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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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Ukraine’s Strike On Moscow-Controlled Village Kills 5, Injures 19
On Wednesday, a coordination center set up by Moscow said that Ukrainian shelling of a town in the Russian-controlled area of Luhansk in east Ukraine killed five people and hurt 19. The center said on the messaging service Telegram that Ukrainian troops had attacked a chicken farm in the village of Karpaty with HIMARS rocket launchers. Reuters was not able to check the story on its own. Nearly all of…
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Russia’s ‘Biggest Drone Attack’ Shakes Kyiv On The Eve Of Kyiv Day; President Zelenskyy Vows Retaliation
Local officials say that Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, was hit by the biggest drone attack since Russia’s war began. This happened as Kyiv was getting ready to celebrate the anniversary of its founding on Sunday. At least one person died, but officials said that dozens of drones were shot down, showing how good Ukraine’s air defense is. Serhii Popko, a top military official in Kyiv, said that Russia used Shahed drones…
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