WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. intelligence discovered that Russia planned to assassinate the chief executive of German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall which has been producing artillery shells and military vehicles for Ukraine, CNN and the New York Times reported on Thursday. The plot to kill Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger was one of a series of Russian government plans to …
(Reuters) – A Ukrainian drone strike on a courtyard outside a multi-storey apartment block on a border town in southern Russia’s Belgorod region injured five children, two of them seriously, the regional governor said. “In the town of Shebekino, an explosive device was dropped deliberately from a drone in the courtyard of a multi-storey apartment …
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WARSAW (Reuters) -One miner died and one was still trapped underground after a pit in southern Poland was struck by an earth tremor, mine owner PGG said on Thursday evening. Representatives of the mine said earlier that one of the miners was being brought to the surface without giving any details on his condition. Some …
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By Jeff Mason and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Thursday announced a new security package for Ukraine worth $225 million, which includes a Patriot missile battery, additional ammunition for high-mobility artillery rocket systems and missiles, among other items. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Washington, Ukraine’s biggest supporter, has provided more than $50 billion in …
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By Will Dunham (Reuters) – Around 5,000 years ago, the population in northern Europe collapsed, decimating Stone Age farming communities across the region. The cause of this calamity, called the Neolithic decline, has remained a matter of debate. New research based on DNA obtained from human bones and teeth excavated from ancient burial tombs in …
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KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Ukraine was very close to achieving its goal of NATO membership despite the military alliance not offering a political invitation to join at a summit in Washington. “We are very close to our goal,” he told a joint news conference with NATO Secretary General Jens …
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(Reuters) – Ukraine’s former armed forces chief Valeriy Zaluzhnyi began his job as Kyiv’s ambassador to Britain, he said on the Telegram messenger on Thursday. Zaluzhnyi, who is very popular among Ukrainians for leading the armed forces through the first hours of Russia’s invasion in February 2022, was replaced as the top commander in a …
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By John Irish, Sabine Siebold and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will start deploying longer range missiles in Germany in 2026, the two countries announced at a meeting of the NATO alliance on Tuesday, a major step aimed at countering what the allies say is a growing threat Russia poses to Europe. The …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s state railways will on Monday close for five months a main line connecting the financial centre of Frankfurt with the south to carry out a 1.3 billion euro ($1.4 billion) upgrade to creaking infrastructure. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Tracks between Frankfurt and Mannheim are congested, and delays can have a major impact …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will come up with a military response to the planned U.S. deployment of long-range missiles in Germany, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted as saying on Thursday. The United States and Germany said in a joint statement on Wednesday that they would begin deploying long-range fire capabilities in Germany in …
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