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Suez Canal maritime traffic was "normal" Monday after a Norwegian-owned cargo vessel ran aground but was then refloated and towed away, said the Egyptian authority running the vital waterway. Tugboats "have begun towing the ship" which had suffered "a sudden technical failure" and was now being safely towed away for…

Ukraine's General Staff reported Sunday that Russia has used a national guard unit to shoot soldiers who plan on deserting or surrendering to Ukrainian forces. The Ukraine staff said in its daily briefing that Russia is using its Rosgvardiia force to shoot would-be surrenders "to maintain military discipline and prevent…

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(This Jan. 7 story has been refiled to correct paragraphs 19, 20 and insert context on Bartholomew) By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – Tears of joy streamed down worshippers’ faces as Ukraine’s main church celebrated a “return” to Kyiv’s Cathedral of the Assumption on Orthodox Christmas day, shortly after taking…

US President Joe Biden and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky meet in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, DC on December 21, 2022. - Zelensky is in Washington to meet with US President Joe Biden and address Congress -- his first trip abroad since Russia invaded in February.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will send Ukraine nearly $3 billion in military aid, in a massive new package that will for the first time include several dozen Bradley fighting vehicles, U.S. officials said Thursday, in the Biden administration's latest step to send increasingly lethal and powerful weapons to help…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered his armed forces to observe a unilateral 36-hour cease-fire in Ukraine this weekend for the Orthodox Christmas holiday, the first such sweeping truce move in the nearly 11-month-old war. Kyiv indicated it wouldn't follow suit. Putin did not appear…

France confirms it will send the first armoured combat vehicles to Ukraine, while US president says Washington considering sending Bradley fighting vehicles. Published On 5 Jan 20235 Jan 2023 Ukraine’s Western allies have for the first time moved towards supplying armoured fighting vehicles to Ukrainian troops but not the heavier…

An Ontario cabinet minister called Russia a 'terrorist state.' Here's why that matters"It's great to see elected officials showing a backbone," Borys Wrzesnewskyj, chair of the Ukrainian World Congress Human Rights Commission, told CBC Toronto. An Ontario cabinet minister called Russia a "terrorist state" this week, saying more than 39,000…

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