folly of the West’s escalation fears
Units of the Ukrainian army crossed the border into Russia for the first time on August 6, marking the launch of a surprise…
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Mapping Ukraine’s surprise incursion into Russia’s Kursk region | Interactive News
During the past week, Ukraine has launched an offensive in Kursk in the most significant cross-border attack since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022.
The Kursk region, located in western Russia and bordering…
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What Ukraine’s assault on Russia could mean for EU gas supplies | Energy
A Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk region – the largest since the war began with about 1,000 soldiers and more than two dozen tanks and other armoured vehicles storming over the border this week – poses a threat to a major gas supply…