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WORLD BRIEFING: September 21, 2023

Russian missiles and artillery pounded cities across Ukraine early Thursday, sparking fires, killing at least three people and trapping others under the rubble of destroyed buildings, authorities said, as Poland said it would stop providing weapons to its ally amid a trade dispute.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: December 31, 2023

New Years Eve will be a toned down affair today amid the threat of more Russian attacks and curfews

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WAR IN UKRAINE: November 30, 2022

At a summit in Bucharest, Nato foreign ministers voiced their support for Georgia, Moldova and Bosnia, amid fears that Russia was trying to destabilise those nations. The EU proposed setting up a special tribunal to investigate and prosecute Russia's "crime of aggression" in Ukraine

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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: 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 21, 2022

Four areas of Ukraine under Moscow's control have announced plans for urgent so-called referendums on joining Russia, which would pave the way for Russian annexation. Meanwhile, tragedy strikes the OSCE’s former Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine in two continents. 

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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: August 18, 2022

Ukraine was behind three explosions that rocked the Russian-annexed province of Crimea this past week,including an explosion at a Russian air base in Crimea's west coast that wrecked several airplanes, according to a Ukrainian government report circulated internally and shared with CNN by a ​Ukrainian official

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WAR IN UKRAINE: August 17, 2022

The UN Secretary General will meet with the presidents of Turkey and Ukraine in Lviv on Thursday. Fresh blasts have rocked Russian-occupied Crimea, raising speculation pro-Ukrainian entities are activists in the illegally-annexed peninsula. 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: JULY 30, 2022

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky made a surprise visit to Odesa Oblast today, with G7 ambassadors in tow, to supervise what appeared to be the loading of grain onto a Turkish flagged cargo ship. The movement was a result of an agreement brokered by the UN and Turkey to get desperately needed Ukraine grain to world markets 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: July 15, 2022

Once again Russian missiles have struck deep into central Ukraine with deadly consequences. Meanwhile, discussions over the depth of commitment the UK and other western nations have towards supporting Ukraine as their economies are hit

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WAR IN UKRAINE: July 14, 2022

The Ukrainian military destroys Russian equipment, ammunition depots in the south. Meanwhile battle fatigue on the Russian side could give Ukrainian forces an advantage 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: July 12, 2022

Russian troops continued shelling several Ukrainian regions on Monday, killing six people and injuring 31 in Kharkiv. Meanwhile, the death toll from Sunday's Russian rocket attack on a five-storey apartment block in eastern Ukraine rose to 30.

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