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Russia warns of escalation risk if US sends Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine

Russia said that its military was analysing whether or not the United States would supply Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine for strikes deep into Russia, a step that Russian officials…

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Medvedev warns Europe of the nuclear danger of war with Russia

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday that Europe could not afford a war against Russia but that if its leaders made the mistake of triggering one then it…

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US is considering selling Tomahawk missiles to European countries to support Ukraine

The United States is considering Ukraine's request to obtain long-range Tomahawk missiles for its continued defensive efforts to push back against Russia, Vice President JD Vance said. After meeting President…

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Fighter Jets Scrambled as Poland Restricts Airspace Following Russian Offensive

Poland scrambled fighter jets and temporarily closed some Polish airspace on Sunday after a Russian attack on Ukraine that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said lasted for more than 12 hours.…

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Russia Avoids Comment on Reported Western Threat Against Its Military Flights

The Kremlin said on Friday it did not want to talk about a Bloomberg report that European diplomats had privately warned Moscow that NATO would be ready to shoot down…

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Two Drones Enter Restricted Swedish Airspace Adjacent to Naval Headquarters

Two unidentified drones were observed overnight from September 25 to 26 over the Karlskrona archipelago in Sweden, SVT reported, citing police representative Mattias Lundgren. The archipelago houses Sweden’s main naval…

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Russia accuses NATO, EU of waging ‘real war’ on it via Ukraine

Russia's top diplomat accused NATO and the European Union of using Ukraine to declare a "real war" against his country in a speech at the United Nations on Thursday that…

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USA scrambles fighter jets to intercept Russian planes off Alaska

The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) scrambled fighter jets on Wednesday to identify and intercept four Russian military planes off Alaska, the U.S and Canadian defense organization said in…

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Turkey deploys warning plane to Lithuania under NATO measures after Russian airspace violations

Turkey temporarily deployed a warning and control aircraft to Lithuania as part of NATO security measures, the defence ministry said on Thursday, following repeated airspace violations by Russian drones. Lithuania,…

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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says he is ready to leave office after war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told Axios news website that he would be ready to step down after the war with Russia is over. "My goal is to finish the war,"…

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Danish PM Frederiksen: Russian Hand in Airport Drone Attack Cannot Be Excluded

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said today she “cannot rule out in any way that it is Russia” behind the Monday night drone incursion that forced Copenhagen Airport to shut…

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Strong Earthquake Strikes Russia’s Kamchatka, Tsunami Warnings Issued but No Major Damage Reported

A powerful earthquake struck Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula early Friday, triggering tsunami warnings across the region and parts of the nearby Kuril Islands, though no major damage has been…

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Lithuania says it busted Russian-linked network that planned terror attacks in Europe

Lithuanian prosecutors said they uncovered a network of suspects who planned to carry out four terrorist attacks across Europe, using parcel services to send incendiary explosives hidden in everyday items.…

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Denmark to Strengthen Military with Long-Range Precision Arms

Denmark will acquire long-range precision weapons, after years of cuts to its military budget, to counter the threat posed to Europe by Russia, even as there was no immediate risk…

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Moscow and Minsk rehearse launch of nuclear weapons deployed in Belarus

Russia and Belarus are rehearsing the launch of Russian tactical nuclear weapons as part of joint war games, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday. State media quoted the Belarusian…

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UPDATE: EU won’t discuss new Russia sanctions package on Wed, no new date set

The European Union's 19th package of sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine was removed from the agenda of a meeting of EU government representatives in Brussels on Wednesday,…

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Spain calls for Israel, Russia to be banned from international sports competitions

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday said Israel and Russia should be banned from international sports competitions until "barbaric acts" end, referring to the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.…

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Russia warns Europe: we will go after any state which takes our assets

Russia on Monday warned it would go after any European state that sought to take its assets after reports that the European Union is looking for new ways to leverage…

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Romania condemns ‘irresponsible’ Moscow after Russian drone breaches its airspace

Romania has condemned Moscow’s “irresponsible actions” after alleging that a Russian drone breached Romanian airspace during an attack on neighboring Ukraine, prompting Bucharest to scramble fighter jets. The Russian drone…

