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Ukraine strikes a reported missile factory deep inside Russia
5+ hour, 54+ min ago (824+ words) KYIV, Ukraine'Ukrainian forces struck an industrial site deep inside Russia on Saturday, which Ukraine and unofficial Russian news channels say was a key state-owned missile factory. The attack in Russia's Udmurtia region left 11 people wounded, three of whom were hospitalized,…...
Drone strikes kill 2 in Ukraine and Russia ahead of peace talks in Geneva
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (413+ words) KYIV, Ukraine'Drone strikes killed one person in Ukraine and another in Russia, officials said Saturday, ahead of new talks next week aimed at ending the war. An elderly woman died when a Russian drone hit a residential building in the…...
EU drafts a list of concessions it says Russia must make to secure real peace in Ukraine
1+ week, 4+ day ago (598+ words) BRUSSELS'The European Union is drafting a list of concessions that it believes Russia must make to secure any long-term peace in Ukraine, the bloc's top diplomat said Tuesday, as U.S.-run talks to end four years of war show little sign…...
Zelensky says Ukrainian air force needs to improve as Russian drone barrages take a toll
2+ week, 1+ day ago (520+ words) KYIV, Ukraine'Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday he views the performance of the air force in some parts of the country as "unsatisfactory" and that steps are being taken to improve the response to large-scale Russian drone barrages of civilian…...
Russia, Ukraine and the U.S. are holding peace talks in Abu Dhabi
4+ week, 2+ day ago (697+ words) Ukrainian, Russian and U.S. envoys met in the United Arab Emirates on Friday, the first known instance that officials from the Trump administration have sat down with both countries as part of Washington's push for progress to end Moscow's nearly 4-year-old…...
Ukraine's new defense minister reveals scale of desertions as millions avoid the draft
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (365+ words) KYIV, Ukraine'Wide-scale desertions and 2 million draft-dodgers are among a raft of challenges facing Ukraine's military as Russia presses on with its invasion of its neighbor after almost four years of fighting, the new defense minister said Wednesday. Mykhailo Fedorov told…...
Russia launches another major strike on Ukraine's power grid in freezing temperatures
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (750+ words) KYIV, Ukraine'Russia launched a second major drone and missile bombardment of Ukraine in four days, officials said Tuesday, aiming again at the power grid amid freezing temperatures in an apparent snub to U.S.-led peace efforts as Moscow's invasion of its…...
Ukrainian drone attack in Russia kills 1; thousands in Kyiv without power after Moscow bombardment
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (383+ words) A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded three others in Russia, while thousands of residents in Kyiv were still without power and heat following an intense Russian bombardment, officials said Sunday. In the Russian city of Voronezh, a…...
Ukrainian drones set fire to Russian oil depot after Moscow launches new hypersonic missile
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (572+ words) KYIV, Ukraine'A Ukrainian drone strike sparked a fire at an oil depot in Russia's southern Volgograd region, officials said Saturday, after Russia launched a powerful hypersonic missile along with drones and other weapons that disrupted Kyiv's power supply and heating....
Trump's former advisor said Russia offered U.S. free rein in Venezuela in exchange for Ukraine
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (494+ words) Russian officials indicated in 2019 that the Kremlin would be willing to back off from its support for Nicol's Maduro in Venezuela in exchange for a free hand in Ukraine, according to Fiona Hill, an advisor to President Trump at the…...