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Putin says Russia's military advance in Ukraine 'going to plan'

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday told his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron that Russia's military operation in Ukraine is "going according to plan", a Paris offic

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Russia, Ukraine agree to organize humanitarian corridors for civilians

Russia and Ukraine agreed to organize humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians in the second round of talks in Belarus on Thursday, Ukraine's Advisor to the Head of

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Russia's nuclear triad put on high alert: defense ministry

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu informed President Vladimir Putin on Monday that the country's nuclear deterrence forces have begun combat duty with reinforced s

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France announces 300m euros in aid for Ukraine

France will send aid of 300 million euros ($337.56 million) to Ukraine, President Emmanuel Macron announced on Friday.The announcement of the funding came in a letter f

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UK announces new set of sanctions against Russia

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would aim to cut Russia off from the U.K.'s financial markets as he announced a new set of sanctions in response to Preside

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Putin briefs Macron, Modi and Raisi on Russia's military operation in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin held telephone conversations with leaders of France, India and Iran, following the start of Russia's "special military operation" in Uk

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China urges all parties to exercise restraint over Ukraine crisis

A Chinese envoy on Wednesday called on all parties involved in the Ukraine issue to exercise restraint and reiterated Beijing's stance on safeguarding the sovereignty a

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Putin announces special military operation in Donbas region

Russian President Vladimir Putin has authorized troops to carry out a special military operation in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, Russian news agencies said on

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White House: Biden-Putin meeting 'certainly' not being planned

A meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin is "certainly" not an option at the moment, the White House said on Tuesday. "At t

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Asia markets sink as tensions between Ukraine and Russia climb

Markets across Asia tumbled on Tuesday morning as tensions between Ukraine and Russia continued to escalate.Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 (N225) fell 2% in morning tradi

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Biden, Putin to speak on Saturday

U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will speak on Saturday, U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Friday.Kremlin spokesperson D

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Russia hits new COVID-19 record, 10 times more than a month ago

Russia is reporting a record daily count of new coronavirus infections, a tenfold spike from a month ago as the highly contagious Omicron variant spreads through the co

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Putin: Fundamental Russian concerns ignored by U.S. and NATO

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said that "fundamental Russian concerns were ignored" by the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

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No intention of putting U.S. or NATO troops in Ukraine: Biden

U.S. President Joe Biden reiterated Tuesday that there is no intention in his administration or within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to send troops into

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Chinese, Russian FMs hold phone call on bilateral ties, situation in Kazakhstan

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday held a phone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on bilateral ties and the situation

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Lukashenko, Nazarbayev discuss situation in Kazakhstan by phone

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko held a telephone conversation with First President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, the presidential press service said Fri

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Putin signs law ratifying deal with Tajikistan on air defense

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on ratifying an agreement between Russia and Tajikistan on setting up an integrated air defense system, according to the document posted on the governmen