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Live Updates: Ukraine Warns of Russian Missile Buildup in Belarus
A top military commander cited the placement of missiles 15 miles from Ukraine’s northern border. The warning came as Russia’s operations in the south were undermined by Tuesday’s blasts in Crimea, which a Ukrainian official said were the work of an elite military unit.
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Live Updates: Ukraine Claims Strike on Russian Mercenary Base
Reports of a strike in the Luhansk region of Ukraine’s east emerged on Sunday night. In the Kherson region in the south, Russia has withstood a barrage of Ukrainian attacks, but little territory has exchanged hands.
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Russian Attack in Kramatorsk Kills 2 civilians, Regional Military Leader Says
A Russian attack on the city of Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine early Friday left two civilians dead, 13 others injured, and damaged dozens of homes, according to Ukrainian officials. Pavlo Kyrylenko, the regional military leader in eastern Donetsk Province, confirmed the attack in social media posts and shared a video of the damage caused by…
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Serbia’s Leader Rejects ‘Little Putin’ Label Amid Fears of Russian Meddling
BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia’s strongman leader, Aleksandar Vucic, is fed up with being reviled as a “little Putin” intent on aggression against his country’s fragile neighbors in the Balkans. For starters, Mr. Vucic noted wryly in an interview in the library of the presidential palace this month, “I am almost two meters tall.” That makes…
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Brittney Griner Sentenced to 9 Years in Russian Penal Colony: Live Updates
The W.N.B.A. star Brittney Griner’s friends and colleagues expressed support and sadness for her after a Russian court found her guilty of attempting to smuggle illegal narcotics into Russia and sentenced her to nine years in a penal colony. “Just really feeling sad and feeling sick for Brittney and hoping that she gets home as…
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How the Kremlin Is Forcing Ukrainians to Adopt Russian Life
They have handed out Russian passports, cellphone numbers and set-top boxes for watching Russian television. They have replaced Ukrainian currency with the ruble, rerouted the internet through Russian servers and arrested hundreds who have resisted assimilation. In ways big and small, the occupying authorities on territory won by Moscow’s forces are using fear and indoctrination…
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With Russian Cutoff Feared, Europeans Are Told to Curb Natural Gas Use
BRUSSELS — Europe must cut its use of natural gas by 15 percent from now through next spring to prevent a major crisis as Russia slashes gas exports, the European Union’s executive branch said on Wednesday, calling for hard sacrifices by the people of the world’s richest group of nations. “Russia is blackmailing us,” the…
