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Hungary's PM-elect Magyar offers to meet Ukraine's Zelensky in June
15+ hour, 29+ min ago (304+ words) Magyar has offered to meet Zelensky in a Hungarian-majority city in Ukraine Hungary's incoming prime minister Peter Magyar on Tuesday offered to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to "open a new chapter in bilateral relations" and address a long-running feud…...
North Korea's Kim reaffirms support for Russia's 'sacred' Ukraine war
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (655+ words) Kim Jong Un (2nd R) and Russian Defence Minister Andrei Beloussov (2nd L) attended the inauguration of a memorial honouring North Korean soldiers killed in Ukraine North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has reaffirmed Pyongyang's support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine, state media reported…...
Russia pounds Ukraine's Dnipro for 20 hours straight, killing eight
3+ day, 38+ min ago (600+ words) The deadly strike on the building in Dnipro was one of several overnight across Ukraine Russian bombardments have killed Ukrainian civilians almost every day since Russia invaded in 2022 Russian barrages of drones and missiles pounded Ukraine's central-eastern city of Dnipro…...
Russia, Ukraine swap 193 POWs
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (417+ words) AFP journalists at the scene of the swap saw dozens of exchanged Ukrainians pour off busses Russia and Ukraine on Friday swapped 193 captured soldiers each, the second exchange this month in one of the few areas of cooperation between Moscow…...
Ukraine lets firms deploy air defences against Russian attacks
2+ week, 6+ day ago (682+ words) Facing daily barrages of Russian drones and missiles, Ukraine has invited private companies to get their own air-defence systems in a bid to ease the burden on its military. In an interview with AFP, a senior Ukrainian military official detailed…...
Rheinmetall addresses row over CEO's Ukraine 'housewives' comment
4+ week, 2+ day ago (427+ words) Papperger is under fire over comments he made to US magazine The Atlantic German defence giant Rheinmetall on Sunday sought to smooth over a row caused by comments from its boss comparing Ukrainian factories producing drones to "housewives" making weapons…...
Amid Ukraine war fallout, fearful Chechen women seek escape route
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (1158+ words) Rights groups describe the mountainous region of 1. 5 million people as a 'state within a state' The Muslim-majority region in the North Caucasus mountains is one of the most conservative and closed places in Russia Aishat Baimuradova, 23, was found dead in…...