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US Announces Sanctions Targeting Russia Over Ukraine War

par This Is Beirut, 12/06 20:14 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The United States announced a raft of sanctions on Wednesday aimed at constraining Moscow's war in Ukraine while raising the stakes for foreign banks that still deal with Russia, ahead of G7 leaders' talks this week. The Treasury Department and State Department's sanctions hit more than 300 targets, including entities in Russia and in countries ...

G7 Leaders Meet to Seal $50B Ukraine Aid Deal

par This Is Beirut, 13/06 09:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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G7 leaders were set to agree on a new $50-billion loan for Ukraine as they gathered Thursday for a summit in southern Italy, using the profits from frozen Russian assets. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will join US President Joe Biden and leaders from Italy, Britain, France, Germany, Canada and Japan for the talks at the luxury Borgo ...

Putin Demands Ukraine Pull Back Troops, Abandon NATO

par This Is Beirut, 14/06 15:52 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Moscow would only halt its offensive on Ukraine if Kyiv effectively surrenders by pulling its troops out of the east and south and dropping its bid for NATO membership. Ukraine, NATO and the United States immediately rejected Putin's hardline conditions to halt the full-scale military offensive ...

Russia: Daesh Hostage-Takers "Liquidated"

par This Is Beirut, 16/06 12:47 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Two prison guards at a jail in southern Russia have been freed without harm after they were taken hostage by Islamic State inmates, with the assailants "liquidated", the country's prison service said Sunday. "During a special operation... the criminals were liquidated and the employees taken hostage were freed and were not wounded," the service ...

International Community Meet at First Ukraine Peace Summit

par This Is Beirut, 16/06 12:53 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The international community gathered in Switzerland Sunday for the first Ukraine Peace Summit. Dozens of countries meeting for a landmark international summit on peace in Ukraine agreed Sunday that Kyiv should enter dialogue with Russia on ending the war, while strongly supporting Ukraine's independence and territorial integrity. Leaders and top ...

Putin to Visit N. Korea as Kremlin Floats Possible 'Strategic' Treaty

par This Is Beirut, 17/06 16:27 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to North Korea on Tuesday, in a rare visit that may see Moscow sign a "strategic partnership treaty" with Pyongyang, the Kremlin said. The historic trip -- which the Kremlin called a "friendly state visit" -- comes as Putin seeks ammunition to continue his military offensive in Ukraine and as the West ...

Putin Hails N. Korea's Support for Ukraine War

par This Is Beirut, 18/06 22:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin landed in North Korea on Wednesday, the Kremlin said, kicking off a visit set to boost defense ties between the two nuclear-armed countries as Moscow pursues its war in Ukraine. Ahead of Putin's late-night touchdown, huge banners with a smiling photograph of the Russian leader reading "We ardently welcome ...

Putin Signs a Mutual Defense Agreement With Kim Jong Un

par This Is Beirut, 19/06 09:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a mutual defense agreement on Wednesday with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, who offered his “full support” on Ukraine. The pledge of military cooperation was part of a strategic treaty signed during a summit in Pyongyang, where Putin was making his first visit in 24 years. “It is really a breakthrough ...

Putin Arrives in Vietnam

par This Is Beirut, 20/06 12:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Vietnamese counterpart Thursday as he began a state visit to Hanoi, a day after signing a mutual defence pact with North Korea's Kim Jong Un. Putin and Kim inked a strategic treaty at a summit in Pyongyang that included a commitment to come to each other's aid if attacked. Kim also pledged his "full ...

Russia Launches 'Massive' Attack on Ukraine Power Network

par This Is Beirut, 22/06 10:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Ukraine on Saturday said Russia had launched a "massive" overnight attack on energy infrastructure in the west and south, adding that at least seven people died from Moscow strikes elsewhere. Russia launched 16 cruise missiles from land, sea and air as well as 13 attack drones, aiming at energy infrastructure in several regions, Ukraine's ...

Several Dead in Russian and Ukrainian Strikes in Crimea and Kharkiv

par This Is Beirut, 23/06 11:31 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Two people were killed and around fifty injured in Russian strikes in Kharkiv on Saturday. Two other people died and twenty-two were injured in Ukrainian missile attack in Crimea the same day. Russian strikes left two people dead and around 50 injured on Saturday in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city and a regular target of bombardment, ...

Gunmen in Dagestan Kill Police and Priest in ‘Terror’ Attack

par This Is Beirut, 24/06 09:41 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Gunmen attacked churches and synagogues in Russia's North Caucasus region of Dagestan on Sunday, killing at least 15 police and national guard officers and a priest, officials said. The unidentified gunmen launched simultaneous attacks in Dagestan's largest city of Makhachkala and in the coastal city of Derbent. Russia's Investigative Committee ...

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