The Dispatch

Russia warns Polish discussion on hosting US nuclear weapons is dangerous

Russia warned that Poland was playing a "very dangerous game" by considering the possibility of hosting U.S. nuclear weapons. Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Thursday he had invited Prime…

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Lukashenko: Up to me and Putin how to use nuclear weapons

The draft of the new Military Doctrine does not specify the procedure for utilizing nuclear weapons, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko disclosed while speaking to reporters during the 7th Belarusian People's…

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Kyiv issues restrictions on passports for military-age men

The Ukrainian government, further tightening regulations as it seeks to address a shortage of troops, approved rules temporarily barring military-age men from applying for passports abroad. The provisions, and a…

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Belarus says it thwarted attack on capital by drones launched from Lithuania

The head of the Belarusian security service said on Thursday it had thwarted an attack on the capital Minsk by drones launched from Lithuania, Russian state news agencies said. There…

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The US quietly shipped long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine

The United States in recent weeks secretly shipped long-range missiles to Ukraine for use in its battle to fight off Russian invaders, and Ukraine has now used them twice, a…

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Russia detains deputy of defence minister Shoigu for corruption

Russian security services detained one of Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu's deputies on suspicion of taking major bribes, the highest-profile corruption case since President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine in…

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Russian forces make significant gains in eastern Ukraine

Russian forces have made significant advances in a narrow corridor in eastern Ukraine as an offensive by Moscow to take territory before western military aid arrives appears to be gathering…

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US preparing $1 billion weapons package for Ukraine

The United States is preparing a $1 billion military aid package for Ukraine, the first to be sourced from the yet to be signed Ukraine-Israel bill, two U.S. officials told…

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Russia warns Europe: if you take our assets, we have a response that will hurt

An ally of President Vladimir Putin warned Europe on Tuesday that Russia has already drafted legislation to retaliate if nearly $300 billion of Russian assets were seized by the West…

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Kyiv says Russia has up to 25,000 troops trying to storm Chasiv Yar area

Russia has a force of 20,000-25,000 troops trying to storm the eastern Ukrainian town of Chasiv Yar and surrounding villages, Ukraine's military said on Monday, describing the situation in the…

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Russia warns of direct clash with West over Ukraine

Russia said on Monday that U.S., British and French military support for Ukraine has pushed the world to the brink of a direct clash between the world's biggest nuclear powers…

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Russia says US facing humiliation in Ukraine like in Vietnam

Russia said on Sunday U.S. lawmakers' support for $60.84 billion more in aid for Ukraine showed that Washington was wading much deeper into a hybrid war against Moscow that would…

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Ukraine and Russia claim that civilians were killed in separate strikes

Russia claims to have shot down 50 Ukrainian drones after Ukraine appeared to target its energy infrastructure overnight, Euronews reported. According to France 24, the Russian strike killed two in Ukraine's…

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Major Russian in Ukraine kills eight, damages infrastracture

A major Russian missile attack on the central Dnipropetrovsk region killed at least eight people, injured over 25 more and damaged critical infrastructure facilities, local officials reported on Friday morning.…

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Ukrainian prime minister cautions of third world war if Ukraine loses war

Speaking to the BBC, the Ukrainian prime minister, Denys Shmyhal, warned of the possibility of a third world war. Addressing the issue of US security assistance, he said: “We need…

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Germany sending more anti-air missiles to Ukraine helps, but EU must do more, Zelenskiy says

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday said Germany's recent push to send more Patriot air defence missiles - a key need in the country's war against Russia - were helpful,…

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Dutch deliver three more F-16s for training Ukrainian pilots in Romania

The Netherlands on Wednesday will hand over another three F-16 fighter jets to a training facility in Romania, where Ukrainian pilots and ground staff are being taught how to fly…

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Putin tells the Middle East to pull back from a catastrophic clash

Russian President Vladimir Putin urged all sides in the Middle East to refrain from action that would trigger a new confrontation which he warned would be fraught with catastrophic consequences…

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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy signs new army draft law to reinforce exhausted troops

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has signed into law a bill overhauling army mobilisation rules, according to the parliamentary website, as Ukraine seeks to address acute troop shortages in its fight against…

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Armenia asks World Court to pursue ethnic cleansing case against Azerbaijan

