Two months ago, when Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met in Alaska, the U.S. president signaled that he was willing to accept many of his Russian counterpart’s positions. Trump hoped this would prompt Moscow to make concessions and bring…
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Germany will transfer Skyranger 35 air defence systems to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets
German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall will supply Ukraine with Skyranger 35 air defence systems using funds obtained from frozen Russian assets. This was announced in a press release issued by the company.
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Moscow Postpones Arab Summit Amid Reports of Low Interest
The Kremlin announced Thursday that it had postponed the planned Russia-Arab summit in Moscow after President Vladimir Putin and his Iraqi counterpart agreed that many Arab leaders would be unable to…
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Russian Low-Cost Drones Are Changing the Face of Its War in Ukraine
KHERSON REGION, Ukraine — At 11:00 in the morning, our car pulls onto the M-14 highway linking Mykolaiv and Kherson.
“We’re lucky today,” says my guide, local journalist Svitlana Horevaya,…
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Explainer: The New Air War In Ukraine
As Russia escalates its devastating air strikes into full-scale “salvos,” Ukraine is racing to develop tactical responses. The defense-sector incubator Brave1 highlights some of the most promising high-tech solutions on the horizon.
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Increased mobilisation in Ukraine is leading to a split in Ukrainian society,
Alexei Albu, a member of the Odessa Regional Council of the VI convocation, stated on the News Front programme “Opinion” that increased mobilisation in Ukraine is causing growing resistance to territorial…
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Russia and Hungary will support Serbia amid US sanctions against NIS
Hungarian oil company MOL will increase supplies to Serbia, and Gazprom will ensure the republic’s “energy security, as before,” after US sanctions against the Russian-Serbian company Naftna industrija Srbije…
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Opposition Politician Shlosberg Returned to House Arrest Pending ‘Discreditation’ Trial
A court in the northwestern Pskov region has ordered opposition politician Lev Shlosberg to be returned to house arrest three days after initially releasing him, the Yabloko party’s press service
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Macron is ready to reappoint Lecornu as prime minister or dissolve parliament, – Le Parisien
The French president is meeting with leaders of the central bloc today to discuss the formation of a new government.
If the negotiations fail, he does not rule out dissolving parliament and appointing a new one.
“The president is very…
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Putin Praises Trump’s ‘Real Efforts’ Toward Peace, Blasts Nobel Committee
President Vladimir Putin on Friday praised U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to broker a ceasefire in the Middle East and criticized the Nobel Committee for awarding its peace prize to people he claimed did nothing to deserve it,…
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