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WORLD BRIEFING: April 17, 2024

Ukraine’s top military commander has issued a bleak assessment of the army’s positions on the eastern front, saying they have “worsened significantly in recent days.” Ukraine faces "danger" if the United States does not quickly pass much-needed military aid, former U.S. national-security adviser John Bolton said 

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WORLD BRIEFING: February 22, 2024

A new U.S. intelligence assessment found it is likely that some employees of a United Nations agency that distributes aid to Palestinians took part in Hamas’s Oct. 7 assault on Israel, but says the U.S. can’t verify Israeli allegations that a larger number of U.N. workers have links to militant groups. The ex-husband of Ksenia Karelina, a dual US-Russian citizen facing a life sentence from the Kremlin for donating $50 to the Razom for Ukraine charity, has broken his silence.

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WORLD BRIEFING: January 24, 2024

More death and destruction in Ukraine from Russian missile attacks. Authorities in Russia are set to implement a new law allowing them to seize money or property from those, including journalists, who have been convicted of spreading “fake news” about, or otherwise discrediting, the militaryA stunning new poll came out in Israel showing PM Netanyahu and his party would be obliterated 

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WORLD BRIEFING: October 4, 2023

The U.S. House speaker gets turfed with the help of hardline Republicans. NATO’s European countries running out of ammo for Ukraine war. Russia to block VPN access

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WAR IN UKRAINE: July 6, 2023

A Russian missile struck the western Ukrainian city of Lviv overnight, killing four, injuring at least 34 and causing massive property damage. The Belarusian leader says Wagner Group chief Yevgeni Prigozhin is in Russia

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WAR IN UKRAINE: January 2, 2023

Air raid sirens sounded in Kyiv on Sunday night as the latest wave of drone and missile strikes from Russia continued. An attack which began shortly before midnight targeted critical infrastructure,

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WAR IN UKRAINE: December 14, 2022

There’s been another wave of Russian drone attacks in Kyiv. The Biden administration is finalizing plans to send the Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine that could be announced as soon as this week, according to two US officials and a senior administration official, according to CNN

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WAR IN UKRAINE: November 28, 2022

Ukrainian forces fought pitched battles in the east, repelling waves of attacks in Donetsk, Ukraine's General Staff of the armed forces said on November 28 as President Volodymyr Zelensky warned of more Russian attacks. 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: October 30, 2022

Russia has abruptly pulled out of the Black Sea Grain Initiative - a deal brokered by the UN and Turkey to unblock Ukrainian grain and alleviate hunger among millions in dozens of countries. Russia said it was in response to a drone attack on its Black Sea fleet. 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: October 26, 2022

Ukraine Deputy PM Iryna Vereshchuk urges Ukrainian asylum seekers not to return home this winter after more than 1/3 of country’s energy sector destroyed by Russia. She said the grid "won't survive" the return of refugees from abroad, and that the situation would "only get worse”

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WAR IN UKRAINE: October 20, 2022

Outages of up to four hours at a time will affect the whole of Ukraine on Thursday, grid operator Ukrenergo said. The Ukrainian leadership is preparing for "a number of different scenarios" of further serious damage to the energy infrastructure of Ukraine after over a week of Russian strikes on electricity facilities across the country

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WAR IN UKRAINE: October 3, 2022

Russian forces used nearly a dozen S-300 missiles, targeting Zaporyzhzhia and two villages in the region early on Oct. 3, Ukraine says. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov says his three sons, aged 14,15 and 16, will soon travel to the Ukraine front line to fight with Russian forces.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: September 26, 2022

Russia and Ukraine have traded accusations of shelling in southern Ukraine as four Ukrainian territories partially occupied by Russian forces continued to vote in so-called referendums on joining the Russian Federation. Moscow continued to use Iranian-made kamikaze drones to strike Ukraine 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: September 24, 2022

Ukrainians have reported armed soldiers going door-to-door in occupied parts of the country to collect votes for self-styled "referendums" on joining Russia. A UN panel of experts said it found evidence of war crimes committed during Russia's invasion, including cases of rape and torture of children

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WAR IN UKRAINE: September 16, 2022

Ukrainian President Zelensky is pleading for more weaponry from European leaders. And in his first meeting with President Putin since the invasion, Chinese President Xi Xinping stops short of voicing public support for Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: September 12, 2022

Ukraine said it had retaken over 3,000 sq km (1,158 sq miles) during a rapid counter-offensive in the east. Meanwhile, Ukraine warns against a Russian strike back as well as a lack of weaponry 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: Sept. 2, 2022

A team from the UN nuclear watchdog arrived at a Russian-held nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia. Meanwhile Thursday marked the start of a new academic year for millions of Ukrainian children - but amid fears of rocket attacks, concerns over lack of bomb shelters and a heavily damaged learning infrastructure 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: August 11, 2022

Foreign ministers from the G7 group of nations say Russia must immediately hand back control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to Ukraine. President Zelensky calls upon western countries to up sanctions on Russia by banning their nationals from EU member states

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WAR IN UKRAINE: Aug 7, 2022

People’s heads have been seen on a spike in Russian-occupied Popasna, says a Kyiv Independent reporter. The head of Amnesty International’s Ukraine office resigns after head office issued a report critical of Ukrainian Armed Forces fighting tactics

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