(This content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine) MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has inspected troops and overseen training of newly formed units made up of contracted servicemen, his ministry said on Saturday. The ministry released video footage on its Telegram channel showing …
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(Reuters) -The United States announced on Friday that it would supply Ukraine with widely banned cluster munitions for its counteroffensive against occupying Russian forces, and NATO’s leader said the military alliance would unite at a summit next week on how to bring Ukraine closer to joining. Rights groups and the United Nations secretary-general questioned Washington’s …
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By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ukraine’s counter-offensive against Russian forces is going more slowly than some expected but it remains too early to draw conclusions about Kyiv’s prospects for battlefield gains, a senior Pentagon official said on Friday. The United States and other allies have spent months building Ukraine a so-called …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -If Russia does not agree to extend a deal allowing the safe export of grain and fertilizer from Ukrainian ports, it is unlikely Western states will continue cooperating with U.N. officials helping Moscow with its exports, the United Nations aid chief said on Friday. Russia has threatened to quit …
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By Bart H. Meijer and Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -The Dutch government collapsed on Friday after failing to reach a deal on restricting immigration, which will trigger new elections in the fall. The crisis was triggered by a push by Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s conservative VVD party to limit the flow of asylum seekers to …
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By Mike Stone and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States announced on Friday that it will send Ukraine cluster munitions – prohibited by more than 100 countries – as part of an $800 million security package, a move Ukraine said would have an “extraordinary psycho-emotional impact” on Russian forces. Jake Sullivan, President Joe …
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By Nandita Bose and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Friday said President Joe Biden and fellow NATO leaders will discuss at next week’s summit what steps Ukraine must complete to join NATO and that Kyiv has additional reforms to make, as it fights Russian invaders. Jake Sullivan, Biden’s national security adviser, …
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TSEL, Belarus (Reuters) – No one from the Russian Wagner mercenary group has yet visited a disused military camp that Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has offered for Wagner’s use, an adviser to the Belarus defence minister told reporters on Friday. Under the terms of an agreement brokered by Lukashenko to end an armed mutiny by …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO allies have reached agreement to raise the alliance’s target for military spending to at least 2% of national GDP, two diplomats told Reuters late on Friday. The 31 allies agreed on “an enduring commitment to invest at least 2%” of their GDP into their militaries in the future, two diplomats said, …
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MADRID (Reuters) – A Spanish government led by the People’s Party (PP) would invest 44 billion euros ($47.86 billion) over six years on water infrastructure, its leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo said on Friday. The PP, which is leading polls ahead of a July 23 election, has pledged to introduce a national water plan and will …
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