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ILLIA NOVIKOV

ILLIA NOVIKOV

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A Russian attack on a Ukrainian village kills a 14-year-old girl and two others, officials say

Authorities say a Russian attack has hit a grocery store and a pharmacy in a Ukrainian village close to the border with Russia, killing three people including a 14-year-old girl

A Russian attack on a Ukrainian village kills a 14-year-old girl and two others, officials say
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Ukraine's foreign minister says Israel's response to an Iranian aerial attack shows what Kyiv needs

Ukraine’s foreign minister says the success of Israel and its allies in largely thwarting a massive Iranian missile and drone attack shows what Ukraine could achieve against Russian aerial barrages if it had more support from its partners

Ukraine's foreign minister says Israel's response to an Iranian aerial attack shows what Kyiv needs
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Russian missiles slam into a Ukrainian city and kill 8 people as the war approaches a critical stage

Local officials say three Russian missiles have slammed into a downtown area of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, hitting an eight-floor apartment building and killing at least eight people

Russian missiles slam into a Ukrainian city and kill 8 people as the war approaches a critical stage
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Ukraine claims it shot down a Russian strategic bomber. Moscow says the plane crashed

Ukraine’s air force is claiming it shot down a Russian strategic bomber

Ukraine claims it shot down a Russian strategic bomber. Moscow says the plane crashed
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A Russian strike on Kharkiv's TV tower is part of an intimidation campaign, Ukraine's Zelenskyy says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says a Russian missile strike that smashed a television tower in Kharkiv was part of the Kremlin’s ongoing effort to intimidate Ukraine’s second-largest city

A Russian strike on Kharkiv's TV tower is part of an intimidation campaign, Ukraine's Zelenskyy says
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Ukrainian officials thank the US for its latest military aid to help stop Russia's onslaught

Ukrainian officials are expressing thanks for a fresh batch of U.S. military aid that threw Kyiv’s armed forces a lifeline in their war with Russia, even though the vital new supplies aren’t expected to have an immediate impact on the battlefield

Ukrainian officials thank the US for its latest military aid to help stop Russia's onslaught
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Ukraine is putting pressure on fighting-age men outside the country as it tries to replenish forces

Ukraine is scrambling to get much-needed new supplies of weapons and ammunition from a huge U.S. aid package to its eastern front line

Ukraine is putting pressure on fighting-age men outside the country as it tries to replenish forces
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Ukraine's farm minister is the latest corruption suspect as Kyiv aims to undo recent Russian gains

A Ukrainian court has ordered the detention of the country’s farm minister in the latest high-profile corruption investigation

Ukraine's farm minister is the latest corruption suspect as Kyiv aims to undo recent Russian gains
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Russia renews attacks on the Ukrainian energy sector as Kyiv launches drones at southern Russia

Russia has launched a barrage of missiles against Ukraine directed at energy facilities

Russia renews attacks on the Ukrainian energy sector as Kyiv launches drones at southern Russia
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Drone footage shows devastation in Ukraine's strategic eastern city of Chasiv Yar as Russians near

Drone footage exclusively obtained by The Associated Press shows months of Russian artillery pounding have devastated a strategic city in eastern Ukraine

Drone footage shows devastation in Ukraine's strategic eastern city of Chasiv Yar as Russians near
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Kyiv's forces are up against a concerted Russian push in eastern Ukraine, a military official says

A senior Ukrainian military official says the situation on the front line in eastern Ukraine is worsening but local defenders are so far holding firm against a concerted push by Russia’s bigger and better-equipped forces

Kyiv's forces are up against a concerted Russian push in eastern Ukraine, a military official says
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Ukraine says it foiled a Russian spy agency plot to assassinate President Zelenskyy

Ukrainian counterintelligence investigators say they have foiled a Russian plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other top military and political figures

Ukraine says it foiled a Russian spy agency plot to assassinate President Zelenskyy
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Russia hits Ukraine's power grid with a 'massive' attack on a day marking the WWII defeat of Nazism

