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Moldovan security adviser accuses Moscow of interfering in elections
The national security adviser to Moldova's pro-Western President Maia Sandu accused Russia on Sunday of significant interference in the…
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Russia sends nearly 100 drones into Ukraine, as Zelenskyy urges tougher sanctions against Moscow
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Moscow sent 96 drones and a guided air missile into Ukraine overnight into Sunday, Ukrainian officials said.…
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Ukraine and Russia clash over prisoners of war
Ukraine on Sunday rejected claims by the Russian Foreign Ministry that it did not want to take back hundreds of prisoners of war proposed…
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Moldovans to choose president in decisive runoff overshadowed by fraud and intimidation claims
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldovans are casting votes in a decisive presidential runoff Sunday that pits pro-Western incumbent Maia Sandu…
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Ukraine fooled Russia with the same deceptions Germany used at WWII's Battle of the Bulge
Some observers have argued surprise attacks are nearly impossible due to wide surveillance. Ukraine's Kursk invasion caught Russia by…
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Moldovans are voting in a pivotal presidential runoff. But voter fraud threatens its democracy
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldovan historian and politician Octavian Ticu remembers when the Soviet Union collapsed in the early 1990s, a…
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Posts misleadingly claim Russian leader unveiled BRICS banknote to member countries in Kazan
Screenshot showing the misleading X post, taken October 29, 2024 The post features three images: one of Putin holding what appears to be a…
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Russia's struggle to kick the Ukrainians out is likely only going to get tougher
Russia has taken back some of the territory that Ukraine seized in Kursk. Warfare experts said it was territory that's easiest to take…
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UN-backed experts: Russia’s torture of Ukrainian civilians, prisoners is a crime against humanity
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia’s torture of Ukrainian civilians and prisoners of war is a crime against humanity, U.N.-backed human rights…
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Montreal summit ends with pledge to return Ukrainian children deported to Russia
MONTREAL (AP) — More than 45 nations signed a pledge in Montreal on Thursday to repatriate to Ukraine the civilians, prisoners of war and…
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Russia can't sustain its attack on Ukraine without North Korean troops, NATO chief says
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said North Korea has sent troops to fight with Russia. He presented the alliance as a sign of weakness,…
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EU leader denounces Russia's 'hybrid war' aiming to destabilize Western Balkan democracies
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday denounced Russia's hybrid attacks against…
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Georgia votes in an election which could take it toward the EU or into Russia's orbit
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgians go to the polls Saturday in a ballot many citizens are treating as a make-or-break vote on the…
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Zelensky says North Korean troops will be in Ukraine within days
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expects Russia to deploy North Korean soldiers from Sunday or Monday. "This is a clear escalation,"…
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EU 'deeply alarmed' by reports of North Korean soldiers in Russia
The European Union is "deeply alarmed" by reports that North Korea is sending soldiers to fight in the all-out Russian invasion of…
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Germany, UK concerned over North Korean support for Russia
Defence ministers from Germany and the United Kingdom on Wednesday signalled their concern over reports of North Korean troops being sent…
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Russians accused of crimes offered choice - go to war instead of court
At about 06:45 on 28 March, police arrived at Andrey Perlov’s house near Novosibirsk in Siberia. They accused him of stealing about three…
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Britain and Germany will sign a defense pact to counter Russia's growing threat
LONDON (AP) — German submarine-hunting planes will patrol the North Atlantic from a base in Scotland under a new Britain-Germany defense…
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PM says Russia risks global food security in Ukraine
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has warned that Russia is stepping up attacks on Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea – delaying the export of…
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Really putting Ukraine's Abrams and F-16s to work fighting Russia means most probably won't survive, but that's the kind of war this is
Many of Ukraine's Western weapons won't make it to the end of the war if it really uses them, experts told BI. Weapons like Abrams and…
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Navalny's widow seeks presidency in a Russia after Putin
Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, said on Monday she will seek the Russian presidency should Kremlin…
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Moldova Leader Set for First-Round Win, EU Vote Risks Rebuff
(Bloomberg) -- Moldovan President Maia Sandu was on track to win the first round of Sunday’s elections, but a key referendum on joining…
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Kyiv launches more than 100 drones over Russia as a missile strike on Ukraine injures 17
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian air defenses shot down more than 100 Ukrainian drones Sunday over Russia’s western regions, Moscow officials…
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Ukraine and Russia Swap 95 Prisoners on Each Side, Moscow Says
(Bloomberg) -- Russia said it exchanged 95 Ukrainian soldiers for an equal number of its force in the first major prisoner of war return…