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Denmark to boost defence spending and phase out Russian gas

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Denmark will significantly increase its defence budget and aim to become independent of Russian natural gas in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Sunday. The Nordic country will increase its defence spending gradually to reach 2% of GDP by 2033, equivalent to an increase in annual …

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Russia is tightening its grip on Ukraine nuclear plant, says U.N. watchdog

By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) -Russian forces that seized Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant have now placed staff running the facility under their command and restricted communications with the outside world, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Sunday. The International Atomic Energy Agency said it was “extremely concerned” about developments at Zaporizhzhia, Europe’s largest nuclear …

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Talk of Russian nuclear escalation is brinkmanship, says UK’s Raab

By William James LONDON (Reuters) -British Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab described talk of the threat of Russia using nuclear weapons in its invasion of Ukraine as brinkmanship and rejected President Putin’s statement that likened Western sanctions to a declaration of war. A week ago Putin ordered his military command to put Russia’s deterrence forces …

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UK intelligence says Russia targeting populated areas in Ukraine

LONDON (Reuters) – British military intelligence said on Sunday that Russian forces were targeting populated areas in Ukraine but that the strength of resistance was slowing the Russian advance. “The scale and strength of Ukrainian resistance continue to surprise Russia,” British military intelligence said in an update. Russia “has responded by targeting populated areas in …

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Russia flying out U.N. diplomats expelled by U.S., officials say

(Reuters) – A Russian flight was en route to Washington on Saturday to collect Russian diplomats who were expelled this week from their posts at the United Nations over U.S. national security concerns, officials said. Russia denies the allegations and says it will retaliate for their expulsion. A Rossiya Special Flight Squadron is flying to …

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Putin likens Western sanctions to war as Russian assault traps Ukrainian civilians

By Pavel Polityuk and Aleksandar Vasovic LVIV/KYIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said Western sanctions were akin to war as his forces pressed their assault on Ukraine on Saturday for a 10th day and the IMF warned the conflict would have a “severe impact” on the global economy. Moscow and Kyiv traded blame over …

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Canada tells citizens to leave Russia due to unpredictable security situation

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada told its citizens on Saturday to leave Russia “while commercial means are still available,” saying security conditions were unpredictable and could deteriorate without notice. “Flight availability is becoming extremely limited … The ability of our embassy to provide consular services in Russia may become severely limited,” Canada’s foreign ministry said in …

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Russia’s demand for US guarantees may hit nuclear talks, Iran official says

By Parisa Hafezi and Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) -Russia’s demand for written U.S. guarantees that sanctions on Moscow would not harm Russian cooperation with Iran is “not constructive” for talks between Tehran and global powers to revive a 2015 nuclear deal, a senior Iranian official said on Saturday. The announcement by Russia, which could torpedo …

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Turkey says Erdogan and Israel’s Herzog will discuss ways to improve ties

ANKARA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Turkey and Israel will discuss steps to improve cooperation during talks between the two countries’ presidents next week in Ankara, the Turkish presidency said on Saturday, as the regional rivals work to repair long-strained ties. Israel and Turkey mutually expelled ambassadors in 2018 and relations have remained prickly, but Ankara has recently …

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