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EU-Ukraine summit on Friday
KYIV: Ukraine's prime minister said a Ukraine-European Union summit will take place in Kyiv on Friday (3rd of Feb 2023), as the war-torn country battles to repel the Russian invasion.…
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Russian missiles hit Ukraine power facilities
KYIV : Russian forces fired dozens of missiles at Ukraine on Thursday (26th of Jan 2023) in a blistering wave of strikes targeting energy infrastructure a day after Germany and…
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Western weapons for Ukraine
DAVOS: Western countries are stepping up their weapons deliveries to Ukraine despite hesitations in Germany about supplying heavy tanks, underlining their growing confidence in Kyiv's chances of victory. With the…
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Russia claims control of Soledar
KRAMATORSK (Ukraine): Russia said on Friday (13th of Jan 2023) that its forces had wrested control of the war-scarred town of Soledar in east Ukraine, its first claim of victory…
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NATO, EU vow more support for Ukraine
BRUSSELS: NATO and the EU vowed Tuesday to bolster their backing for Ukraine to fight off Russia's invasion and ramp up cooperation between Europe and the US-led alliance.Longstanding designs by…
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Ukraine warns of fresh Russian missile strikes
UKRAINE: Ukraine said on Monday that Russia was preparing for a fresh wave of missile attacks on its energy grid that have plunged swathes of the country into the cold…
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Ukraine, Russia trade blame over nuclear plant shelling
MOSCOW: Kyiv and Moscow on Sunday traded accusations of shelling on the territory of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant that Russia controls in southern Ukraine. The UN atomic watchdog that…
US pressures Ukraine to weigh talks with Russia
WASHINGTON: The US is pressuring Ukraine to be open to peace talks with Moscow, with a top Pentagon official saying Kyiv's forces will find it hard to recover all the…
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Russia orders troops out of Kherson
MOSCOW: Russia ordered its troops to withdraw from the city of Kherson in southern Ukraine on Wednesday in a further major blow to its campaign amid a Ukrainian counter-offensive. "Begin…
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Russia to avoid clash of nuclear powers
MOSCOW: Russia said Wednesday the world's "top priority" should be to avoid a clash of nuclear powers, stressing it could lead to "catastrophic consequences". "We are firmly convinced that in…
Erdogan to discuss NATO bid with Swedish PM in Turkey
ISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accepted a request from Sweden's new prime minister to visit Turkey for talks aimed at overcoming Ankara's objections to Stockholm and Helsinki's bids to…
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Why English audiences have the toughest time with Shakespeare
PARIS: All the world's a stage but the irony is the rest of the globe often has an easier time understanding William Shakespeare than English speakers.Thanks to frequently updated translations…
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Putin vows more ‘severe’ attacks after Russian missiles batter Ukraine
KYIV: President Vladimir Putin threatened on Monday more "severe" attacks against Ukraine after Russian missiles rained down on the capital Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities in what Washington branded "utter…
Ukraine ‘integrity’ within ‘recognized’ borders
MANHATTAN: The UN reaffirmed its commitment to Ukraine's "territorial integrity" on Tuesday (27th day of September, 2022), as pro-Moscow authorities in several parts of the war-torn nation claimed victory in…
Ukraine is ‘not Nazi’, Holocaust survivors tell Putin
KRYVYI: Roman Gerstein, an 83-year-old Ukrainian Holocaust survivor, has a blunt riposte for Kremlin justifications of its invasion: "There are no Nazis here." For supporters of Russian President Vladimir Putin,…
Russia proxies hold breakaway polls in Ukraine
KYIV: Kremlin-held regions of eastern and southern Ukraine entered the second day of voting to become part of Russia on Saturday, in referendums dismissed as a "sham" by US President…
Ukraine finds graves in recaptured east
IZYUM: Ukrainian investigators descended on a pine forest outside the recaptured town of Izyum on Friday and began pulling hundreds of hastily buried bodies from the sandy soil. At least…
Russia reinforces Kharkiv to counter Ukraine push
Kharkiv: Russia said on Friday it was dispatching reinforcements to the Kharkiv region in eastern Ukraine where Kyiv's forces have announced robust gains as part of a broader counter-offensive. State…
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Ukraine PM seeks more weapons
BERLIN: Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmygal on Sunday voiced hopes that Germany would become a leading player helping Kyiv to build up its air defences, as he sought more heavy…
Shelling at Ukraine power plant
KYIV: Ukraine and Russia traded fresh accusations of shelling at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on Saturday, as its operator warned of a radioactive leak risk at the atomic facility. The…
UN ship with grain for Africa leaves Ukraine
KYIV: A UN-chartered vessel laden with grain set off from Ukraine for Africa on Tuesday following a deal to relieve a global food crisis, the ministry in charge of shipments…
1st grain ship leaves Ukrainian port
MANHATTAN: United Nations Secretary-General on Monday (1st of August, 2022) welcomed the departure of the first ship from the Ukrainian port of Odesa to leave carrying grain under the landmark…
First grain shipments to leave Ukraine
KYIV: Kyiv expects the first grain deliveries under a UN-brokered deal to leave Ukrainian ports "this week", Ukraine's infrastructure minister said Monday, despite Russian strikes on Ukraine's Black Sea port of…
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Russia, Ukraine: Doubt over grain deal
KYIV: Russian missiles hit Ukraine's port of Odessa Saturday, in what Kyiv called a "spit in the face" of a day-old deal between the warring sides to resume cereal exports…