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Russian Strikes Bring Death and Injury to Ukraine

par This Is Beirut, 08/01 13:57 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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A new round of Russian strikes in Ukraine has resulted in at least three deaths and dozens injured, coming less than a week after Kyiv's warning about limited ammunition amid intense bombardment. At least three people have been killed and dozens injured in a fresh wave of Russian strikes across Ukraine, regional officials said Monday. The ...

US Senate Approves $95 Billion Aid Bill

par This Is Beirut, 13/02 20:01 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The US Senate approved a bill on Tuesday that would provide Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan with a total amount of $95 billion in financial aid, amid claims of the importance of adopting an isolationist stance first and foremost. The US Senate on Tuesday approved long-delayed funding for Ukraine's war effort, part of a foreign aid package that ...

Navalny's Relatives Accuse Kremlin of Concealing the Truth

par This Is Beirut, 18/02 12:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Relatives of Alexei Navalny, Vladimir Putin's foremost opponent, have still not been able to recover the body of the fierce Kremlin critic who died in an Arctic prison on Friday, February 16. They accuse Putin of concealing the truth about Navalny's cause of death. Alexei Navalny's supporters accused Russian authorities on Saturday of being ...

US Announces Fresh Sanctions Against Russia Over Navalny's Death

par This Is Beirut, 20/02 23:13 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The United States is set to unveil new sanctions against Russia on Friday in response to the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in prison. This action comes as several European governments have called in Russian diplomats amidst the escalating tensions. The United States will announce fresh sanctions on Russia on Friday over the death in ...

Germany Accuses Putin of Seeking to "Destabilize" With Wiretap

par This Is Beirut, 03/03 19:34 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Germany accused on Sunday Russian President Vladimir Putin of trying to sow disunity with the wiretap leak of a confidential German Army discussion on the Ukraine war, at a time when Berlin is under pressure to supply the Taurus missile to Kyiv. A 38-minute recording of the talks was posted online late Friday on Russian social media, with the ...

Russia’s First Election Day Marred by Protest Incidents

par This Is Beirut, 15/03 21:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The first day of a locked Russian election came to a close on Friday March 15, amid President Vladimir Putin's threats against Ukraine and protest incidents that marred the electoral process. President Vladimir Putin on Friday vowed a strong military response to a string of Ukrainian attacks on Russia's border that he described as an attempt by ...

Putin on Course for Another Six-Year Term

par This Is Beirut, 17/03 23:22 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Exit polls on Sunday indicated that Vladimir Putin was on track to secure another six-year term as Russian president, potentially making him the longest-serving Russian leader in over two centuries. Vladimir Putin was headed for another six-year term as Russian president Sunday, exit polls showed, paving the way for the hardline former spy to ...

World Leaders Condemn Russian Concert Hall Attack

par This Is Beirut, 23/03 12:23 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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World leaders denounced the deadly attack by gunmen on a Moscow concert hall on Friday that killed at least 93 people and wounded over 100. Ukraine, which has been facing a Russian military offensive for the past two years, was quick to deny any involvement in the attack. “We had nothing to do" with it, presidential aide Mykhailo Podolyak said ...

Zelensky Urges For Faster Military Aid Delivery

par This Is Beirut, 27/03 21:34 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday urged Ukraine's allies to speed up deliveries of warplanes and air defense systems following a deadly Russian strike on the city of Kharkiv. "Bolstering Ukraine's air defense and expediting the delivery of F-16s to Ukraine are vital tasks. There are no rational explanations for why Patriots, which are ...

Political Vignettes and Ongoing Conflicts

par Charles Chartouni, 08/04 09:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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Sergei Shoïgu, the Russian minister of defense, surmises French responsibility behind Moscow’s terror attack since Ukrainians are masterminded by their European mentors and France has defied the moral and political arrogance of the dictator. Relaying the lies of the Russian autocrat, S. Shoïgu perpetuates the culture of dissembling and ...

Putin Aims to Demilitarize Ukraine with Energy Strikes

par This Is Beirut, 11/04 23:23 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said that recent airstrikes on Ukraine's energy grid, which have caused huge blackouts, are part of the Kremlin's "demilitarization" of its neighbor. His comments came after Moscow launched a barrage of aerial attacks on Thursday, targeting energy facilities across Ukraine. "We assume that in this way ...

France Estimates 150,000 Russian Soldiers Were Killed in Ukraine War

par This Is Beirut, 03/05 21:57 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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France estimates that 150,000 Russian soldiers have been killed during Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné said in an interview published on Friday. Speaking to Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta Europe, Séjourné said Paris estimated total Russian casualties, including the wounded, at 500,000 in the war, ...

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