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US to send Ukraine cluster bombs, Nato makes membership pledge

  By Reuters and published by CNA THE United States announced on Friday (July 7) that it would supply Ukraine with widely-banned cluster munitions for its counteroffensive against occupying Russian forces, and Nato’s leader said the military alliance would unite at a summit next week on how to bring Ukraine closer to joining. Rights groups […]

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Russia says West enabled drone attacks near Moscow

  By AFP and published by CNA Moscow – Moscow said Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian territory would “not be possible” without US and Nato help, escalating its rhetoric after reporting it had downed five drones near the capital on Tuesday (July 4). Ukraine meanwhile accused Russia of planning “dangerous provocations” at the Moscow-controlled Zaporizhzhia […]

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Wagner mutiny exposes risks for China’s deep Russian ties

  By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News Beijing – As news broke on Saturday that mercenary Wagner troops were careering towards Moscow in a short-lived rebellion, several businessmen from southern China began frantically calling factories to halt shipments of goods destined for Russia. While the mutiny – the biggest test of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s […]

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Aborted mutiny sends volatile rouble to 15-month low

  By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News THE rouble sank to its lowest in nearly 15 months against the dollar on Monday (June 26) in one of its most volatile sessions this year as investors responded for the first time to an aborted mutiny by armed mercenaries in Russia over the weekend. Mercenaries led by […]

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Wagner halts revolt but Putin seen as weakened; Moscow maintains security measures

  By AFP and published by CNA Moscow – Wagner mercenaries headed back to their base on Sunday (June 25) after Russia’s President Vladimir Putin agreed to allow their leader to avoid treason charges and accept exile in neighbouring Belarus. The agreement ended an extraordinary crisis – the threat that Yevgeny Prigozhin’s private army would […]

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Russian mercenary boss Prigozhin in standoff with Russian army amid ‘armed mutiny’

  By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News London – Rebellious Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Saturday (June 24) he had taken control of the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don as part of an attempt to oust the military leadership amid what the authorities said was an armed mutiny. Prigozhin demanded that Russian Defence Minister […]

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Putin ponders a question: Should Russia try to take Kyiv again?

  By Reuters and published by US News & World Report Moscow – President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday (June 13) that any further mobilisation would depend on what Russia wanted to achieve in the war in Ukraine, adding that he faced a question only he could answer – should Russia try to take Kyiv […]

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Ukraine war comes to Moscow as drones strike both capitals

  By Reuters and published by Euractiv.com Moscow/Kyiv – Ukrainian drones struck Moscow on Tuesday (May 30) but were neutralised, Russia said in what one politician called the worst attack on the capital since World War Two, while Kyiv was also hit by air for the third time in 24 hours. Since Russia sent troops […]

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Russia acknowledges retreat north of Bakhmut, Wagner boss calls it a ‘rout’

  By Reuters and published by Cyprus Mail Kyiv/Kostiantynivka, Ukraine – Moscow acknowledged on Friday (May 12) that its forces had fallen back north of Ukraine’s battlefield city of Bakhmut after a new Ukrainian offensive, in a retreat that the head of Russia’s Wagner private army called a rout. The setback for Russia, which follows […]

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Binance faces US probe of possible Russian sanctions violations – Bloomberg News

  By Reuters – published by US News & World Report and NBC News THE US Justice Department is investigating whether Binance Holdings was illegally used to let Russians skirt US sanctions and move money through the cryptocurrency exchange, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. Meanwhile the head of the […]

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