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Russia Urges NATO To Discuss Ukraine Nuclear Plant At Summit
Maria Zakharova, a spokesperson for Russia’s Foreign Ministry, said on Sunday that the leaders of the transatlantic NATO defense alliance, which is run by the United States, should talk about Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant at their summit this week. On July 11 and 12, NATO leaders will meet in Vilnius to talk about a wide range of issues, including disagreements over Ukraine’s membership application and Sweden’s entry, increasing ammo stocks,…
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Ukraine Launches Drone Attack On Moscow: Russian Defense Ministry Reports
The Russian Defense Ministry said that Ukraine launched a drone attack on Moscow, which caused planes to be rerouted away from the Vnukovo International Airport. Reports say that five drones were used in Tuesday’s attack, which also hit places outside of the city. The ministry said that all of the drones were shot down and that no one was hurt and no damage was done. Ukraine has not said that…
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Russia Airstrikes Claim 13 Lives, Including 2 Children, In Rebel-Held Syria
On Sunday, Russian bombings in rebel-held Syria killed at least 13 people. It was one of the deadliest attacks on the country this year. At least nine civilians were killed, including two children. Most of them were killed at a fruit and vegetable market in Jisr al-Shugur, which is in the Idlib area. “These Russian strikes are the deadliest in Syria this year and amount to a massacre,” said Rami…
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Crimean Bridge Struck By Missile Assaults, Russia Blames Ukraine
A Russian official said Thursday that Ukrainian rockets damaged a bridge that connects the Crimean peninsula, which Russia has taken over, to a part of southern Ukraine that Russia has also taken over. The bridge links Crimea to the area of Ukraine called Kherson. Vladimir Saldo, who was put in charge of Kherson by Russia, said that Ukrainian attacks had hit “bridges” near Chongar. He shared photos that he said…
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Ukraine Claims Recapture Of Eight Villages, Prepares For A Major Counteroffensive Against Russia
Ukraine said on Monday that it had forced Russian forces out of an eighth town as part of its two-week-old counteroffensive. A defense official said that even though Moscow’s troops were fighting hard, Kyiv’s “biggest blow” was still to come. Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said that Ukrainian troops had retaken Piatykhatky, a settlement on a heavily fortified part of the front line near the most direct route to the…
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Swedish Parliamentary Report Sounds Alarm: Russian Attack Cannot Be Ruled Out
A report from the Swedish parliament says that a Russian military attack on the country can’t be ruled out. Sources told SVT on Sunday that this is what the report said. The Swedish public service channel said that the report from the defense committee, which will be released today, said that even though Russian forces were busy in Ukraine, other types of military attacks against Sweden could not be ruled…
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Ukraine Clarifies Counteroffensive Hasn’t Started Despite Russia’s Claims Of Victory
Russia says it has already won against the highly expected campaign, but Ukraine said Thursday that it hasn’t started its counteroffensive yet. Mykhailo Podolyak, an advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said that they haven’t started a counteroffensive yet. He also said that Kyiv is only working to find out where Russian troops are weak right now. “We have not yet started the counteroffensive as such, but Russia is saying,…
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Russia Steps Up Aerial Strikes On Ukraine, At Least 6 Killed Amid Kyiv Counteroffensive
Regional Ukrainian officials said that early Wednesday morning, Russian forces fired cruise missiles at the city of Odesa in the south of Ukraine and shelled the Donetsk region in the east. At least six people were killed and dozens of homes were damaged. A Ukrainian military official said that Russian forces have recently increased the number of airstrikes in their nearly 16-month war. In the early stages of a counteroffensive…
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Russia Launches Massive Missile Attack On Kryvyi Rih In Central Ukraine
Overnight, Russia launched a “massive missile” attack on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian officials said early Tuesday. The attack killed and hurt people and damaged civilian infrastructure, they said. Serhiy Lisak, governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region where Kryvyi Rih is located, said on the Telegram message app, “There are dead and injured.” “A massive missile attack on Kryvyi Rih.”Oleksandr Vilkul, the mayor of Kryvyi Rih, said earlier…
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Massive Dam Destroyed In Russia-Ukraine War Zone
Both Ukrainian and Russian forces say that a huge dam broke on Tuesday in the part of southern Ukraine that is held by Russia. This caused a flood of water to spread across the war zone. Both groups said that the dam was broken because of the other side. The Kherson regional government in Ukraine said that the water level would rise to a dangerous level, so people were moved…
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