Ukrainian Deputy Education Minister Mykhaylo Vinnitskyy has said that more than a hundred educational institutions are “conducting checks” to identify men aged 25 who have evaded service in the Armed Forces.

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President Vladimir Putin’s proposed meeting between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators in Istanbul on Thursday could mark the first direct talks between the two sides since the early weeks of…
Whether Donald Trump travels to Istanbul to join the May 15 talks between Russia and Ukraine will depend largely on whether Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the meeting, CNN reports, citing a White House official.
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India has approved three Russian insurers, including a unit of top lender Sberbank, to provide marine cover to ships arriving at Indian ports, a government notification shows, helping Moscow maintain…


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At least 10 former prison inmates who joined the Russian army have escaped from a military training ground in southern Russia’s Rostov region, local media reported Tuesday, citing an anonymous law enforcement source.
The men were…

Ten former convicts who had signed contracts with the Russian Defense Ministry and were due to be sent to fight in Ukraine have escaped from a military training ground near Rostov, according to the news site DonDay and the local outlet 161.ru.
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Russia is proceeding with preparations for the Istanbul negotiations with Ukraine, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a briefing today, reported…