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Ukraine says it downed two of three Russian drones overnight

1 Apr 2024

(Reuters) -Ukraine’s air force shot down two out of three Russia-launched Shahed drones overnight, the Ukrainian military said on Monday. The General Staff provided no further information about the attack in its report on Facebook. Separately, Ukraine’s energy ministry said equipment at a power substation in the southern Zaporizhzhia region had been damaged following a …

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Russian military intelligence unit may be linked to ‘Havana syndrome’, Insider reports

1 Apr 2024

LONDON (Reuters) – The mysterious “Havana syndrome” ailment that has afflicted U.S. diplomats and spies across the world may be linked to energy weapons wielded by members of a Russian military intelligence sabotage unit, the Insider media group reported. A U.S. intelligence investigation whose findings were released last year found that it was “very unlikely” …

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Russia seeks extradition of Ukraine security service head; Ukraine rejects demand

31 Mar 2024

(Reuters) -Russia is demanding that Ukraine hand over all people connected with terrorist acts committed in Russia, including the head of the country’s SBU Security Service, the foreign ministry said on Sunday. The SBU immediately dismissed the Russian demand as “pointless” and said the Russian ministry had “forgotten” that Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin was the …

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Ukraine security service says Russia’s ‘terrorism’ demands are ‘pointless’

31 Mar 2024

(Reuters) – Ukraine’s SBU security service dismissed as “pointless” a Russian demand on Sunday to hand over individuals it accused of links to terrorism and said Moscow had “forgotten” that Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin was the subject of an international arrest warrant. “Statements about terrorism sound particularly cynical coming from the terrorist state itself,” the …

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Erdogan tells Dutch PM Rutte that Turkey will back a new NATO chief based on its needs and expectations

31 Mar 2024

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in a phone call on Sunday that Ankara would back a candidate to be NATO’s new chief based on its expectations and needs, the Turkish presidency said. Erdogan told outgoing premier Rutte that Turkey expected the new head of the security alliance …

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Russia conducts ‘counter-terrorism operation’ in southern Dagestan, detains three

31 Mar 2024

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has imposed a “counter-terrorism operation” regime in the southern region of Dagestan, detaining three people by Sunday morning, Russian news agencies reported, citing the National Anti-Terrorism Committee. Russia is on high alert following a mass shooting at a concert hall in Moscow on March 22 – the deadliest attack in the …

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Russia’s Putin signs decree on spring military conscription

31 Mar 2024

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree setting out the routine spring conscription campaign, calling up 150,000 citizens for statutory military service, a document posted on the Kremlin’s website showed on Sunday. All men in Russia are required to do a year-long military service, or equivalent training during higher education, from …

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