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Russia claims to have captured Ukraine’s Lysychansk city
Russia’s defence minister says Moscow’s forces have taken control of the last major Ukrainian-held city in Ukraine’s Luhansk province. Defence Minister Sergei ...Floods hit southeast Australia, forcing evacuations
Thousands of residents were ordered to evacuate southwest Sydney, Australia’s biggest city, on Sunday with torrential rain and damaging winds pounding the ...Blasts rock Ukraine’s Mykolaiv after Russian missiles kill 21 near Odesa
Powerful explosions rocked the Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv early on Saturday, the mayor said, a day after authorities said at least 21 ...Russian missiles kill 17 near Odesa after Ukraine retakes Snake Island
Russian missiles hit an apartment building and a resort near Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa on Friday, killing at least 17 ...Russia steps up attacks in Ukraine after landmark NATO summit
Russia pressed on with its offensive in eastern Ukraine on Thursday after NATO branded Moscow the biggest “direct threat” to Western security ...Putin: Russia will respond if NATO sets up infrastructure in Finland, Sweden
President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia would respond in kind if NATO deployed troops and infrastructure in Finland and Sweden ...Civilian deaths mount as Russia presses attacks on Ukraine
A Russian missile strike killed at least three people in a residential building in southern Ukraine on Wednesday, authorities said, as the ...Turkey lifts veto on Finland, Sweden joining NATO, clearing path for expansion
NATO ally Turkey lifted its veto over Finland and Sweden’s bid to join the Western alliance on Tuesday after the three nations ...Rescuers dig for survivors after Russian missiles pound Ukrainian shopping mall
Firefighters and soldiers searched on Tuesday for survivors in the rubble of a shopping mall in central Ukraine after a Russian missile ...Ukraine pleads for air defence as Russia turns sights on Lysychansk
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged Western leaders to step up weapons supplies to his country as Russian forces fought to capture Lysychansk, ...














