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‘You will be provided with everything you need’: How Ukraine tries to fuel Russian defections
A rare video aired on Ukrainian television on Sunday allegedly showing a Russian pilot who had defected and encouraging other Russian soldiers to…
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Another Russian mercenary group shows discontent with the Kremlin: ‘A sign of more to come’
At the end of August, Ukraine declared it had finally managed to pierce Russia’s first line of defence after retaking…
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Under sirens, threats, Ukraine’s children go back to school
Ukrainian children on Friday began their second school year since Russia launched its full-scale invasion, forcing classes online and in…
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Prigozhin’s death: Show of strength or admission of weakness for Putin?
Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner Group, was on board a plane that crashed in Russia on Wednesday, leaving no…
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Seine River events scrapped again, renewing doubts over Paris Olympics plan
High levels of water pollution in the Seine River caused two swimming events to be cancelled over the weekend, after…
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Russia hopes to pull ahead in the space race with the launch of the Luna-25 moon lander
Russia is taking a big gamble as it prepares to launch its first spacecraft to the Moon since 1976 on…
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France’s overcrowded prison population reaches all-time high – for months on end
Since the start of 2023, month after month, France has been breaking records. Prison populations hit an all-time high on…
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France may soon overtake Russia as the world’s No. 2 arms exporter
Reports of new deals to sell French arms to India and Qatar are just the latest sign that France’s defence…
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Counterattack or ploy? Kyiv vigilant despite heavy Russian shelling of northeast region
Russian troops have mounted fierce assaults in Ukraine’s northeastern Kupiansk region, located at the northern end of the country’s 600-mile…
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As new wildfires rage in Greece, a survivor and a firefighter share their stories
The fires that have ravaged Greece and its idyllic islands for over a week are dredging up painful memories of…
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