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    'It is regrettable to watch' — Ukraine condemns Georgian ruling party's latest use of war footage in campaign ad

    “It is regrettable to watch the Georgian authorities grovel before Moscow and disregard the principles of dignity and independence that have historically characterized the Georgian nation,” Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said in a …

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    How bones tell stories of missing Ukrainian soldiers

    Editor’s Note: War is more than the booms and the bangs. Ukraine is more than just a place where violence is occurring.

    Some of the most important stories happen in the silence: the return of bodies, diligent work in quiet labs.

    Think this sort of …

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Switzerland expands sanctions against Russian oil exports, aligning with EU

Switzerland extended its sanctions lists to align with the EU’s 18th package against Russia, specifically targeting Moscow’s largest budget revenue source – oil exports, the Swiss government said.

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Russia, Belarus to practice nuclear, Oreshnik deployment plans during Zapad drills, Minsk claims

“The head of state demands that we must be ready for all possible scenarios,” Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said.

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Ukraine open to discussing aerial truce with Russia, Zelensky's aide says

“Russia is unlikely to abandon the use of strategic aviation or large-scale drone deployments,” Mykhailo Podolyak told Corriere della Sera. “However, Ukraine is ready to discuss and consider this scenario,” he added.

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Russia's hybrid empire

When war rages on the front line — with trenches, tanks, drones, and rockets — it is visible. But a far more dangerous war is fought where it goes unnoticed: in negotiations, in memoranda, in the emphasis on ethnic grievances and cultural claims.

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Estonia expels senior Russian diplomat for alleged subversion, sanctions violations

Estonia said Dmitry Prilepin, the first secretary of the Russian Embassy in Tallinn, had engaged in efforts to erode the country’s legal order, sow divisions in society, and aid crimes against the state.

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Ukraine secures record $586 million EBRD loan to shore up low gas reserves

The financing will help Ukraine better prepare for the autumn and winter months as the country’s gas storage reserves fall to their lowest level in at least 11 years due to Russian attacks.

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Ukraine strikes oil facility in western Russia in overnight drone attack, Kyiv confirms

Ukrainian drones targeted the Unecha oil pumping station, part of the Transneft Druzhba pipeline network, sparking a large fire, an intelligence source told the Kyiv Independent.

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Zelensky to meet German chancellor in Berlin, join talks with NATO, US leaders

Zelensky and Merz will hold a bilateral meeting before joining a video conference with European leaders, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, and U.S. President Donald Trump, a presidential spokesperson said.

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6 killed, 15 injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine over past day

Ukraine’s Air Force said Russian forces launched 49 Shahed-type attack drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles overnight, as well as two Iskander-M or KN-23 ballistic missiles.

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Russia's daily losses 3 times higher than Ukraine's, Zelensky says

“For example, yesterday’s figures, which are roughly average: Russian losses per day are about 1,000 – 500 killed and 500 wounded,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said at a meeting with journalists attended by the Kyiv Independent.

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Canadian court upholds ruling ordering Ukrainian airline to compensate victims of plane downed in Iran

The appeals court rejected the company’s arguments that the trial judge erred in awarding costs to multiple groups of plaintiffs' lawyers.

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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,066,110 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

The number includes 890 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

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Putin, Kim Jong Un discuss 'strengthening cooperation' in phone call, ahead of Trump-Putin meeting

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un on Aug. 12, the Kremlin announced, just days before Putin is set to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska.

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Defense Ministry official suspected of accepting $1.3 million bribe over construction of military housing

Officials allege that an acting head of one of the Central Territorial Departments in Ukraine’s Defense Ministry orchestrated a plot to help a developer secure a tender for a construction project in Kyiv, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau …

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Over 121,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine identified by media investigation

Russian independent media outlet Mediazona, in collaboration with the BBC Russian service, has confirmed the identities of 121,507 Russian military personnel killed in Ukraine.

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Zelensky, Erdogan discuss future peace talks in Turkey

President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who offered to host future peace talks in Turkey. The call comes just days before the Aug. 15 Trump-Putin summit on ending the war in Ukraine—without Ukraine’s …

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Russia suspected of hacking US federal court filing system, NYT reports

Russian hackers are suspected of breaching a U.S. federal court filing system, just days before a meeting between Trump and Putin, the New York Times reported Aug. 12.

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Kremlin adviser outlines Putin’s Ukraine terms: Ukrainian withdrawal from Donbas, no NATO bid

A potential peace deal on Ukraine could include the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the Donbas, while Russia, in return, would pull its forces out of the Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions, Kremlin adviser Dmitry Suslov said.

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'We went to hell and back to achieve this result' – SBU chief on Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb strike on Russian bombers

To prepare for Operation Spiderweb, Ukraine’s Security Service adopted tactics used in fighting transnational organized crime, studying how international drug cartels move contraband past customs and border controls, SBU chief Vasyl Maliuk said in an …

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The Armed Forces of Ukraine strike at the rear of the Russian territory: the front holds

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Trump’s ‘land-swapping’ ideas dead on arrival for Ukraine

After months of failed peace talks and extensive diplomatic efforts seeing minerals and weapons deals reached, the eyes of the world will be on the remote shores of Alaska on Aug. 15, as U.S. President Donald Trump meets with his Russian counterpart, …

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Everything we know about Russia’s rapid advance in Donetsk Oblast ahead of key talks with Trump

As Russia prepares for a diplomatic push to pressure Kyiv into withdrawing from the Ukrainian-controlled parts of Donetsk Oblast during negotiations with the U.S. this week, its forces have pierced through Ukrainian lines in a dramatic advance that …

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Two top Russian executives die suddenly days apart as tally of mysterious deaths reaches 18

In Russia, news emerged on August 11 about the death of Mikhail Kenin, 56, the founder and co-owner of Samolet, one of the country’s largest developers. A day later, on August 12, media reported the sudden death of Dmitry Osipov, 59, chairman of the …