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Ukraine Live Briefing: Blinken calls on Lavrov to accept ‘significant proposal’ to bring home Whelan and Griner Ukraine

Ukraine Live Briefing: Blinken calls on Lavrov to accept ‘significant proposal’ to bring home Whelan and Griner

Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke by telephone with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday and pressed him to accept a U.S. proposal for the return of WNBA star Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan. The top U.S. diplomat, speaking to reporters at the State Department, offered no indication that…
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July 29, 2022
Ukraine steps up drive to retake Russian-controlled south with air strikes Ukraine

Ukraine steps up drive to retake Russian-controlled south with air strikes

KYIV — Ukraine stepped up its drive to retake the Russian-controlled south of the country by trying to bomb and isolate Russian troops in hard-to-resupply areas, but said it saw evidence that Moscow was redeploying its forces to defend the territory. Ukraine's southern Kherson region, which borders Russian-annexed Crimea, fell…
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July 28, 2022
Ukraine’s Allies Seek to Bolster Its Air Defenses With Jet Fighters and Training Ukraine

Ukraine’s Allies Seek to Bolster Its Air Defenses With Jet Fighters and Training

WASHINGTON—The Biden administration, prompted by Kyiv’s recent successes in blunting Russia’s offensive in Ukraine, has begun reversing course on potentially providing advanced weapons like fighter aircraft that it earlier said could escalate the conflict with Moscow. On Friday, the White House announced that the Pentagon was exploring ways to provide…
bubmag
July 27, 2022
Russia-Ukraine war: Russia says it wants to end Ukraine’s ‘unacceptable regime’ Ukraine

Russia-Ukraine war: Russia says it wants to end Ukraine’s ‘unacceptable regime’

WEBSITE OF THE YEAR APP OF THE YEAR World 25 Jul, 2022 08:42 PM4 minutes to read Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov gestures during a joint news conference with Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry. Photo / AP Russia's top diplomat said Moscow's overarching goal in Ukraine is to…
bubmag
July 25, 2022
‘I’ve lost any hope’: Mothers and wives of missing Russian servicemen face relentless fight for answers Ukraine

‘I’ve lost any hope’: Mothers and wives of missing Russian servicemen face relentless fight for answers

It's five months since Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine and four since Russia published any kind of casualty count. 1,351 Russian servicemen killed, they said then, with no update since. No word on the missing either. "The families aren't told where they've gone missing or the circumstances," says Valentina…
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July 25, 2022