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Poland vs. Russian Drones — How NATO Articles 4 and 5 Work

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday he had asked NATO to open consultations under Article 4. It comes after Polish forces shot down 19 drones over its airspace,…

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Lithuania Heightens Security as Russian Drones Violate Polish Airspace and Zapad Drills Begin

Lithuanian authorities placed the country’s air raid alert system on standby and reinforced border security this week amid mounting regional tensions caused by Russian drone incursions into NATO territory and…

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Poland is at its closest to open conflict since World War Two, Tusk Requests NATO Consultations

Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Wednesday the country is closer to open conflict than at any point since World War Two after shooting down Russian drones over its territory.…

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UPDATED: Poland shoots down drones in its airspace

Poland said it scrambled its own and NATO air defences to shoot down drones on Wednesday after a Russian air attack on western Ukraine, the first time in the Ukraine…

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Putin says any Western troops in Ukraine would be fair targets

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that any Western troops deployed to Ukraine would be legitimate targets for Moscow to attack, in a warning to Kyiv's allies as they…

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Poland says two drones enter airspace

Two incursions of Polish airspace by drones occurred overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, but they were not shot down as they posed no danger, the army said on Thursday. Poland…

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Russia says potential military troops deployment in Ukraine unacceptable

Russia has no plans to discuss any potential foreign military deployment in Ukraine in any format, calling it "unacceptable", foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters on Thursday. She was…

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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un to join Putin at China military parade

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un will attend a military parade in Beijing next week alongside Russia's Vladimir Putin, China's foreign ministry has said, in what will be a landmark…

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US fighters intercept Russian aircraft off Alaska for 3rd time in a week

Fighters from the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) on Sunday intercepted a Russian aircraft in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone for the third time in the past week,…

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Russia’s Lavrov outlines terms for Ukraine peace: big power security guarantee and no NATO

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview published on Sunday that a group of nations including United Nations Security Council members should be the guarantors of Ukraine's security.…

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Putin’s demand to Ukraine: give up Donbas, no NATO and no Western troops, sources say

Vladimir Putin is demanding that Ukraine give up all of the eastern Donbas region, renounce ambitions to join NATO, remain neutral and keep Western troops out of the country, three…

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Trump says US may provide air support to back a Ukraine peace deal

President Donald Trump said he has ruled out putting U.S. troops on the ground in Ukraine, but said the United States might provide air support as part of a deal…

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US would help assure Ukraine’s security in a peace deal, Trump tells Zelenskiy

U.S. President Donald Trump told President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday that the United States would help guarantee Ukraine's security in any deal to end Russia's war there, though the extent…

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EU’s von der Leyen to meet Trump in White House

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a post on X that she will be meeting U.S. President Donald Trump along with other European leaders in the White…

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Outline emerges of Putin’s offer to end his war in Ukraine

Russia would relinquish tiny pockets of occupied Ukraine and Kyiv would cede swathes of its eastern land which Moscow has been unable to capture, under peace proposals discussed by Russia's…

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Israelis stage nationwide protests to demand end to Gaza war and release of hostages

Thousands of Israelis took part in a nationwide strike on Sunday in support of families of hostages held in Gaza, calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach an agreement…

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Trump tells Zelenskiy that Putin wants more of Ukraine, urges Kyiv make a deal

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Ukraine should make a deal to end the war with Russia because "Russia is a very big power, and they're not", after…

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Trump threatens ‘severe consequences’ if Putin blocks Ukraine peace

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened "severe consequences" if Russia's Vladimir Putin does not agree to peace in Ukraine but also said on Wednesday that a meeting between them could swiftly…

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Russia has won war in Ukraine, Hungary’s Orban says

Russia has won the war in Ukraine, right-wing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Tuesday ahead of a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir…

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Russia and Belarus to hold joint military exercises in September

The Russian and Belarusian armies are set to hold joint strategic exercises in Belarus from September 12-16, the Belarusian Defence Ministry said on Tuesday. The aim of the drills is…

