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Peru seeks answers from Russia over citizens in Ukraine war
5+ hour, 19+ min ago (469+ words) April 29 (UPI) -- Peru's Foreign Ministry has demanded immediate and detailed information from Russia about the whereabouts and health conditions of dozens of Peruvian citizens recruited to fight in the war against Ukraine. The move follows reports of an alleged international…...
Ukraine to receive $106 B loan from European Union after 5 month delay
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (568+ words) April 22 (UPI) -- European Union ambassadors meeting in Brussels on Wednesday backed a long-delayed $106 billion loan to Ukraine and a 20th economic sanctions package on Russia. The breakthrough came a day after Ukraine announced its damaged Druzhba pipeline, through which Russia supplies…...
At least 31 dead in Kyiv after Russian drone and missile strikes - UPI. com
8+ mon, 4+ week ago (367+ words) Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Russian drones and missiles hit Kyiv in a barrage killing 31 and collapsing an apartment block. Three of the dead were children, ages 3, 6, and 17, Ukraine's interior ministry said. About 159 others were injured. Russia has continued its attacks despite U. S. President…...
Russia, Ukraine set Easter truce as Kyiv gains drone advantage
2+ week, 5+ day ago (400+ words) April 10 (UPI) -- Russia and Ukraine have both said they will halt fighting during the Orthodox Easter weekend, a rare truce in the four-year-old war that has seen recent advances by Kyiv. The truce will be in effect from 4 p. m. MST Saturday…...
Russian attack on Ukrainian market kills 5
3+ week, 4+ day ago (176+ words) April 4 (UPI) -- A Russian drone attack on a market in Nikopol, Ukraine, killed five people and injured at least 19 others Saturday, local officials said. The strike hit the town in southeastern Ukraine, just across the Dnipro river from Ukrainian land…...
Russia agrees to stop sending Kenyan soldiers to Ukraine
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (360+ words) March 16 (UPI) -- Kenya and Russia announced on Monday that Kenyans will no longer be recruited by the Russian military and sent to fight in Ukraine. The move follows a Kenyan intelligence report indicating that more than 1, 000 people from Kenya and…...
Deputy chief of Russian military intelligence shot, seriously wounded
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (507+ words) Feb. 6 (UPI) -- A senior general in Russia's military intelligence was seriously wounded Friday after being shot multiple times in a residential building in a district in the northwest of Moscow. Authorities said they had launched an attempted murder and weapons…...
At least 5 killed, 2 hurt, in Russian drone attack on Ukrainian train
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (350+ words) Jan. 28 (UPI) -- At least five people were killed and two were injured after a Russian drone strike on a cross-country passenger train they were riding in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, authorities said. The Kharkiv prosecutor's office said late Tuesday that…...
Kyiv targeted for third time in a week, 6, 000 buildings with no power
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (358+ words) Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Ukrainian air defenses were in action around Kyiv on Wednesday morning as Russian forces launched another mass drone attack targeting the city's already ravaged power and heating infrastructure with multiple explosions heard downtown. Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that…...
N. Korea slams UNSC meeting on Russia's strike on Ukraine
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (185+ words) North Korea on Tuesday denounced a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting on Russia's recent air strike on Ukraine, defending Moscow's action as a just exercise of the right to self-defense. Kim Song, North Korea's permanent representative to the U. N. issued…...