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Key bridge connecting Crimea to Russia hit by huge explosion
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 8 (ANI): A key bridge that connects the Crimean Peninsula with mainland Russia was gutted in a fire sparked by a car bomb, authorities in Moscow said on Saturday.
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China's lukewarm support for Russia likely to benefit Ukraine
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 8 (ANI): The lukewarm support from China has left Russian President Vladimir Putin in a difficult spot as the special military operation, which began in February, approaches the seven-month mark, and it could benefit Ukraine.
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EU adopts fresh sanctions against Russia over annexation of 4 Ukrainian te
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], October 7 (ANI): The European Union (EU) on Thursday (local time) adopted its latest package of sanctions against Russia over the illegal annexation of Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.
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Biden warns of Putin's nuclear threat, says biggest risk of "Armageddon" s
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], October 7 (ANI): US President Joe Biden spoke of nuclear "Armageddon" in a warning about the escalation in Russia's war in Ukraine during a speech on Thursday.
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Russia's Putin signs laws annexing occupied Ukrainian regions
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 5 (ANI): Days after holding referendums, Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed laws to formally take over the four regions Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson into the "Russian Federation."
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Ukraine will not conduct negotiations with Putin: Zelenkskyy responds to P
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], October 5 (ANI): Responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's calls for peace, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday said that Kyiv will not conduct negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Biden announces new USD 625 million military aid package for Ukraine in ca
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 5 (ANI): Underscoring that the US will never recognize Russia's purported annexation of Ukrainian territory, US President Joe Biden on Tuesday (local time) announced plans to provide an additional USD 625 million in military aid to Ukraine.
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Lyman is "fully cleared" of Russian forces: Ukrainian President Zelenskyy
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], October 2 (ANI): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday declared that the key eastern city of Lyman is "fully cleared" of Russian forces, reported Ukrainian media portal The Kyiv Independent.
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Putin ally Kadyrov calls for "using low-yield nuclear weapons" in Ukraine
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 2 (ANI): In the wake of Russian troops' withdrawal from the strategic town of Lyman, the leader of the Chechen republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, called for using "low-yield" nuclear weapons on the battlefield amid mounting pressure on the Russian President Vladimir Putin to
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Russian forces withdraw from Krasny Liman city of Donetsk Oblast
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 1 (ANI): A day after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the annexation of Donetsk among three other regions of Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry on Saturday said that Russian troops and the Donbas militias have pulled out of the city of Krasny Liman in th
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Putin hails millions in annexed territories for 'heroically' defending the
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 1 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the millions of ordinary citizens, whose culture has been "destroyed", carried the "love for their historical homeland in their hearts" and in the heat of the battle, "heroically" came to the referendum and made the
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India abstains from UN vote that condemns Russia's annexation of Ukrainian
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], October 1 (ANI): India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ruchira Kamboj, said on Friday that India is deeply disturbed by the recent turn of developments in Ukraine and stressed that dialogue is the only answer to settle differences and disputes after India abstained in
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