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Russian Facility in Królewiec Behind Baltic GPS Interference

Estonian news portal Delfi reports that a covert Russian military installation in the Królewiec region, just east of Poland’s border, is responsible for GPS interference affecting the Baltic states and…

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Trump says both sides in Ukraine war will need to cede territory

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Kyiv and Moscow will both have to cede land to end the war in Ukraine and talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin…

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President Donald Trump pledged to evict homeless people from the nation’s capital

President Donald Trump pledged on Sunday to evict homeless people from the nation's capital and jail criminals, despite Washington's mayor arguing there is no current spike in crime. While details…

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UPDATED: Kremlin says Putin and Trump will meet in coming days

Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump will meet in the coming days, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Thursday, in what would be the first summit between…

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Russian and Chinese navies practice destroying ‘enemy submarine’, days after Trump move

The Russian and Chinese navies have practiced hunting and destroying an enemy submarine in the Sea of Japan, Russia's defence ministry said on Wednesday, days after U.S. President Donald Trump…

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Improving Russia-US relations will take time, Kremlin tells TASS

Improving relations between Russia and the United States will take time, Kremlin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the Russian TASS state news agency in remarks published on Wednesday. "There is, of…

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Russian Nuclear Submarine Site Potentially Damaged by July Quake

A nuclear submarine base in Russia's remote Far East region was damaged last week following one of the most powerful earthquakes to hit the area in decades, the New York…

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Russia targeting voters across EU, Moldova warns

Russia is ramping up efforts to influence Moldovans living abroad across Europe to try to sway critical elections next month, the EU candidate country’s security chief has warned. National Security…

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Trump says it is ‘disgusting’ what Russia doing to Ukraine

U.S. President Donald Trump sharply criticized Russia's "disgusting" behavior against Ukraine and said he plans to impose sanctions on Moscow if no agreement can be reached. Trump, speaking to reporters…

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Russia Labels Mattarella a ‘Russophobe’; Italy Summons Ambassador in Protest

The Russian Foreign Ministry has published a list accusing several Western leaders of using "hate speech" against Russia, naming Italian President Sergio Mattarella for remarks comparing Moscow’s war in Ukraine…

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Trump says Russia faces tariffs in 10 days if no progress on ending Ukraine war

U.S. President Donald Trump said that the United States would start imposing tariffs and other measures on Russia "10 days from today" if Moscow showed no progress toward ending its…

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UPDATED: Tsunami waves hit California and Hawaii after massive earthquake rocks Russia

California has experienced a "rapid and damaging surge" in water levels following the arrival of tsunami waves along its coastline.The Los Angeles branch of the National Weather Service (NWS) reported…

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Russian plane crashes in Russia’s far east, nearly 50 people on board feared dead

A Russian Antonov An-24 passenger plane carrying about 50 people crashed in the country's far east on Thursday and everyone on board was feared to have been killed, emergency services…

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Putin says FSB approval will be needed for foreign vessels entering Russian ports

Foreign vessels will require the approval of Russia's FSB security service to access the country's ports, according to a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin. The decree said that permission…

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Zelenskiy says Ukraine, Russia to hold peace talks in Turkey on Wednesday

Peace talks between Ukraine and Russia - the first in seven weeks - are planned for Wednesday in Turkey, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy quoted a senior Kyiv official as saying.…

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EU approves new Russia sanctions with lower oil price cap

The European Union on Friday agreed an 18th package of sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine, including measures aimed at dealing further blows to the Russian oil and…

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Slovakia to allow approval of new EU sanctions on Russia on Friday, PM Fico says

Slovakia will stop blocking the approval of the 18th package of European Union sanctions against Russia on Friday, Prime Minister Robert Fico said. Fico said on Thursday Slovakia had achieved…

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EU fails to approve new Russia sanctions, ball now in Slovakia’s court, says EU foreign chief

The European Union did not approve the 18th Russia sanctions package on Tuesday, the EU's foreign chief Kaja Kallas said after a meeting with EU foreign ministers in Brussels. She…

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