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Ukraine kills Russian chemical weapons chief Igor Kirillov in Moscow

MOSCOW — A top Russian general accused by Ukraine of being responsible for the use of chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops was assassinated in Moscow by Ukraine's SBU intelligence service…

John McCarthy December 17, 2024

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Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says

KYIV — Russia fired a hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile at the city of Dnipro today in response to the U.S. and UK allowing Kyiv to strike Russian territory with advanced…

John McCarthy November 21, 2024

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Ukraine hits Russia with US ATACMS missiles for first time on war’s 1,000th day

KYIV — Ukraine used U.S. ATACMS missiles to strike Russian territory today, taking advantage of newly granted permission from the outgoing administration of President Joe Biden on the war's 1,000th day. Russia said…

John McCarthy November 19, 2024

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Russian frontline soldiers reduced to eating canned dog meat from North Korea

KURSK, Ukraine — Videos of Russian army soldiers eating canned meat supplied by the DPRK are being circulated on various social media. As it turned out, the Russians received canned dog meat from North Korea. This was reported…

John McCarthy November 7, 2024

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How Russia looked the wrong way as Ukraine invaded

KYIV — In the hours before Ukrainian soldiers stormed across Russia's western border, there was no sign from Moscow that anything was amiss. At midnight at the start of August…

John McCarthy August 17, 2024

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Russia sets Ukrainian nuclear power plant on fire

KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said today that Russia has started a fire on the grounds of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest such facility in Europe. It…

John McCarthy August 11, 2024

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Successful Ukrainian incursion highlights Russia’s border weakness

MOSCOW — Russia was fighting intense battles on Saturday against thousands of Ukrainian troops as deep as 12 miles (20 km) inside the Kursk region after Ukraine's biggest attack on…

John McCarthy August 11, 2024

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Russia offers little resistance to Ukrainian troops after shock incursion

MOSCOW — Russian forces were battling Ukrainian troops for a third day today after they smashed through the Russian border in the Kursk region, an audacious attack on the world's…

John McCarthy August 8, 2024

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Russia’s energy ministry seeks to extend gasoline exports ban

MOSCOW — Russia's energy ministry has proposed an extension of a gasoline exports ban into September and October, RBC daily reported on Wednesday citing a deputy minister's letter. Russia initially…

John McCarthy July 19, 2024

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India’s Modi sucks up to Putin in Russia at Moscow meeting to lock in cheap oil prices

MOSCOW — India and Russia each denied this week that there had been any disagreement between President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at their talks in Moscow…

John McCarthy July 14, 2024