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Negotiator: Ukraine won’t give up territory for peace with Russia

May 19, 2022

A man talks to Ukrainian soldiers across a destroyed bridge on the road near the village of Rus'ka Lozova, north of Kharkiv, on May 16, 2022. (DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP) Ukraine will not exchange its territories for a peace deal with Russia, the government-run Ukrinform news agency reported on Tuesday,...

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West continues to ramp up sanctions against Russia

May 10, 2022

A man who fled from a small village near Polohy rests upon his arrival to a reception center for displaced people in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, May 8, 2022. (FRANCISCO SECO / AP) WASHINGTON - The United States and its Western allies on Sunday announced new sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine...

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Moscow criticizes West for prolonging Ukraine conflict

May 8, 2022

A man walks in front of a tower of the Kremlin and the Russian Foreign Ministry building in central Moscow on September 10, 2020. (YURI KADOBNOV / AFP) KYIV / BUDAPEST / MOSCOW - While Western countries are calling for an early cessation of hostilities in Ukraine, "they are doing...

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Putin approves retaliatory sanctions over Ukraine conflict

May 4, 2022

A woman walks near the Kremlin in downtown Moscow on April 12, 2020. (DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP) MOSCOW / KYIV - Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Tuesday on retaliatory sanctions against individuals and entities in response to their "unfriendly actions" over the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The measures will...

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Russia asks US to stop arming Ukraine

April 27, 2022

A Ukrainian serviceman walks amid the rubble of a building heavily damaged by multiple bombardments near a frontline in Kharkiv, Ukraine, April 25, 2022. (FELIPE DANA / AP) MOSCOW/KYIV/ANKARA/UNITED NATIONS – Russia has sent a diplomatic note to the United States calling on Washington to stop supplying Kyiv with weapons,...

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UN chief to visit Turkey before having talks in Russia, Ukraine

April 26, 2022

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during an interview at the UN headquarters, Jan 20, 2022, in New York. (ROBERT BUMSTED / FILE / AP) ANKARA / ISTANBUL / KIEV - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will pay a visit to Turkey on Monday before having talks in Moscow and...

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Russia imposes sanctions on US vice-president, Meta CEO

April 23, 2022

People walk past the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow on April 5, 2022. (ALEXANDER NEMENOV / AFP) MOSCOW/WASHINGTON/KYIV - Russia has imposed personal sanctions on 29 US citizens, including US Vice-President Kamala Harris and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and 61 Canadian citizens, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Thursday. A...

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‘Russia-Ukraine conflict to affect 25% of global grain market’

April 11, 2022

In this file photo taken on July 27, 2015, a stork walks near a combine harvester gathering grain from a field in the village of Mala Divytsa, about 100 km north of Kiev. (SERGEI SUPINSKY / AFP) KIEV - The conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the world's major exporters of...

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Zelensky: Talks to go on despite Russian military ‘atrocities’

April 8, 2022

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is applauded after addressing a Joint Sitting of both Dail and Seanad Eireann (the Houses of the Oireachtas, Irish Parliament) in the Dail Chamber of Leinster House, in Dublin., Ireland, April 6, 2022. (MAXELLS / PA VIA AP) g KYIEV/MOSCOW/BUDAPEST/WASHINGTON/ATHENS – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has...

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Russia takes measures over hostile actions

April 7, 2022

Eased visa rules scrapped for officials, reporters from 'unfriendly' countries Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (left) welcomes Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit in Moscow on Monday. (ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO / AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree that scraps simplified visa rules for officials and journalists from so-called...

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Ukraine retook ‘whole Kiev region’, says deputy defense chief

April 4, 2022

Smoke rises after an attack by the Russian army in Odessa, on April 3, 2022. (BULENT KILIC / AFP) KIEV - Ukraine has regained control of the "whole Kiev region," Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Hanna Maliar said on Facebook on Saturday. Ukraine has retaken "Irpin, Bucha, Gostomel and...

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Kremlin: US-funded labs around Russia developing bio-weapons

April 4, 2022

A woman walks near the Kremlin in downtown Moscow on April 12, 2020. (DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP) MOSCOW - Moscow has information that an array of biological laboratories have been founded around Russia, which are engaged in developing bio-weapons, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Saturday. "Within the framework of a...

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Russian military to reduce hostilities near Kyiv, Chernihiv

March 30, 2022

In this photo provided by Turkish Presidency, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (center) gives a speech to welcome the Russian (left) and Ukrainian delegations ahead of their talks, in Istanbul, Turkey on March 29, 2022. (TURKISH PRESIDENCY VIA AP) ISTANBUL / MOSCOW - The Russian Defense Ministry has decided to...

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US, EU divided on new sanctions against Russia in hasty meetings

March 27, 2022

Leaders attend the European Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2022. (EUROPEAN UNION / HO / XINHUA) BRUSSELS - Three intensive summits in two days — US President Joe Biden squeezed his schedule for Thursday and Friday when he rushed to Brussels to shake hands, pose for pictures and...

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Ukraine, Russia conduct first prisoner swap

March 26, 2022

A police car drives past a burning warehouse hit by a shell in the suburbs of Kyiv, on March 24, 2022. (FADEL SENNA / AFP) KYIV/UNITED NATIONS/MOSCOW - Ukraine and Russia conducted the first prisoner swap since the start of the conflict, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on...

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EU in disarray after Putin announces payment change in gas deal

March 25, 2022

Employees walk at the construction site of a gas metering station, part of the pipeline link between Bulgaria and Greece near the village of the Malko Kadievo on March 18, 2022. (NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV / AFP) BRUSSELS - European countries have been thrown into disarray after Russian President Vladimir Putin said...

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Russia urges Washington to stop escalating tensions

March 23, 2022

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov arrives to attend security talks on soaring tensions over Ukraine, at the US permanent Mission, in Geneva, on Jan 10, 2022. (DENIS BALIBOUSE / POOL / AFP) MOSCOW / UNITED NATIONS / KYIV - Washington must stop escalating tensions if it wishes to normalize ties with...

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Lavrov: Russia not to initiate reconciliation with West

March 21, 2022

This handout photograph taken and released by the Russian Foreign Ministry on Feb 10, 2022 shows Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaking during a joint press conference with British Foreign Secretary following their talks in Moscow. (HANDOUT / RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY / AFP) MOSCOW - Russia remains open to cooperation...

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Russia: US lab in Ukraine studies disease transmission via bats

March 19, 2022

Russia has expressed grave concerns over US-funded biological laboratories in Ukraine. File photo of a bat. (PHOTO / XINHUA) MOSCOW - A laboratory in Ukraine's second-largest city of Kharkov has studied transmitting diseases to humans through bats under US control, the Russian Defense Ministry said Thursday. Russia has expressed grave...

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US House votes to suspend normal trade ties with Russia

March 19, 2022

People pass by US National flags in Washington, DC on Jan 9, 2021. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) WASHINGTON/KYIV/PARIS - US House of Representatives on Thursday voted to suspend normal trade relations with Russia, paving the way for the US government to impose higher tariffs on Russian goods. US President Joe...