(Reuters) -At least three people were killed in Kyiv early on Saturday after Russia unleashed its latest overnight air strikes on Ukraine, Ukrainian officials said. Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said missiles had targeted at least five regions across the country. Three people were killed and eight wounded after a high-rise in the capital was struck, …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an emergency televised address on Saturday that an “armed mutiny” by the Wagner Group mercenary force was treason, and that anyone who had taken up arms against the Russian military would be punished. He said he would do everything to protect Russia, and that “decisive action” …
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By Burcu Karakas ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Campaign speeches targeting Turkey’s LGBT community during last month’s election have left some living in constant fear of police raids and even planning to leave the country. Ahead of the first vote and runoff, which President Tayyip Erdogan won, he repeatedly attacked “perverse” LGBT groups and vowed to strengthen …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia has imposed financial sanctions and travel bans on three men involved in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) over Ukraine in 2014, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Saturday. MH17 was shot down by a Russian BUK missile system as it flew over eastern Ukraine from Amsterdam to Kuala …
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By Andrew Osborn and Kevin Liffey LONDON (Reuters) – Russia accused mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin of calling for an armed mutiny on Friday after he alleged, without providing evidence, that the military leadership had killed 2,000 of his fighters and vowed to stop what he called its “evil”. As a long-running standoff between him and …
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KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday there would be personnel changes following an inquest into the state of Ukraine’s bomb shelters after three people were locked out on the street and killed during an air raid earlier this month. Zelenskiy said he had chaired a meeting of the National Security and Defence …
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romanian officials are considering measures to give local farmers priority access to the Black Sea port of Constanta during the harvest season, an agriculture ministry source said, which could restrict the flow of Ukrainian grain. Ukraine, one of the world’s leading grain and oilseed exporters, saw its Black Sea ports blocked after …
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BELGRADE/PRISTINA (Reuters) – Serbia’s army commander urged NATO peacekeepers and other international bodies on Friday to step up measures to protect minority Serbs in Kosovo, adding that “the international community is not fulfilling its obligations.” The call from General Milan Mojsilovic came a day after the European Union, Serbia and Kosovo failed to make a …
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PARIS (Reuters) – The FATF international financial crime watchdog on Friday said it had added EU member state Croatia to its so-called “grey list” of countries under special scrutiny, adding that Cameroon and Vietnam were also added to the list. The move makes Croatia the only EU country on the list, which also includes the …
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(Reuters) – Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin on Friday accused the Russian military of destroying his fighters, without explaining his accusation, and vowed to stop the “evil” of the military leadership. The Defence Ministry quickly issued a statement saying Prigozhin’s accusations “do not correspond to reality and are an informational provocation”. In a series of …
