By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian general said he had been dismissed as a commander after telling the military leadership about the dire situation at the front in Ukraine, where he said Russian soldiers had been stabbed in the back by the failings of the top military brass. After the June 24 mutiny …
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(Reuters) – Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday it had detained a transgender man and LGBT activist on suspicion of treason for allegedly donating money to support the Ukrainian army. In a statement, the FSB drew attention to the suspect’s gender identity, describing him as “an activist of the LGBT movement who had …
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By Guy Faulconbridge and Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that he had not heard of any new proposals on the Black Sea grain deal which expires next week but was working with Turkey on ways to ensure Russian grain exports regardless of any deal. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio …
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By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – After the role of unmanned aerial vehicles in the Ukraine war expanded dramatically since Russia invaded 16 months ago, attention is turning to ground drones that developers say could be the next frontier in military innovation. Among the Ukrainian engineers working in the sector is 22-year-old Yevhen Hnatok, who …
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BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbian police on Thursday banned Petr Nikitin, a prominent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, from entering the country, a Belgrade-based lawyer said. Nikitin, a founder of the Russian Democratic Society, which opposes Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, was denied entry to Serbia where has lived since 2016. Cedomir Stojkovic, a lawyer who …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -Climate protests at two German airports led to travel disruptions early on Thursday at the height of the busy summer holiday season, with Hamburg airport saying dozens of flights had been cancelled. A federal police spokesperson said flights had been suspended at Hamburg airport at around 6 a.m. (0400 GMT) after nine unauthorized …
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By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) -Russian foreign intelligence chief Sergei Naryshkin said on Wednesday that he and CIA counterpart William Burns had discussed “what to do with Ukraine” in a phone call late last month, Russia’s TASS news agency said. The New York Times and Wall Street Journal reported on June 30 that Burns had called …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has proposed to Russian President Vladimir Putin that he extend a deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of grain from Ukraine in return for connecting a subsidiary of Russia’s agricultural bank to the SWIFT international payment system, sources told Reuters. Russia has threatened to …
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(Reuters) – The latest NATO summit showed that the Western alliance was returning to “Cold War schemes,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, adding that the Kremlin was ready to respond to threats by using “all means.” The NATO summit in Lithuania ended with the United States and its allies giving Ukraine new security …
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By Angelo Amante and Kanishka Singh VILNIUS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will host Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Washington on July 27, and the two leaders will discuss issues including the Ukraine war and transatlantic cooperation regarding China, the White House said on Wednesday. The leaders will also discuss developments in North Africa …
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