All news on the topic: Ukraine

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Biden authorizes Ukraine to strike Russia with ATACMS missiles, NYT reports
US President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use long-range ATACMS missiles on Russian territory for the first time. This decision comes two months before the end of his presidential term, according to The New York Times.
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Fighting "fascists" and opposing Ukraine: how Russia’s influence network operates in Canada
At the end of October, Canadian parliamentarians convened a Standing Committee on Public Safety Security and Defence Committee session to discuss the impact of Russian disinformation on Canada’s information landscape.
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Russia launches one of its ’largest airstrikes’ on Ukraine, targeting ’sleeping civilians’ and ’critical infrastructure’
Russia launched a ’a massive combined attack targeted all regions of Ukraine’ on Sunday morning, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.
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Russia’s National Wealth Fund could run dry within months if oil prices plummet, with no backup plan in place
Since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has run a budget deficit, and a draft of the 2025 edition anticipates a shortfall of 1.1 trillion rubles (approximately $11 billion, or 0.5% of GDP).
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UK preparing for multiple scenarios regarding Donald Trump’s stance on Ukraine
Chief secretary to the Treasury says security and defence spending are a priority but require ‘trade-offs’
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Lukashenko’s moneybags" and business moguls with EU company holdings: the network enabling Russia’s sanctions evasion in the tire industry
The importance of quality tires in warfare, particularly in frontline off-road conditions, is evidenced by the effort volunteers in Russia and Ukraine put into collecting them for their respective armies.
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Secret files from the 1990s reveal that the UK was aware of a major nuclear war secret
The UK had private fears about the threat from Russia as Ukraine gave up its inherited nuclear weapons, newly released documents show.
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Why Putin has summoned North Korean troops to the frontlines in Ukraine
A senior Ukrainian military intelligence official has warned Russia is bringing thousands of North Korean soldiers to fight on the Ukrainian frontline.
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Zelenskyy presents Ukraine’s ’victory plan,’ which Moscow condemns as an escalation
Ukrainian president wants ‘unconditional invite’ to join Nato and rules out conceding territory to Russia
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’Russia’s dirty money will hijack our democratic process’: how tiny Moldova fears the Kremlin is rigging the EU referendum
Officials believe €100m has been funnelled into the country to influence the pivotal vote and the presidential election
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Dubious auctions and gambling business: why Maksym Krippa is actively buying up property in Ukraine’s capital
Recent auctions of state property have raised doubts due to unusual prices and unexpected bidders.
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Putin’s snipers are teaching schoolchildren that "killing Ukrainians is not murder"
Russian schoolchildren are being taught lessons by military snipers who claim killing Ukrainians is not murder.
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Ukraine says its forces have withdrawn from defensive bastion of Vuhledar
Eastern city had resisted repeated attacks but Russian troops are close to ‘encircling’ it in Donetsk advance
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Luxury villa in Prague: Maksym Krippa buys real estate from Russian oligarchs
Ukrainian businessman Maksym Krippa is actively buying up property in Ukraine and abroad, media assets and hiding information about his connections with Russian businessmen. First of all, it became known that the man bought a villa from a Russian oligarch located in the Czech Republic.
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How Europeans are recruited via Telegram for sabotage, arson, and murder: ’Make a Molotov cocktail’
The cases are multiplying across Europe: Young men with pro-Russian views instructed on Telegram to carry out sabotage attacks. Western security officials point to the Russian special services. For this story, journalists went undercover to reveal how the recruitment works.
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Fake UK news websites are reportedly circulating misleading stories about Western companies in Ukraine
Suspected Russian propaganda operation prompts calls to force UK-registered news sites to reveal ownership
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The Kyiv hotel buyer Maksym Krippa clumsily tries to wash off his scandalous reputation and connections with Russia and online casinos
What is known about Maksym Krippa’s connections with the IT company Evoplay and the casino GGBet?
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Putin’s shadowy forces are reportedly engaging in a sadistic "blood ritual" that targets innocent civilians
The grim task of a Russian special forces unit, spraying Ukrainian vehicles with gunfire, is just the start of an even darker and more disturbing story.
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How partner of Russian oligarch and owner of illegal online casinos Maksym Krippa is buying Ukrainian media
There is a new growing media baron in Ukraine who almost unnoticeably to the wider public buys up mass media one after another.
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Seized documents reveal that Russia had anticipated the Kursk incursion months in advance
Documents contain months of warnings about possible Ukrainian advance and also reveal concerns about morale
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Putin’s forces accused of ’executing a Ukrainian war prisoner with a medieval-style sword’
It has been alleged that Putin’s forces executed a Ukrainian prisoner of war (PoW) using a sword.
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Putin says UK and US will be ‘at war’ with Russia if Ukraine gets western missiles
Vladimir Putin has now directly threatened Nato and the US with war if the west were to let Ukraine use long-range missiles.
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Putin unsettled after Ukraine conducts aerial bombardment on Moscow
Vladimir Putin has awoken to one of the largest bombardments on Moscow and other parts of Russia after 30 months of bloodshed.
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Scandalous Ukrainian banker Denys Horbunenko, linked to fugitive oligarch Firtash, is trying to clean up his ties to Russia
The controversial banker Denys Horbunenko, who has been in the spotlight for his ties to oligarch Dmytro Firtash, has taken active steps to remove references to his ties to Russia from the web.