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Ukrainian Ultranationalist Former MP Assassinated in Lviv

par This Is Beirut, 20/07 15:26 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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A former Ukrainian nationalist lawmaker, who often made outspoken statements defending the Ukrainian language, has died after being shot by a gunman in her home city of Lviv, authorities said. Iryna Farion, 60, briefly served as a member of Ukraine's parliament for the ultra-nationalist Svoboda party and routinely attracted controversy for ...

Ukrainian Drones Set Ablaze Russian Oil Refinery

par This Is Beirut, 22/07 14:39 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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A barrage of drones launched by Ukraine overnight sparked a blaze at an oil refinery in southern Russia, in Kyiv's latest aerial strike, officials in Ukraine and Russia said Monday. Regional authorities in the Russian Black Sea town of Tuapse in the Krasnodar region said debris from one downed drone sparked a fire at an oil refinery. Kyiv and ...

Ukrainian FM in China to Discuss End of War with Russia

par This Is Beirut, 23/07 13:48 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Ukraine's foreign minister was in China Tuesday for talks on how officials there might help end the war with Russia, whose ties with Beijing have grown stronger since the conflict began. China presents itself as a neutral party in the war and says it is not sending lethal assistance to either side, unlike the United States and other Western ...

Moscow Car Bomb Injures Russian Military Intelligence Official

par This Is Beirut, 24/07 14:52 - Reading : less than a minute

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Reuters reported on Wednesday that a car bomb in northern Moscow injured an official from Russia's military intelligence agency. Russia's Interior Ministry stated that two people were injured in a blast caused by an unidentified device. Russian media reports that shortly after the officer and an unidentified woman got into the car in a Moscow ...

Russia Frees US Reporter in Major Prisoner Swap with West

par This Is Beirut, 01/08 19:34 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Jailed US journalist Evan Gershkovich and a Russian intelligence colonel jailed for a Berlin murder were among two dozen prisoners freed Thursday in the biggest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War. The prisoners were flown to Turkey's capital Ankara from Russia, the United States, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Norway and Belarus under the ...

Ukraine Advances 10 Km in Russia Border Incursion

par This Is Beirut, 08/08 15:27 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Ukrainian troops have advanced up to 10 kilometers (six miles) into Russia in possibly the most serious border incursion of the conflict, the Institute for the Study of War said on Thursday. Pro-Kyiv forces stormed into Russia's southwestern Kursk region on Tuesday morning, deploying around 1,000 troops and more than two dozen armored vehicles ...

Ukraine's Incursion into Russia Continues

par This Is Beirut, 09/08 11:01 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Ukraine pressed on with a major cross-border incursion into Russia, where state media and local officials on Friday reported a fire at a military airfield and "massive" drone attacks hundreds of kilometers from the border. The Ukrainian offensive in the Kursk region over the past few days appears to be the most significant attack on Russian soil ...

The Ukrainian Incursion Aims to 'Destabilize' Russia

par This Is Beirut, 11/08 16:04 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Thousands of Ukrainian troops are taking part in a major incursion into Russian territory, aiming to destabilize Russia by showing up its weaknesses, a top Ukrainian official has told AFP. "We are on the offensive. The aim is to stretch the positions of the enemy, to inflict maximum losses and to destabilize the situation in Russia as they are ...

Putin Tells Abbas That He Is 'Concerned' About Civilian Death Toll

par This Is Beirut, 13/08 15:59 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin told Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday that Moscow was "concerned" about civilian deaths in Gaza. "We are concerned above all about civilian losses," Putin said, according to images shown on Russian state television. "We are doing everything ... to support Palestine and the Palestinian ...

Ukrainian Forces Push Deeper into Russia

par This Is Beirut, 14/08 11:21 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday his troops were "moving further" into Russia, as Kyiv's biggest ever cross-border attack stretched into a second week. The Ukrainian army entered Russia's Kursk region on August 6, capturing dozens of settlements in the biggest offensive by a foreign army on Russian soil since World War ...

Both Moscow and Washington are Against War in the Region

par This Is Beirut, 15/08 11:11 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Russia has reportedly warned Iran against escalations in the Middle East, calling on it to restrain confrontations with Israel and adhere to established rules of engagement. The message was conveyed by the Secretary-General of the Russian Security Council, Sergei Shoigu, who visited Iran recently and held talks with senior Iranian officials, ...

Zelensky Says Ukraine 'Advanced Well' into Russia

par This Is Beirut, 15/08 11:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday that Ukrainian troops had "advanced well" in Russia's Kursk region, as Kyiv's biggest cross-border attack stretched into a second week. The Ukrainian Army entered the Kursk region on August 6, capturing dozens of settlements in the biggest offensive by a foreign army on Russian soil since World War ...

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