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ILLIA NOVIKOV

ILLIA NOVIKOV

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Intensified Russian airstrikes are stretching Ukraine's air defense resources, officials say

A Ukrainian air force official says Russia’s recent escalation of missile and drone attacks is stretching his country's air defense resources

Intensified Russian airstrikes are stretching Ukraine's air defense resources, officials say
Europe|News|Political|World

Ukraine's Zelenskyy rules out a cease-fire with Russia, saying Moscow would use it to rearm

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ruled out a cease-fire as his country defends itself against Russia's invasion

Ukraine's Zelenskyy rules out a cease-fire with Russia, saying Moscow would use it to rearm
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Ukraine says it shot down 2 Russian command and control aircraft in a significant blow to Moscow

Ukraine’s military chief says that the Ukrainian air force has shot down a Russian early warning and control plane that can spot targets up to 650 kilometers (400 miles) away and a key command center aircraft that relays information to troops on the ground

Ukraine says it shot down 2 Russian command and control aircraft in a significant blow to Moscow
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Russian missiles hit Ukrainian apartment buildings in latest deadly strikes on civilian areas

Officials say Russia fired two missiles at Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine during the night, hitting apartment buildings and a medical center and injuring 17 people

Russian missiles hit Ukrainian apartment buildings in latest deadly strikes on civilian areas
Europe|News|World

Poland's prime minister visits Ukraine in the latest show of support for Kyiv against Russia

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is vowing to keep supporting Ukraine against Russia’s nearly 2-year-old invasion

Poland's prime minister visits Ukraine in the latest show of support for Kyiv against Russia
Europe|News|World

Russian missiles strike Ukrainian cities again, killing at least 7 and wounding dozens

Russian missiles struck three Ukrainian cities, including its two biggest, damaging apartment buildings and killing at least seven people

Russian missiles strike Ukrainian cities again, killing at least 7 and wounding dozens
Europe|News|Technology|World

Ukraine claims its sea drones sank a Russian ship. Moscow says a Patriot missiles downed its plane

Ukraine is claiming it used sea drones to sink a Russian corvette in the Black Sea during a nighttime attack

Ukraine claims its sea drones sank a Russian ship. Moscow says a Patriot missiles downed its plane
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Ukraine says Russia has refused to turn over bodies of plane crash victims

A Ukrainian intelligence official says that the country has repeatedly asked Russia to hand over the bodies of scores of prisoners of war who Moscow claimed were killed in the downing of a Russian military transport plane by Ukrainian forces

Ukraine says Russia has refused to turn over bodies of plane crash victims
Europe|News|World

Ukrainian president confirms he's thinking about dismissing the country's military chief

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed that he’s weighing a possible dismissal of the country’s top military officer, a prospect that has shocked the nation and worried Kyiv’s Western allies

Ukrainian president confirms he's thinking about dismissing the country's military chief
Europe|News|World

Russia attacks targets across Ukraine with missiles and drones as EU’s top diplomat visits Kyiv

Authorities say Russia has fired cruise and ballistic missiles and Shahed-type drones at targets across Ukraine

Russia attacks targets across Ukraine with missiles and drones as EU’s top diplomat visits Kyiv
Europe|News|World

Ukraine needs more troops fighting Russia. Hardened professionals from Colombia are helping

Ukraine’s ranks are depleted by two years of war

Ukraine needs more troops fighting Russia. Hardened professionals from Colombia are helping
Europe|News|World

Ukraine claims it shot down a Russian attack helicopter in fierce street battle for Avdiivka city

Ukrainian forces are claiming they shot down a Russian attack helicopter in eastern Ukraine near the city of Avdiivka

Ukraine claims it shot down a Russian attack helicopter in fierce street battle for Avdiivka city
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Russian cruise and ballistic missiles hit multiple areas of Ukraine, killing at least 4

Ukrainian officials say Russia has fired cruise and ballistic missiles at a broad area of Ukraine in a morning attack

Russian cruise and ballistic missiles hit multiple areas of Ukraine, killing at least 4
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Russia tightens the noose on Ukraine's city of Avdiivka where outnumbered defenders are holding out

Ukrainian troops in a strategic eastern city are under intense pressure as Russian forces tighten the noose around Avdiivka

Russia tightens the noose on Ukraine's city of Avdiivka where outnumbered defenders are holding out
Europe|News|World

Ukrainian troops pull back again as Russia's onslaught pushes ahead in eastern Ukraine

A Ukrainian army spokesman says Kyiv's troops have withdrawn from a village in the east of the country, as Russian forces make their advantages in manpower and ammunition tell on the battlefield at the start of the war’s third year

Ukrainian troops pull back again as Russia's onslaught pushes ahead in eastern Ukraine
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Russian onslaught targets more Ukrainian towns and villages as Ukraine says it shot down 2 warplanes

Kyiv officials say Russian forces are pushing hard against more Ukrainian towns and villages in eastern and southeastern Ukraine as Moscow tries to press its current advantage in weapons and troops

Russian onslaught targets more Ukrainian towns and villages as Ukraine says it shot down 2 warplanes
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Ukraine claims it has sunk another Russian warship in the Black Sea using high-tech sea drones

Ukraine claims it has sunk another Russian warship in the Black Sea using high-tech sea drones as Kyiv’s forces continue to take aim at targets deep behind the war’s front line

Ukraine claims it has sunk another Russian warship in the Black Sea using high-tech sea drones
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Russia perseveres with bombardments of Ukraine in an effort to wear down air defenses

Authorities say Russia has fired salvoes of drones and missiles overnight at southern and eastern regions of Ukraine, injuring more than a dozen people as the Kremlin’s forces persevered with attritional attacks designed to wear down Ukrainian defenses

Russia perseveres with bombardments of Ukraine in an effort to wear down air defenses
Europe|News|World

Ukraine denies a Russian claim that it launched drone strikes on a major nuclear power plant

A senior Ukrainian official has denied Russian accusations that his country’s army fired drones at a nuclear reactor at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant

Ukraine denies a Russian claim that it launched drone strikes on a major nuclear power plant
Europe|News|Science|Technology|World

UN atomic watchdog says status of Ukrainian nuclear plant occupied by Russia is 'extremely serious'

The U.N.’s atomic watchdog says an explosion caused by an alleged drone attack at Europe’s largest nuclear plant in Ukraine poses no direct threat to its safety

UN atomic watchdog says status of Ukrainian nuclear plant occupied by Russia is 'extremely serious'
Europe|News|World

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
News|World

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
Europe|News|World

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
Europe|News|World

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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