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(Reuters) -Ukraine’s commander-in-chief said on Wednesday the war with Russia was moving to a new stage of static and attritional fighting, a phase he warned could benefit Moscow and allow it to rebuild its military power. In an article for The Economist, General Valery Zaluzhnyi said his army needed key new military capabilities and technology, …

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PARIS (Reuters) – French investigative judges on Wednesday put Russian tycoon Alexey Kuzmichev under formal investigation, a source at the financial prosecutor’s office said. Kuzmichev, who had been held for questioning since Monday, was put under formal investigation over allegations of laundering of tax evasion proceeds, money laundering and concealed work, the source said. A …

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KYIV (Reuters) -An overnight Russian drone attack hit and set ablaze the Kremenchuk oil refinery in central Ukraine on Wednesday and falling debris from drones that were shot down damaged railway power lines in a nearby region, officials said. The fire at the refinery, which Moscow has targeted many times during the war and Kyiv …

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BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic dissolved parliament on Wednesday and set Dec. 17 as the date for an early legislative vote and local elections in a number of municipalities, including the capital Belgrade. (Reporting by Aleksandar Vasovic; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)

By Vitalii Hnidyi KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Opera singers in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv hope to return to the stage more than 20 months into Russia’s war by performing in the basement of their theatre to be safe from the threat of Russian air strikes. Ukraine’s second city, which banned mass public events …

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BELGRADE (Reuters) – Both Serbia and Kosovo must step up their efforts to normalise relations after the most recent flare-up of violence, if they want to join the European Union, Ursula von der Leyen, EU executive’s president, said on Tuesday. Von der Leyen’s visit to Belgrade comes only days after leaders of France, Germany and …

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LONDON (Reuters) – The Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza is expected to open on Wednesday, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said in a post on X. “The Rafah crossing is likely to open today for a first group of foreign nationals,” he said. “UK teams are ready to assist British nationals as soon as …

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By Patricia Zengerle, Phil Stewart and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two of President Joe Biden’s top advisers asked U.S. lawmakers to provide billions more dollars to Israel on Tuesday at a congressional hearing interrupted repeatedly by protesters denouncing American officials for backing what they called “genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza. Secretary of State Antony Blinken …

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