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Jul 24 2023
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Latest on Ukraine: As Russia pounds Odesa, Moscow and Crimea become targets
Here's a look ahead and a roundup of key developments from the past week.
What to watch
Russia is accusing Ukraine of launching a "terrorist drone attack" on Moscow early Monday. The Russian Defense Ministry said one uncrewed aircraft crashed close to its headquarters in central Moscow and another hit an office high-rise in another part of the capital. That followed reports from
NPR (Online News)Jul 29 2023
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Prigozhin celebrates Niger coup, says his Wagner group can help
While the international community, including many African states, have condemned the coup in Niger, Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin has his own take.
In a long message posted to social media, Prigozhin blamed the situation in Niger on the legacy of colonialism and alleged, without evidence, that Western nations were sponsoring terrorist groups in the country. Niger was once a
CNN (Online News)Jun 25 2023
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Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin to avoid charges, instead face exile in sweetheart deal
Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and his mercenary fighting force will not face charges and will instead be exiled despite leading an armed insurrection against Moscow Saturday, the Kremlin said.
The criminal case against Prigozhin will be dropped and the mercenary group leader will go to Belarus instead of facing prosecution in Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov said.
New York Post (News)Aug 17 2023
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This Week in Fact Checking: Direct Energy Weapons, Climate Change & Heat Records, Wagner Group on Polish Border
News coverage often includes several forms of bias, or sometimes even flat-out misinformation.
Each week, AllSides will deliver a brief summary of notable fact checks and adjacent coverage across the media spectrum.
Fact Check From the Left“Video claiming to show a directed-energy weapon is actually an edited clip of an explosion in Russia” - Associated Press (Lean Left bias
Andy GorelJun 17 2023
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NATO: Ukraine has 'moved closer' to alliance
NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg on Friday said Ukraine has "moved closer" to the Western alliance in the past decade and called for a "framework to ensure Ukraine's future security" once the war with Russia ends.
Speaking after a NATO defense ministers' meeting in Brussels, Stoltenberg said the members of the transatlantic alliance had agreed to "work towards creating a Ukraine-
Deutsche WelleJun 06 2023
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Elina Svitolina says Aryna Sabalenka made handshake snub worse
Ukraine's Elina Svitolina accused Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka of adding fuel to the fire by standing at the net waiting for a handshake she knew would never happen at the end of their French Open quarterfinal on Tuesday.
Svitolina had warned she would not shake hands with players from Russia or Belarus following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine last year.
"I don't know, to be fair,
ESPN.comMay 17 2023
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The Offensive Before the Offensive: Ukraine Strikes Behind Russian Lines
Early this month, four drones attacked a Russian oil refinery almost 300 miles from Ukraine. The next day, another drone hit it. Not long after another drone bombed a fuel depot on the other side of Russia, near Belarus.
Call it the offensive before the offensive. Strike by pinpoint strike, Ukraine is taking aim at ammunition stores and caches of other supplies that Moscow’s forces need
Wall Street Journal (News)Mar 21 2022
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Ukraine Sees Signs of Another Neighbor Planning ‘Direct Invasion’
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense on Sunday claimed that Belarus is preparing its military to invade Ukraine before warning Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
There are “signs of preparation” that Belarus will carry out the “direct invasion of the territory of Ukraine,” the Defense Ministry wrote on social media, according to a
The Epoch TimesMar 07 2022
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Congress moves to bar Russian energy imports and end favorable trade relations.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers said on Monday that they would move forward with legislation that would ban imports of Russian energy into the United States and suspend normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus in response to the invasion of Ukraine.
The legislation is aimed at inflicting further financial pain on Russia and Belarus, which has been aiding the conflict, by cutting
New York Times (News)Dec 30 2022
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100 Years Since the Birth of the Soviet Union, in Pictures
It is the disintegration of the U.S.S.R. that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia says he wants to remedy by waging war against Ukraine; it is the legacy of Moscow’s dominance that Ukrainians hope to free themselves of by defeating Moscow.
It was supposed to be “a voluntary association of peoples with equal rights,” one that would guarantee the “peaceful coexistence and fraternal
New York Times (News)