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Where are Russia’s top generals? Rumours swirl after mercenary mutiny

29 Jun 2023

By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) -Russia’s most senior generals have dropped out of public view following a failed mercenary mutiny aimed at toppling the top brass, amid a drive by President Vladimir Putin to reassert his authority. Unconfirmed reports say at least one person has been arrested. Armed forces chief of staff General Valery Gerasimov …

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Ukraine accuses man of treason over deadly Russian missile attack

29 Jun 2023

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine has arrested a man suspected of committing treason by helping Russia carry out a missile strike on a busy restaurant that killed 12 people in the eastern city of Kramatorsk. The prosecutor general’s office said on Thursday an employee at a local gas transportation company helped Moscow target the restaurant by filming …

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Europeans plan to keep ballistic missile sanctions on Iran

29 Jun 2023

By John Irish, Arshad Mohammed and Parisa Hafezi PARIS/WASHINGTON/DUBAI (Reuters) -European diplomats have told Iran they plan to retain European Union ballistic missile sanctions set to expire in October under the defunct 2015 Iran nuclear deal, four sources said, a step that could provoke Iranian retaliation. The sources cited three reasons for keeping the sanctions: …

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Second night of unrest erupts in France after police shoot teenager

29 Jun 2023

By Antony Paone and Stephanie Lecoq PARIS (Reuters) – Protesters shot fireworks at police and set cars ablaze in the working class Paris suburb of Nanterre on Wednesday, in a second night of unrest following the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old boy during a traffic stop there. The use of lethal force by officers against …

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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy calls Russian leaders ‘bandits’, rules out frozen conflict

28 Jun 2023

By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy described Russia’s political and military leaders as bandits on Wednesday, and ruled out any peace plan that would turn the war on Ukraine into a frozen conflict. Zelenskiy made his remarks in a speech to parliament on Ukraine’s Constitution Day, a day after Russian President Vladimir …

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US approves $15 billion in Patriot and missile defense upgrades for Poland

28 Jun 2023

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has approved a possible $15 billion sale of an Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) and related equipment to Poland as it upgrades its air defenses, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. Despite State Department approval, the notification did not indicate that a contract had …

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Sweden’s NATO bid could face delay beyond Vilnius summit -Western official

28 Jun 2023

By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NATO allies have accelerated efforts to convince Turkey to lift its opposition to Sweden joining NATO but whether they will have success before leaders hold a summit in Lithuania next month is unclear, a Western official said on Wednesday. Sweden and Finland applied for NATO membership last year, ditching …

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Russia says it hit several targets around Syria’s Idlib with precision weapons

28 Jun 2023

(Reuters) – Russia carried out precision strikes on several targets near the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib, Rear Admiral Oleg Gurinov, head of the Russian Reconciliation Centre for Syria, was quoted as telling Interfax news agency on Wednesday. According to Gurinov, the strikes were meant as a response to “militants attacking targets in government-controlled Syrian …

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