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Russia Criticized at UN Security Council Over Ukraine Strikes

par This Is Beirut, 09/07 19:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Russia came under fire at the UN Security Council on Tuesday for conducting "systemic attacks" on Ukraine's medical facilities after a wave of deadly strikes across the country. President Volodymyr Zelensky said 38 people across Ukraine were killed — including four children — and 190 were wounded in the wave of nearly 40 missiles that ...

NATO Begins F-16 Jets Transfer to Ukraine

par This Is Beirut, 10/07 20:21 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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NATO allies announced on Wednesday that they started the long-promised transfer of F-16 jets to Ukraine as leaders meet for a summit in Washington clouded by political uncertainties in the United States. With the pomp of the three-day gathering in the US capital, President Joe Biden is aiming to rally the West and reassure US voters amid intense ...

Russian Oil Depot Ablaze Following Ukrainian Drone Attack

par This Is Beirut, 13/07 19:23 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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An oil depot caught fire Saturday in Russia's Rostov region after a Ukrainian drone attack, its governor Vasily Golubev said on Telegram. Both Moscow and Kyiv have extensively used drones, including larger self-detonating craft with ranges stretching hundreds of kilometres, throughout the conflict, which began in February 2022. "After a drone ...

Zelensky Calls on Russia to Attend Second Ukraine Summit

par This Is Beirut, 15/07 17:16 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday that Russia should be represented at a second summit aiming to secure lasting peace with the Kremlin, after more than two years of war. Both sides have shunned direct peace talks since negotiations between Russian and Ukraine delegations fell through in the early weeks of Russia's invasion ...

Russia Gives Cautious Reaction to Zelensky's Summit Offer

par This Is Beirut, 16/07 14:04 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Kremlin on Tuesday gave a cautious reaction to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's apparent invitation to a future peace summit, saying that Russia first needs to understand what Kyiv means before attending talks. Zelensky said on Monday that Russia "should be" represented at a second summit on the Ukraine conflict, following high-level ...

Kyiv and Prague Agree to Produce Weapons in Ukraine

par This Is Beirut, 16/07 19:37 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Kyiv and Prague have agreed to launch joint production of assault rifles and ammunition components in Ukraine, the countries' prime ministers said on Tuesday, following talks in the Czech Republic. Ukraine has been working to develop its own fledgling arms industry to reduce its dependence on Western military aid since Russian forces invaded in ...

Russia and Ukraine Each Free 95 POWs in Latest Exchange

par This Is Beirut, 17/07 18:51 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Russia and Ukraine have released a total of 190 captured soldiers in the latest prisoner exchange between the two countries, officials in Moscow and Kyiv announced on Wednesday. Thousands of POWs have been freed in more than 50 individual exchanges throughout the war – an area where the two sides have been able to strike rare agreements since ...

Russia Destroys 33 Ukrainian Drones Over Crimea

par This Is Beirut, 18/07 10:38 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Russia downed 33 Ukrainian aerial drones overnight over Crimea and 10 naval drones that were heading for the peninsula, Moscow's defense ministry said Thursday. "Air defense systems on duty destroyed and intercepted 33 aerial drones over... Crimea," the ministry said in a Telegram post, adding that forces "in the Black Sea destroyed 10 naval ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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