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'Dead and Wounded' After Ukrainian Drone Attack on Russia's Izhevsk

This is Beirut, 01/07 13:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

A Ukrainian drone attack on a Russian city more than 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) from the front line left multiple people dead and wounded early on Tuesday, the region's governor said. It was one of the deepest strikes into Russian territory of the three-year-old conflict. Izhevsk, far from the battlefield in Ukraine, is home to multiple arms ...

EU Strikes New Trade Deal with Ukraine Covering Farm Imports

This is Beirut, 30/06 17:55 - Reading : less than a minute

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The European Union said Monday it had agreed to a new long-term trade deal with Ukraine, covering imports of food products from the war-torn country that have angered EU farmers. "With this modernized agreement, we are securing trade flows from Ukraine to Europe and global markets," European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen ...

Germany Accuses Russia of Wanting to Impose Kiev's "Capitulation"

This is Beirut, 30/06 09:45 - Reading : less than a minute

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Russian President Vladimir Putin wants Ukraine to surrender, Germany's top diplomat said on Monday as he visited Kyiv after weeks of stepped-up Russian bombardments of the country. Amid stalled peace talks to end the more than three-year war, "Putin is not ceding on any of his maximalist demands – he doesn't want negotiations; he wants a ...

Zelensky Signs Decree for Ukraine's Withdrawal from Anti-Landmine Treaty

This is Beirut, 29/06 17:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday signed a decree putting his war-torn country on track to leave the anti-landmine Ottawa Convention, according to a document published on his website. The treaty bans signatories from acquiring, producing, stockpiling or using anti-personnel mines, which are designed to be buried or hidden on the ...

Russian Strikes Wound 12 in Ukraine

This is Beirut, 29/06 15:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Russian strikes targeting Ukraine overnight Saturday to Sunday wounded at least 12 people, according to local authorities, prompting Kyiv to renew calls for new air defense systems. Since its invasion in February 2022 Russia has launched near-nightly bombardments of Ukrainian towns and cities, sending barrages of drones and missiles against ...

Putin: Russian and Ukrainian Peace Proposals Are "Absolutely Contradictory"

This is Beirut, 27/06 18:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia and Ukraine's demands for peace were "absolutely contradictory," after two rounds of peace talks failed to bring the sides closer to an elusive ceasefire. Russian and Ukrainian negotiators swapped memorandums outlining their visions for how to end the three-year conflict at ...

Zelensky, Europe Rights Body Sign Accord for Ukraine War Tribunal

This is Beirut, 25/06 23:15 - Reading : less than a minute

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday signed an accord with pan-European rights body the Council of Europe for establishing a special tribunal to try top officials responsible for Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The court would prosecute the "crime of aggression" in the invasion, which Russia launched in February 2022, and could, in ...

Zelensky-Trump Meeting Planned Wednesday

This is Beirut, 24/06 15:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump are planning to meet on Wednesday on the sidelines of the NATO summit in The Hague, a senior source in the Ukrainian presidency told AFP. The war-time leader has been a central figure at recent summits but given his fractious relationship with Trump, Zelensky has not been invited to the main ...

Russian Drone Attacks Kill three in Northeast Ukraine

This is Beirut, 24/06 08:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Russian drone attacks killed three people near the northeastern city of Sumy, including a five-year-old child, local authorities said on Tuesday. It came a day after Ukraine said Russia carried out dozens of drone and missile strikes on its territory, killing 10 people in the capital Kyiv. Diplomatic efforts to end the three-year war have ...

Russian drone and missile barrage kills eight in Kyiv

This is Beirut, 23/06 13:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Ukraine said on Monday that Russia had fired dozens of drones and missiles at the country, ripping open a residential building and killing eight civilians in Kyiv. A flurry of diplomatic efforts to end the three-year war have stalled, with the last direct meeting between Kyiv and Moscow almost three weeks ago and no follow-up talks ...

Belarus frees jailed opposition leader after appeal from US

This is Beirut, 21/06 22:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Belarus freed top opposition figure Sergei Tikhanovsky and over a dozen other political prisoners on Saturday following an appeal from the White House, Minsk said, a sign of warming ties between Washington and Belarus-ally Moscow. The release came just hours after US special envoy Keith Kellogg met Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in ...

What Would Actually Set Off a Nuclear Disaster

Kaline Antoun, 20/06 22:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Since the Israeli strikes on Iran’s Natanz nuclear site on June 13, one question has taken on new urgency: What exactly needs to be hit in a nuclear facility to trigger a radioactive or chemical leak? And more critically, did the recent strikes come dangerously close to that threshold? To assess the risk, we first need to understand what a ...

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