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At least 79 drown, hundreds missing in migrant shipwreck off Greece

14 Jun 2023

By Karolina Tagaris and Stamos Prousalis KALAMATA, Greece (Reuters) -At least 79 migrants drowned early on Wednesday and hundreds more were missing and feared dead after their overloaded boat capsized and sank in open seas off Greece, in one of Europe’s deadliest shipping disasters in recent years. As a painstaking search for survivors continued, a …

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Russian parliament backs army recruitment of criminals for Ukraine conflict

14 Jun 2023

(Reuters) – The lower house of Russia’s parliament said on Wednesday it had voted to give its initial backing to legislation that will allow the Defence Ministry to sign contracts with suspected or convicted criminals to fight in Ukraine. More than 15 months into what Russia calls its “special military operation” in Ukraine, Moscow – …

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Serbian security forces detain three Kosovo police officers, Kosovo official says

14 Jun 2023

By Fatos Bytyci and Aleksandar Vasovic PRISTINA/BELGRADE (Reuters) -Three Kosovo police officers were detained by Serbian forces on Wednesday but officials from Kosovo and Serbia gave different locations for the arrest, accusing each other of crossing the border illegally. Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti demanded the release of the three officers. He said they had …

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NATO calls for common standards in push to boost defence production

14 Jun 2023

By Sabine Siebold and Andrew Gray Brussels (Reuters) – NATO must work harder to set common standards for weapons and ammunitions, its chief said on Wednesday, as the alliance tries to boost defence production amid a Ukrainian counteroffensive likely to deplete Western military stocks even further. Announcing a Defence Production Action Plan designed to “rapidly …

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Ukraine reports small advances in ‘extremely fierce’ fighting

14 Jun 2023

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine reported incremental advances in its counteroffensive against Russian forces on Wednesday in what it described as “extremely fierce” fighting. In a post on the Telegram messaging app, Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said the Ukrainian actions had “partial” success. In the past day, Ukrainian troops had advanced 200-500 metres (220-550 yards) in …

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Senior commander of Chechen forces in Ukraine wounded – Defence Ministry TV channel

14 Jun 2023

MOSCOW (Reuters) – A senior commander of Russia’s Chechen forces fighting in Ukraine has been wounded, Russia’s Defence Ministry television channel Zvezda reported on Wednesday, citing the press service of the State Duma lower house of parliament. Adam Delimkhanov, who is a member of the Duma as well as commander of the Chechen division of …

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Belarus starts taking delivery of Russian nuclear weapons – president

14 Jun 2023

By Lidia Kelly and Andrew Osborn (Reuters) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said his country has started taking delivery of Russian tactical nuclear weapons, some of which he said were three times more powerful than the atomic bombs the US dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. The deployment is Moscow’s first move of …

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Ukraine says Russian missile attacks kill three in Odesa, three in Donetsk

14 Jun 2023

KYIV (Reuters) -Overnight Russian missile attacks killed three people in the Black Sea city of Odesa and three in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday. The three killed in Odesa were in a retail chain warehouse that was set ablaze during an attack that damaged a business centre, an educational …

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France’s Macron to discuss Ukraine with Saudi Crown Prince this week

14 Jun 2023

PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron will discuss the war in Ukraine and other matters when he meets Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Friday, the French presidency said. The planned talks between Macron and the Saudi crown prince come just a month after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attended a summit of …

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