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Ukraine and Poland call in envoys after war support comments

(Reuters) - Ukraine and Poland called in the ambassadors from each other's countries as a dispute escalated after a foreign policy adviser to Poland's president said Kyiv should show more…

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UPDATED: Russia strikes Ukraine’s Danube port, sending global grain prices higher

By Pavel Polityuk KYIV, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Russia attacked Ukraine's grain ports in the early hours of Wednesday, including an inland port across the Danube River from Romania, sending…

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Russian missiles kill four, including girl of 10, in Kryvyi Rih

KYIV, July 31 (Reuters) - A Russian missile attack on the southern Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on Monday killed at least four people, including a 10-year-old girl and her…

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Photo Story: Soviet Union coat of arms is removed from the Motherland Monument in Kyiv

A view of the Motherland Monument as the Soviet Union in Kyiv, Ukraine as the coat of arms was removed on Sunday. The Ukrainian coat of arms will replace the…

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Zelenskiy: War coming back to Russia

July 31 (Reuters) - A senior Ukrainian official reported heavy fighting in the northeast of the country on Sunday, with Kyiv's forces holding their lines and making gains in some…

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Russia’s Medvedev: We’d have to use a nuclear weapon if Ukrainian offensive was a success

By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) - Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who has sometimes raised the spectre of a nuclear conflict over Ukraine, said on Sunday that Moscow would have…

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Ukraine moves Christmas Day in snub to Russia

Ukraine has moved its official Christmas Day state holiday from 7 January to 25 December, the latest move aimed at distancing itself from Russia. President Volodymyr Zelensky signed into law…

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Ukraine uses North Korean rockets to blast Russian forces -FT

July 29 (Reuters) - Ukrainian soldiers were observed using North Korean rockets that they said were seized by a "friendly" country before being delivered to Ukraine, the Financial Times reported…

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Photo Story: Ukraine’s President Zelensky visits historic Odesa cathedral damaged in a Russian strike

A handout photo made available by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky inspecting the damage inside the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral (Transfiguration Cathedral) during a working trip in…

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Ukrainian forces press southward, say strategic village recaptured from Russians

Ukrainian troops try to drive wedge through Russian defences Putin acknowledges intensified Ukrainian attacks (Reuters) - Ukrainian forces pressed their counteroffensive through the Russian-occupied southeast, capturing the village of Staromaiorske…

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US military aid for Ukraine for first time includes Black Hornet spy drone

By Mike Stone and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Defense announced $400 million in additional security assistance for Ukraine, including air defense missiles, armored vehicles and…

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Extension of EU ban on Ukraine grain imports would be unacceptable – Zelenskiy

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that the extension of a European Union ban on Ukrainian grain imports in September would be "unacceptable". President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that the extension of…

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Russia talks of retaliation after ‘Ukrainian drone strike’ near Moscow army HQ

Russia spoke of taking harsh retaliatory measures against Ukraine after two drones damaged buildings in Moscow early on Monday, including one close to the Defence Ministry's headquarters, in what it…

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Blinken says Ukraine has taken back 50% of territory that Russia seized

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that while Ukraine has recaptured half the territory that Russia initially seized in its invasion, Kyiv faced "a very hard fight" to win back more."It's…

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Why Russia pulled out of its grain deal with Ukraine – and what that means for the global food system

The Russia-Ukraine grain deal that has been critical to keeping global food prices stable and preventing famine is currently in tatters. On July 17, 2023, Russia said it was pulling…

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Largest cathedral in Odesa damaged in Russian attack

July 23 (Reuters) - A Russian air attack on Ukraine's Odesa city early on Sunday killed one, injured nearly 20 and badly damaged a Russian-linked Orthodox cathedral, with officials saying…

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Ukraine counter-offensive is far from failure – US general

By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ukraine's counter-offensive against Russia is far from a failure, but the fight ahead will be long and bloody, the top U.S.…

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Russian attacks kill one in north Ukraine, hit grain terminals in south

UPDATE 2-Russian attacks kill one in north Ukraine, hit grain terminals in southAdds attack on Chernihiv region, paragraphs 1-4, adds new attack in Odesa region, 8KYIV, July 21 (Reuters) -…

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Zelenskiy dismisses Ukraine’s ambassador to Britain

KYIV, July 21 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy dismissed Vadym Prystaiko as Ukraine's ambassador to Britain on Friday. A presidential order gave no reason for the dismissal but said Prystaiko…

