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Romania to Send US-Made Patriot Missile System to Ukraine

par This Is Beirut, 20/06 16:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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NATO member Romania announced Thursday that it would send a Patriot missile system to Ukraine, welcomed by Kyiv as a "crucial contribution" to help its fight against Russia's invasion. While Kyiv is calling for more Patriot missile systems, most NATO countries have been reluctant to send them because they want to protect their own ...

US to Fast-Track Ukraine Anti-Air Missile Deliveries

par This Is Beirut, 21/06 10:28 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The United States will prioritize deliveries of anti-air missiles to Kyiv, sending the desperately needed munitions to Ukraine ahead of other countries that have placed orders, the White House said on Thursday. “We're going to reprioritize the deliveries of these exports so that those missiles rolling off the production line will now be ...

Russia Launches New Operation to Halt Advancing Ukrainian Troops

par This Is Beirut, 10/08 10:46 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Moscow on Saturday launched a "counter-terror operation" in three border regions adjoining Ukraine to halt Kyiv's biggest cross-border offensive in the two-and-a-half-year conflict. Ukrainian units stormed across the border into Russia's western Kursk region on Tuesday morning in a shock attack and have advanced several kilometers, according to ...

Moscow Strikes Against Kyiv in Retaliation for Kursk Incursion

par This Is Beirut, 11/08 11:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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A man and his four-year-old son were killed in an overnight Russian missile attack near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, the emergency service said Sunday. Explosions rang out Saturday night in the center and east of Kyiv, AFP journalists noted, as Ukraine's air force said two Russian missiles were headed towards the city. Air raid sirens sounded in ...

Russia Struggles to Contain Ukrainian Push into Russia Itself

par This Is Beirut, 12/08 10:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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President Vladimir Putin ordered his army on Monday to "dislodge" Ukrainian troops who have entered Russian territory as authorities said over 120,000 people had been evacuated away from the fighting. Ukraine sent troops last week into Russia's border region of Kursk, in the largest cross-border operation by Kyiv since Moscow launched its ...

Deadly Russian Attacks Kill Dozens in Ukraine

par This Is Beirut, 04/09 10:41 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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At least 51 people were killed and hundreds wounded Tuesday in a Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Poltava, authorities said, in one of the single deadliest bombardments of the two-and-a-half-year war. United States President Joe Biden condemned the "deplorable attack," which Kyiv said hit a military training facility and a nearby ...

Under-Pressure Zelensky in Germany to Rally Ukraine’s Allies

par This Is Beirut, 06/09 10:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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President Volodymyr Zelensky is visiting Germany on Friday, where Ukraine's military backers are meeting, days after one of the deadliest strikes of the war and as Russian forces make battlefield gains. Zelensky and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will hold "one-on-one" talks in Frankfurt, according to a German government spokesman, who did not ...

Russia, Ukraine Swap 206 POWs in UAE-Brokered Deal

par This Is Beirut, 14/09 18:22 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Moscow and Kyiv swapped 103 prisoners of war each on Saturday in a deal brokered by the United Arab Emirates, a rare moment of coordination between the two warring sides as Russia pushes ahead in east Ukraine. The Russians released in the swap were captured during Ukraine's incursion into the Kursk region, Moscow said, while some of the ...

Ukraine Says One Killed After ‘Massive’ Air Strikes

par This Is Beirut, 24/09 12:26 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Ukraine said Tuesday that one man was killed and six wounded, including two children, by "massive" Russian air strikes on the southern city of Zaporizhzhia. The regional capital was targeted by a series of "massive air strikes" over the course of two hours after 9:00 pm Monday evening, the state emergency service said. "One man died and another ...

Gaza and Ukraine at the Heart of This Year's Bayeux Award

par This is Beirut, 10:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The situation in Gaza, one year after the start of the war and at a time when bombardments are raging in the Middle East, as well as the Russian invasion of Ukraine, will be at the heart of the 31st Bayeux Award for War Correspondents, which starts on Monday. “Never have so many journalists died during a conflict as in Gaza over the past year, ...

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