Armenia on Tuesday urged the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to hold Azerbaijan responsible for what it said was the ethnic cleansing of Armenians from the Nagorno-Karabakh region. "After threatening…

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Ukraine says says it ‘ran out of missiles’ to stop Russian strike on power plant

A lack of air defense missiles prevented Ukraine from thwarting a Russian missile attack last week that destroyed the biggest power plant in the region around the capital Kyiv, President…

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WATCH: Lawmakers brawl as Georgian parliament considers ‘foreign agent’ bill

Georgian lawmakers came to blows in parliament on Monday as ruling party legislators looked set to advance a controversial bill on "foreign agents" that has been criticised by Western countries…

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Ukraine attack on Russia-controlled town kills 16, official says

A Russia-installed official in Ukraine's southern Zaporizhzhia region said on Sunday that the death toll from shelling by Ukraine's military on the town of Tokmak had risen to 16 people.…

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Aborted 2022 peace deal could be basis for Ukraine talks, says Kremlin

An aborted 2022 peace deal between Russia and Ukraine could be the basis for new negotiations but there is no sign that Kyiv is ready for talks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry…

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Thousands of Russian soldiers seeking asylum in the West

Thousands of Russian soldiers are fleeing the war in Ukraine, lying low while awaiting the results of their asylum applications to western countries like Germany, France and the US. Asylum…

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Russia’s FSB says British special forces operating in Ukraine

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said that Britain's Special Boat Service had been operating in Ukraine and helping Ukrainian forces carry out attempted operations against Russian forces. The Ukraine war…

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Ukraine’s parliament passed crucial military bill amid manpower shortage and conflict

Ukraine’s parliament passed a controversial bill on Thursday that will change the rules on civilian military mobilisation in an effort to address fledgling manpower among its forces. The legislation, which…

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Russia advises against travel to Middle East

Russia on Thursday advised against travel to the Middle East and German airline Lufthansa extended a suspension of its flights to Tehran, as the region was kept on edge by…

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UPDATED: Switzerland to host Ukraine peace summit on June 15-16

The Swiss government will host a two-day high-level conference in June aimed at achieving peace in Ukraine, it said on, although Russia has made clear it will not take part…

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Russian missile strike targets cities across Ukraine

Ukrainian authorities reported blasts in the country's northeastern, southern and western regions on Thursday morning, during a fresh wave of Russian missile strikes. Explosions were heard in the Ukrainian city…

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The risks at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant after the latest drone attack

Russia said Ukraine struck the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station controlled by Russian forces three times on Sunday and demanded the West respond, though Kyiv said it had nothing to do…

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Estonian military suspects Russia preparing to launch major offensive in Ukraine

Russia may be preparing for a major offensive in Ukraine at the start of summer, indicated by troop reorganization and the mass bombing campaign, said Col. Ants Kiviselg, commander of…

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Russia’s Lavrov says Chinese peace plan on Ukraine is most reasonable so far

China has proposed the most reasonable peace plan so far for resolving the Ukraine conflict, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying. Beijing put forward a 12-point paper…

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Fragments of presumed Russian drone found in Moldova

Border police in ex-Soviet Moldova said they had found and cordoned off what appeared to be fragments of an Iranian-made Russian drone just inside the country's border with Ukraine. A…

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Kremlin says Russia and NATO are now in “direct confrontation”

MOSCOW, April 4 (Reuters) - Russia and NATO are now in "direct confrontation", the Kremlin said as the U.S.-led alliance marked its 75th anniversary on Thursday. NATO's successive waves of…

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Russia says dialogue with NATO at ‘zero’ but it doesn’t seek open conflict

Russia-NATO relations are worsening but Moscow has no intention of entering a conflict with a NATO country, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said in an interview published on Thursday.…

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Russia says NATO, at 75, has returned to Cold War mindset

MOSCOW, (Reuters) - Russia said that NATO had returned to a Cold War mindset as the alliance marks its 75th anniversary this week. "Today, in relations with Russia, the bloc…

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Ukraine lowers army draft age to 25

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed a bill to lower the mobilisation age for combat duty from 27 to 25, a move that should help Ukraine generate more fighting power in its…

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Russia pounded Ukraine with 3,000 bombs in March

Russia fired over 3,000 guided aerial bombs, 600 drones and 400 missiles at Ukraine in March alone, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday. Russia has stepped up its long-range air…