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Russia hits grain terminals of agricultural enterprise in Ukraine’s Odesa region

July 21 (Reuters) - Russian missiles hit grain terminals of an agricultural enterprise in Ukraine's southern Odesa region, injuring two people, the regional governor said on Friday. "Unfortunately, the grain…

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Russia bombards Ukraine ports, threatens ships, jolting world grain markets

MYKOLAIV/NEAR KUPIANSK, Ukraine, July 20 (Reuters) - Russia jolted world grain markets with an escalation in the Black Sea, mounting a third straight night of air strikes on Ukrainian ports and issuing…

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Russia strikes Ukraine’s Odesa port in ‘hellish’ attack, says official

Russian missiles strike Odesa for second night in a row Attack follows blast on bridge to Crimea blamed on Kyiv Ukrainian official says Moscow seeks to prevent grain exports Moscow…

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UPDATED: Fire at military base in Crimea forces evacuation of more than 2,000 people

July 19 (Reuters) - A fire that broke out at the military training grounds in the Kirovske district on the Crimean Peninsula has forced the evacuation of more than 2,000…

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Odesa port infrastructure damaged in Russian air strikes

Russia launched missile and drone strikes on southern and eastern Ukraine overnight that damaged infrastructure in the Black Sea port of Odesa, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday. The attack on…

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EU condemns Russia’s termination of Ukraine grain deal, vows help

European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday called Russia's decision to suspend a Black Sea grain export deal a "cynical move", adding that the EU would continue…

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UPDATED: Russia halts grain deal, says no link to bridge attack it blames on Ukraine

Russia halts grain deal Putin's prestige project damaged again Two parents dead, girl injured Russia blames Ukrainian security forces Ukrainian media says Ukraine organised attack By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW, July…

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Crimea Bridge: why is it important and what happened to it

July 17 (Reuters) - Traffic on the road-and-rail bridge linking Russia and the Crimean peninsula was stopped early on Monday due to an "emergency situation," the Russian-backed head of Crimea's…

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UPDATED: Crimea Bridge, key Russian supply line, damaged, two dead, reports of blasts

Traffic stopped on Crimean Bridge Emergency situation - Russian officials Ukrainian media reports blasts Grain deal is due to expire July 17 (Reuters) - The Crimea Bridge, a key supply…

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South Korea to provide more demining equipment to Ukraine – official

SEOUL, July 16 (Reuters) - South Korea will provide more demining equipment to Ukraine, a South Korean official said on Sunday, following President Yoon Suk Yeol's visit to Kyiv on the weekend where he…

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Ukraine, Poland say Wagner fighters arrive in Belarus

July 16 (Reuters) - Fighters from the Wagner group have arrived in Belarus from Russia, Ukrainian and Polish officials said on Saturday, a day after Minsk said the mercenaries were training the…

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Zelenskiy warns of Russian efforts to halt Kyiv’s troops, general notes advances in south

July 15 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned Ukrainians that Russia was throwing all its resources into a campaign to stop Kyiv's troops from pressing their counter offensive and a…

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Ukraine receives cluster munitions, pledges limited use

KYIV, (Reuters) - Ukraine has received cluster bombs from the United States, munitions banned in more than 100 countries, but has pledged to only use them to dislodge concentrations of…

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Deaths as Russia attacks Kyiv for third successive night

KYIV, July 13 (Reuters) - At least one person was killed on Thursday in a third successive night of Russian attacks on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, the city's mayor said.…

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Ukrainian pilots’ F-16 training to start in August

By Niklas Pollard and Justyna Pawlak VILNIUS (Reuters) - A coalition of 11 nations will start training Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 fighter jets in August in Denmark, and a…

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Russian hackers lured embassy workers in Ukraine with ad for a cheap BMW

By James Pearson LONDON, July 12 (Reuters) - Hackers suspected of working for Russia's foreign intelligence agency targeted dozens of diplomats at embassies in Ukraine with a fake used car…

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G7 to offer Ukraine security ‘framework’, Zelenskiy asks NATO allies for more arms

Britain says G7 declaration 'will set out how allies will support Ukraine over the coming years to end the war and deter and respond to any future attack' White House…

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Russia launches more air strikes on Kyiv and elsewhere in Ukraine as NATO meets

July 12 (Reuters) - Russia launched a wave of kamikaze drone attacks on Kyiv and other cities for a second night in row, Ukraine's military said on Wednesday, hours before…

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Russia’s Medvedev: NATO’s military aid to Ukraine brings World War Three closer

