Russia-Ukraine war

The United States welcomes any effort to stop the hostilities between Russia and Ukraine, White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said on a specific question asked to him about whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
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Russian forces bombarded scores of towns in Ukraine on Christmas Day as Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was open to negotiations, a stance Washington has dismissed as posturing because of continued Russian attacks. Russia on…
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Ukrainian forces staged their heaviest shelling attack in years in the country’s Russian-controlled east on Thursday as both sides ruled out a Christmas truce in the nearly 10-month-old war. Alexei Kulemzin, the Russian-backed mayor of…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has acknowledged that his army could be fighting in Ukraine for a long time, but for now there will be no second call-up of soldiers. Putin has rarely spoken about the likely duration of a war that he…
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Ukraine warned there would be emergency blackouts once again in several regions as it repaired damage from missile attacks it said destroyed homes and knocked out power, while Moscow accused Kyiv of attacking deep inside Russia with drones.…
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Pope Francis said that the Vatican is ready to do anything possible to mediate and put an end to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine in an interview with Italian daily La Stampa. Asked whether he believed that peace between Russia and…
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The US and its Western allies on the Security Council insisted Wednesday that Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has the right to investigate if Russia has used Iranian drones to attack civilians and power plants in Ukraine. They dismissed…
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Ukraine on Sunday slammed Russia's remarks on the ‘possible use of nuclear weapons’ amid the ongoing war. Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba said that the Kremlin's statements were “absolutely unacceptable”. He further asserted that…
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President Vladimir Putin’s threat to use a nuclear weapon in Ukraine if Russian “territorial integrity” is threatened has sparked deep discussion in the West as to how it would respond. “Those who are trying to blackmail us with nuclear…
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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday told a security council meeting on Ukraine that the talk of a nuclear conflict is “totally unacceptable”. According to the UN chief, “any annexation of a state's territory by…
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