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ILLIA NOVIKOV

ILLIA NOVIKOV

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Russian missiles and drones target Kyiv for 5 hours and hit Ukraine's power grid

Officials say Ukraine’s air defenses battled an overnight Russian aerial attack on the capital Kyiv for five hours

Russian missiles and drones target Kyiv for 5 hours and hit Ukraine's power grid
Health|News|Uncategorized|World

Hospital clowns bring joy to young Ukrainian cancer patients who survived Russian missile attack

Two months after Russia bombed Ukraine's largest children's hospital, some of the young cancer patients who survived the strike are having their spirits bolstered by hospital clowns

Hospital clowns bring joy to young Ukrainian cancer patients who survived Russian missile attack
Europe|News|World

Russia proposes record defense spending as it pursues victory in the Ukraine war

The Russian government wants to earmark 32.5% of its spending next year for defense, a record amount and up from a reported 28.3% this year, as Moscow seeks to prevail in the war in Ukraine

Russia proposes record defense spending as it pursues victory in the Ukraine war
Europe|News|World

A likely Russian artillery strike kills at least 6 at a Ukrainian market

An apparent Russian artillery strike has hit a market in the southern Ukraine city of Kherson, killing at least six people and wounding three others

A likely Russian artillery strike kills at least 6 at a Ukrainian market
Europe|MidEast|News|World

Ukraine strikes a Russian oil hub as Zelenskyy says the war is in 'a very important phase'

Ukraine’s military says it struck a major oil terminal in Crimea that provides fuel for Russia’s war effort

Ukraine strikes a Russian oil hub as Zelenskyy says the war is in 'a very important phase'
Europe|World

Russia says it captured a southern Ukraine village in a push before winter comes

Russia says it has captured the village of Levadne in southern Ukraine as it probes for weaknesses along the war’s roughly 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) front line before winter arrives

Russia says it captured a southern Ukraine village in a push before winter comes
Uncategorized

Russia returns 500 dead soldiers to Ukraine as world leaders mull next steps

Russia has returned to Ukraine the bodies of 501 soldiers in what appears to be the biggest repatriation of war dead since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022

Russia returns 500 dead soldiers to Ukraine as world leaders mull next steps
Political|US|World

US defense chief promises Ukraine what it needs to fight Russia but goes no further

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says the United States will get Ukraine what it needs to fight its war with Russia

US defense chief promises Ukraine what it needs to fight Russia but goes no further
Europe|Political|World

Ukraine's Zelenskyy says North Korean troops are poised to join the war, cancels UN chief's visit

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claims North Korean troops are poised to be deployed by Russia on the battlefield in Ukraine as early as this weekend

Ukraine's Zelenskyy says North Korean troops are poised to join the war, cancels UN chief's visit
Europe|World

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says war with Russia is being pushed 'beyond borders' as North Korea joins in

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the thousands of North Korean soldiers expected to reinforce Russian troops on the front line in Ukraine are pushing the almost three-year war beyond the borders of the warring parties

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says war with Russia is being pushed 'beyond borders' as North Korea joins in
Europe|World

Russia and Ukraine exchange drone strikes as North Korea's top diplomat visits Moscow

Russia and Ukraine have exchanged scores of drone strikes that left at least four dead and dozens injured

Russia and Ukraine exchange drone strikes as North Korea's top diplomat visits Moscow
Europe|World

Russian bomb hits building in Ukraine's 2nd largest city, killing 3, including 2 teens

Russian forces have struck a residential building in Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv, killing three, including two teenage boys, and injuring scores of others

Russian bomb hits building in Ukraine's 2nd largest city, killing 3, including 2 teens
Europe|World

Germany's top diplomat is in Kyiv as Ukraine girds for impact of US election on the war

Germany’s top diplomat has arrived in the Ukrainian capital on an unannounced visit

Germany's top diplomat is in Kyiv as Ukraine girds for impact of US election on the war
Europe|World

Ukrainian troops have engaged with North Korean units for the 1st time in Russia, an official says

Ukraine’s defense minister says Ukrainian troops have engaged for the first time with North Korean units that were recently deployed to help Russia in the war with its neighbor

Ukrainian troops have engaged with North Korean units for the 1st time in Russia, an official says
Europe|World

Russia blasts Ukraine with more aerial attacks as part of an intensified campaign

Officials say Russian missiles, bombs and drones have battered three regions of Ukraine in targeted nighttime attacks

Russia blasts Ukraine with more aerial attacks as part of an intensified campaign
Europe|Political|World

Russia open to hearing Trump's proposals for ending the war, an official says

Russia's deputy foreign minister says Moscow is open to hearing President-elect Donald Trump’s proposals on ending the war in Ukraine

Russia open to hearing Trump's proposals for ending the war, an official says
Europe|World

Moscow warns the US over allowing Ukraine to hit Russian soil with longer-range weapons

The Kremlin warns that Washington's decision to let Ukraine strike targets inside Russia with U.S.-supplied longer-range missiles would stoke the war and escalate international tensions

Moscow warns the US over allowing Ukraine to hit Russian soil with longer-range weapons
Europe|World

Ukraine fires several US-made longer-range missiles into Russia for the first time

Officials say Ukraine fired several American-supplied longer-range missiles into Russia, marking the first time Kyiv has used such weapons since the start of the war

Ukraine fires several US-made longer-range missiles into Russia for the first time
Europe|US|World

US to give antipersonnel mines to Ukraine to help slow the Russian advance

The U.S. defense chief says the Biden administration will give Ukraine antipersonnel land mines to help it slow Russia’s battlefield advances

US to give antipersonnel mines to Ukraine to help slow the Russian advance
Political|World

Putin says Russia attacked Ukraine with a new missile that he claims the West can't stop

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow has tested a new intermediate-range missile in a strike on Ukraine and that it could use the weapon against countries that have allowed Kyiv to use their missiles to strike Russia

Putin says Russia attacked Ukraine with a new missile that he claims the West can't stop
Europe|Political|World

NATO and Ukraine to hold emergency talks after Russia's attack with new hypersonic missile

NATO and Ukraine will hold emergency talks Tuesday after Russia attacked a central city with a hypersonic ballistic missile that escalated the nearly 33-month-old war

NATO and Ukraine to hold emergency talks after Russia's attack with new hypersonic missile
Business|Europe|Political|Technology|World

Ukrainian energy workers carry out repairs despite Russia's pounding of the country's power grid

Workers at one of Ukraine's thermal power plants struggle to repair damage and keep electricity flowing as Russia continues its campaign of attacks targeting the country's power grid

Ukrainian energy workers carry out repairs despite Russia's pounding of the country's power grid
Europe|Political|World

NATO's chief avoids talk of Ukraine's membership. He says the priority is helping Kyiv defend itself

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has sidestepped questions about Ukraine’s possible membership in the military alliance

NATO's chief avoids talk of Ukraine's membership. He says the priority is helping Kyiv defend itself
Europe|Political|US|World

Biden is rushing aid to Ukraine. Both sides are digging in. And everyone is bracing for Trump

The grinding war pitting Ukraine against its Russian invaders has escalated ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration

Biden is rushing aid to Ukraine. Both sides are digging in. And everyone is bracing for Trump
Crime|Europe|Health|Political|World

2 Ukrainian women are pulled alive from rubble hours after Russian missile strike

Rescue crews have pulled two women from rubble several hours after a Russian missile struck a medical clinic in the southern Ukraine city of Zaporizhzhia

2 Ukrainian women are pulled alive from rubble hours after Russian missile strike

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