Ukraine's president says Russia has launched a massive nighttime attack on energy facilities across Ukraine, targeting seven regions with more than 50 missiles and drones

Russia hits Ukraine's power grid with a 'massive' attack on a day marking the WWII defeat of Nazism
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Ukraine's Zelenskyy says Russia has the initiative in the east but new Western aid is on the way

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country’s army is facing “a really difficult situation” in eastern regions

Ukraine's Zelenskyy says Russia has the initiative in the east but new Western aid is on the way
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Ukraine says Russia is trying to break through its defenses in the northeastern Kharkiv region

Ukraine has rushed reinforcements to its northeastern Kharkiv region to hold off a Russian attempt to breach local defenses

Ukraine says Russia is trying to break through its defenses in the northeastern Kharkiv region
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Russian assault opens new front, diverting Ukraine forces as Western aid trickles in

Ukrainian officials and commanders say Russian troops are locked in intense battles with Ukrainian soldiers in the embattled town of Vovchansk and are pushing ahead with a ground offensive that opened a new front to put pressure on overstretched Ukrainian forces

Russian assault opens new front, diverting Ukraine forces as Western aid trickles in
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Ukrainian troops pull out of some areas and Zelenskyy postpones foreign trips amid Russian offensive

Ukrainian forces have withdrawn from some parts of the country’s northeast and were battling Russian troops in other areas

Ukrainian troops pull out of some areas and Zelenskyy postpones foreign trips amid Russian offensive
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Ukraine says it has checked Russia's offensive in a key town, but Moscow says it will keep pushing

Military officials in Ukraine say their units locked in street battles with the Kremlin’s forces in a northeastern Ukrainian town have halted the Russian advance

Ukraine says it has checked Russia's offensive in a key town, but Moscow says it will keep pushing
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Putin says Russia wants a buffer zone in Ukraine's Kharkiv but has no plans to capture the city

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow’s offensive on Ukraine’s Kharkiv aims to create a buffer zone but that there are no plans to capture the city

Putin says Russia wants a buffer zone in Ukraine's Kharkiv but has no plans to capture the city
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Germany's foreign minister says in Kyiv that air defenses are an 'absolute priority' for Ukraine

Germany’s foreign minister says sending air defense systems to Ukraine to help protect it from Russian cruise missiles, rockets and drones is an “absolute priority.”

Germany's foreign minister says in Kyiv that air defenses are an 'absolute priority' for Ukraine
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Russian missiles kill 7 in Ukraine's second-largest city as Moscow's troops press offensive

Officials say that Russian missiles have slammed into Ukraine’s second-largest city in the northeast of the country and killed at least seven civilians

Russian missiles kill 7 in Ukraine's second-largest city as Moscow's troops press offensive
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Russia smashes train tracks in a battered Ukrainian border region where children are being evacuated

Officials say a nighttime Russian attack has destroyed train tracks and rolling stock in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region

Russia smashes train tracks in a battered Ukrainian border region where children are being evacuated
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Ukraine's army chief says Russia is augmenting its troops presence in the Kharkiv region

Ukraine’s air force says that Russia has conducted an array of aerial attacks on Ukraine with cruise missiles, drones and ballistic missiles

Ukraine's army chief says Russia is augmenting its troops presence in the Kharkiv region
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Berlin lets Ukraine use German weapons against targets in Russia after the US also eases its stance

Germany has joined the United States in authorizing Ukraine to hit some targets on Russian soil with the long-range weapons they are supplying

Berlin lets Ukraine use German weapons against targets in Russia after the US also eases its stance
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Russia hammers Ukraine's power grid again and Kyiv's drones target more enemy oil depots

Russia has resumed its aerial attacks on Ukraine’s power grid and Kyiv’s forces again targeted Russian oil storage depots with drone strikes across the border

Russia hammers Ukraine's power grid again and Kyiv's drones target more enemy oil depots

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