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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: January 6, 2024

The so-called biting sanctions introduced against Russia following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine appear to be having limited bit in the elite circles of Moscow and St Petersburg. Belorussian President grants himself lifetime immunity from prosecution 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: May 28, 2023

Ukraine’s military intelligence has claimed, without offering evidence, that Russia is plotting a “large-scale provocation” at a nuclear power plant it occupies in the southeast of the country with the aim of disrupting a looming Ukrainian counteroffensive.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: May 3, 2023

At least three civilians were killed and several wounded in fresh Russian shelling in the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson, regional authorities said on May 2, as Russian forces launched more unsuccessful attacks on Ukrainian positions in Bakhmut over the past day

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WAR IN UKRAINE: April 23, 2023

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin welcomed Defense Secretary Oleksii Reznikov to the start of the 11th Ukraine Defense Contact Group summit at the Ramstein air base in Germany

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WAR IN UKRAINE: March 24, 2023

The estimated cost of reconstruction efforts in Ukraine after Russia's invasion has reached $411 billion, according to an updated assessment by the World Bank. The death and injury toll from separate Russian strikes in Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia rise

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WAR IN UKRAINE: March 3, 2023

Russian forces blew up a key bridge linking the besieged city of Bakhmut to the nearby village of Khromove overnight, police in the Donetsk region said. EU plans to deliver jointly funded ammunition to Ukraine within weeks

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WAR IN UKRAINE: February 14, 2023

The NATO Secretary General urged members of the bloc to expedite their sending of military hardware to Ukraine, saying it will ‘save lives.’ The true extent of challenges faced by the agricultural sector in Ukraine is revealed 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: January 14, 2023

Russia's military says it has captured the Ukrainian salt-mine town of Soledar after a long battle, calling it an "important" step for its offensive. But Ukrainian officials said the fight for Soledar was still going on and accused Russia of "information noise,” reported the BBC. 

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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: November 22, 2022

More than 8,300 civilians have been killed so far in Russia's war against Ukraine, investigators in Kyiv said. There’s growing concern over safety at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Europe’s largest.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: November 10, 2022

The Ukrainian army says it has made major gains over the last day around Kherson, after Russia said it was withdrawing from the southern city. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky warns that Russian intentions with Kherson may be a trap

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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 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: July 5, 2022

Russian missile target Mykolaiv and the Dnipropetrovsk region. The Ukraine reconstruction conference in Italy enters its second day

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