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Kyiv, Seoul Say Will Deepen Security Ties Over N.Korea Troops

This is Beirut, 27/11 13:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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South Korea and Ukraine agreed Wednesday to deepen security cooperation in response to the "threat" posed by the deployment of North Korea troops in Russia, the presidency in Seoul announced. The statement followed a meeting between South Korea's president and Ukraine's defense minister after their countries sounded the alarm ...

How Hybrid Warfare has Turned Ukraine into a War on Many Fronts

Cian Ward, 26/11 12:20 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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The war in Ukraine is in large part a battle of bullets, blood and trenches, yet it has also catalyzed new dimensions of ‘hybrid warfare’ beyond the conventional boundaries of conflict. In the days following Ukraine’s 2014 Revolution of Dignity, when incendiary protests in Kyiv’s Maidan Square led to the overthrow of ...

Russia Launches Record 188 Drones at Ukraine Overnight

This is Beirut, 26/11 11:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Russia launched a record 188 drones at Ukraine overnight, Kyiv said Tuesday, amid growing international tensions over Russian missile threats and hints Moscow could strike European cities. Moscow and Kyiv have been escalating their drone and missile broadsides, with Ukraine recently firing US long-range missiles at Russia and the Kremlin ...

UN Chief Slams US Decision to Supply Ukraine with Landmine

This is Beirut, 25/11 13:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres slammed on Monday the "renewed threat" of anti-personnel landmines, days after the United States said it would supply the weapons to Ukrainian forces battling Russia's invasion. In remarks sent to a conference in Cambodia to review progress on the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Treaty, Guterres hailed the work of ...

Romania: Far-Right and Pro-Russia Candidate Takes Astonishing Lead

This is Beirut, 25/11 10:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Far-right candidate Calin Georgescu surged unexpectedly in Romania's presidential election, pulling ahead of the pro-European prime minister with more than 98 percent of votes counted Monday and looking all but certain to advance to a runoff. Exit polls had initially shown centre-left Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu with a comfortable lead and put ...

Turkey's Erdogan Seeks to Increase Trade With Russia

This is Beirut, 24/11 17:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said during a telephone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that he wants to expand trade between Ankara and Moscow. "President Erdogan declared that he aimed to increase the cooperation between Turkey and Russia in a number of areas, notably expanding the volume of trade," the ...

Zelensky Seeks New Air Defense Systems Following Latest Russian Strike

This is Beirut, 22/11 22:07 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Ukraine is asking its Western partners for updated air defense systems after Russia fired an ultra-fast ballistic missile at the city of Dnipro this week, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday. "Ukraine's defense minister is already holding meetings with our partners on new air defense systems, exactly the kind of systems that can ...

Pro-Kremlin Muscovites Galvanised by Putin's Warning

This is Beirut, 22/11 15:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Pro-Kremlin Muscovites voiced confidence in President Vladimir Putin on Friday, a day after Russia test-fired a new intermediate-range missile at Ukraine in a stark escalation of tensions. Putin delivered an unscheduled TV address after the strike, in which he told Russians that the Ukraine conflict had taken on "elements of a global ...

Russia Could Strike Western Countries, Putin Warns

This is Beirut, 22/11 04:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the conflict in Ukraine had characteristics of a "global" war and did not rule out strikes on Western countries. The Kremlin strongman spoke out after a day of frayed nerves, with Russia test-firing a new generation intermediate-range missile at Ukraine -- which Putin hinted was capable of ...

Russia Used 'Experimental' Missile in Ukraine Strike: US official

This is Beirut, 21/11 19:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Russia's strike on Ukraine was not an ICBM, but an "experimental" medium-range ballistic missile, a US official said Thursday, playing down the significance of the attack. "Russia may be seeking to use this capability to try to intimidate Ukraine and its supporters... but it will not be a game changer in this conflict," the US official ...

US Slaps Sanctions on Dozens of Russian Banks over Ukraine War

This is Beirut, 21/11 18:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The United States unveiled sanctions on dozens of Russian banks Thursday, including the largest remaining one yet to face such action, over the war in Ukraine. The move taking aim at financial institutions and officials "will further diminish and degrade Russia's war machine," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a statement. "This sweeping ...

War in Ukraine: The Nuclear Threat and Escalating International Tensions

Soumia Benmerzoug, 21/11 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Washington has crossed a red line for Moscow by permitting Ukraine to use long-range "ATACMS" missiles to target strategic sites on Russian soil. This unprecedented support, along with the controversial delivery of "non-persistent" antipersonnel mines, is aimed at slowing the Russian military’s advance in eastern Ukraine. While Kyiv has praised ...

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