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NATO ministers mull 100 billion euro military fund for Ukraine

By Andrew Gray and John Irish BRUSSELS, April 3 (Reuters) - NATO foreign ministers meet on Wednesday to discuss how to put military support for Ukraine on a long-term footing,…

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Major Russian refinery hit by Ukrainian drone 1,300 km from the front lines

Ukraine struck one of Russia's biggest refineries on Tuesday with a drone 1,300 km (800 miles) from the front lines in Ukraine and said it had inflicted significant damage on…

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Kremlin dismisses report Russia behind ‘Havana Syndrome’

The Kremlin on Monday dismissed a report that Russian military intelligence may be behind the mysterious "Havana syndrome" ailment that has afflicted U.S. diplomats and spies globally.Insider, a Russia-focused investigative…

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Putin signs decree on spring military conscription

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree setting out the routine spring conscription campaign, calling up 150,000 citizens for statutory military service, a document posted on the Kremlin's website…

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Kyiv’s senior general says Ukraine needs fewer troops than anticipated

KYIV, March 29 (Reuters) - Ukraine's military will need to mobilise fewer people than initially expected to fend off Russia's two-year-old invasion, Kyiv's top general said on Friday. President Volodymyr…

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Russia’s Lavrov tells newspaper that Ukraine peace plan is pointless

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in an interview published on Friday, said Ukraine's proposed peace plan was pointless as it was based on unacceptable notions like Moscow's withdrawal from areas…

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Russia may have used new guided bomb to attack Ukraine’s Kharkiv

By Vitalii Hnidyi and Yuliia Dysa Russia may have used a new type of guided bomb in airstrikes on the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv that killed at least one…

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Russia says it is hard to believe Islamic State could have launched Moscow attack

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that it was "extremely hard to believe" that Islamic State would have had the capacity to launch an attack on a Moscow concert…

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Nearly 100 people still missing after Moscow attack

As many as 95 people are still missing after last week's attack near Moscow when gunmen sprayed concertgoers with automatic weapons and set the venue on fire, a Russian news…

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UPDATED: Putin says Russia will not attack NATO, but F-16s will be shot down in Ukraine

Russia will not attack NATO, Putin says Putin says Russia will not attack Poland, Baltic states Putin says Western F-16s will be shot down in Ukraine MOSCOW, March 28 (Reuters)…

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Russian investigators to study request to probe Western involvement in ‘terrorism’

Russian state investigators said on Wednesday they would study a request from parliamentarians to investigate what they called the "organisation, financing, and conduct of terrorist acts" against Russia by the…

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Ukrainian missile attack hits Russian warship and reconnaissance vessel, navy says

A Ukrainian missile attack struck a Russian naval reconnaissance vessel and a large landing warship that Moscow captured from Kyiv during the annexation of the Crimean peninsula in 2014, Ukraine's…

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Eighth suspect in Moscow attack appears in court, rights commissioner warns on torture

"It is absolutely unacceptable to use torture on detainees and defendants," the commissioner, Tatyana Moskalkova, was quoted as saying by TASS. Russian authorities have said they are investigating. The arrests…

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Russian refineries targeted by Ukraine’s drones

March 25 (Reuters) - Rosneft's Kuibyshev oil refinery in Russia's city of Samara halted refining unit CDU-5, knocking out half of its capacity following a drone attack over the weekend,…

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Macron says intelligence shows Islamic State was behind Russia concert attack

Four alleged gunmen appear in Moscow court Russia questions U.S. assertions on IS claim Putin has suggested Ukrainian link Ukraine has denied any involvement MOSCOW, March 25 (Reuters) - France…

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UPDATED: Russia casts doubt on Islamic State responsibility for concert attack

Four alleged gunmen appear in Moscow court Russia questions U.S. assertions on IS claim Putin has suggested Ukrainian link Ukraine has denied any involvement MOSCOW, March 25 (Reuters) - Russia…

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One missile from Russia’s massive airstrike on Ukraine enters Polish airspace

Russia struck critical infrastructure in Ukraine's western region of Lviv with missiles early on Sunday, Kyiv said, in a major airstrike that saw one Russian cruise missile briefly fly into…

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Putin says concert attackers were fleeing to Ukraine when detained

MOSCOW, March 23 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that the four men who attacked a concert near Moscow were heading towards Ukraine when they were detained,…

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