July 12 (Reuters) - Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy secretary of Russia's powerful Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, said late on Tuesday that the increase in military assistance to…

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UPDATED: NATO’s Stoltenberg: Ukraine is now closer to NATO than ever before

VILNIUS, July 12 (Reuters) - Ukraine is now closer to NATO than ever before, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday during a joint press conference with Ukrainian President…

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Russian drones attack Kyiv and Odesa hours before NATO summit

Russia launched 28 kamikaze drones on the southern port of Odesa and Kyiv in early hours on Tuesday, Ukraine's military said, just hours before the start of a NATO summit in…

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Russian attack on humanitarian aid point killed five, Ukraine says

The death toll from a Russian attack on a humanitarian aid distribution point in southeastern Ukraine rose to five on Monday, and two people were killed by Russian shelling in…

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Four civilians killed, 11 wounded in Russia strikes on Zaporizhzhia town – Ukraine

Four people died and 11 were injured in Russia's bombing of a residential area of the frontline town of Orikhiv in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region when distribution of humanitarian aid was…

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US, Ukraine’s top diplomats hold ‘important’ call before NATO summit

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said late on Sunday they held a phone call to discuss this week's NATO summit and Kyiv's counteroffensive…

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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy brings home Azovstal commanders from Turkey on war’s 500th day

KYIV (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy brought home from Turkey on Saturday five former commanders of Ukraine's garrison in Mariupol, a highly symbolic achievement that Russia said violated a prisoner exchange deal…

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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy visits symbolic Snake Island to mark 500 days of war

July 8 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited Snake Island, a rocky outcrop on the Black Sea, to mark 500 days since Russia's invasion, a video issued by his office on…

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EU strikes deal to boost ammunition production to aid Ukraine

The EU will devote 500 million euros to boosting the production of ammunition for Ukraine and to replenish the stocks of EU member countries, it announced on Friday. The European Council and European Parliament representatives struck a…

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Zelenskiy says Ukraine needs concrete solutions, signal at NATO summit

PRAGUE, July 6 (Reuters) - The forthcoming NATO summit in Vilnius should focus on real content and a "clear signal" on Ukraine's future membership in the military alliance, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said…

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Ukraine plans to move to professional army after war ends – PM

Ukraine plans to abandon conscription and move to a professional army after the war with Russia to bring Kyiv closer to NATO standards, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Thursday.…

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Russian missile strikes apartment block in Lviv, kills at least three

(Reuters) -A Russian missile attack killed at least three people in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, and rescuers were searching through the debris of a apartment building for survivors…

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Russia, Ukraine accuse each other of plotting imminent attack on nuclear plant

July 4 (Reuters) - Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday accused each other of plotting to stage an attack on the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, long the subject of mutual recriminations and…

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UPDATED: Ukraine right to be cautious with counter-offensive, top NATO official says

BRUSSELS, July 3 (Reuters) - Ukraine's counter-offensive against Russian forces is proving difficult due to landmines and other obstacles but Ukrainian forces are right to proceed cautiously, NATO's top military…

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Centre to prosecute Ukraine invasion to open in The Hague

By Anthony Deutsch and Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE, July 3 (Reuters) - Law enforcement officials on Monday open an international centre for the prosecution of the crime of…

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UPDATED: Russian defence minister says Ukraine operation unaffected by mutiny

July 3 (Reuters) - A brief mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group last month did not affect Russia's "special military operation" in Ukraine, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on…

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Moscow says 700,000 children from Ukraine conflict zones now in Russia

July 3 (Reuters) - Russia has brought some 700,000 children from the conflict zones in Ukraine into Russian territory, Grigory Karasin, head of the international committee in the Federation Council,…

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Papal envoy says Moscow visit focused on humanitarian issues, not peace plan

MILAN (Reuters) - Papal envoy Cardinal Matteo Zuppi said on Sunday his mission to Moscow on the Ukraine war was focused on humanitarian issues and had not involved any discussions…

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Why Ukraine has been unable to capitalize on the Wagner Group rebellion

After months of speculation about when it would begin and what its aims would be, Ukraine’s much anticipated counteroffensive started in early June. It took Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy some…

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Russia launches first overnight drone attack on Kyiv in 12 days – military

KYIV, July 2 (Reuters) - Russia launched an overnight drone attack on Kyiv after a 12-day break, a Ukrainian military official said on Sunday, with air defence systems preliminarily destroying all targets…

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