(Reuters) – A Russian SU-25 fighter plane crashed on Thursday in Russia’s Belgorod region near the border with Ukraine but the cause of the incident was not yet known, the regional governor said. Citing emergency services, the RIA state news agency said the pilot was still alive after ejecting himself from the plane. In a …
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden is open to sending some of its Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine as the Nordic country prepares to present another package of aid to help the country fight off the Russian invasion, its defence minister told local news agency TT. Sweden has delivered a string of military and civilian aid packages …
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WARSAW (Reuters) – A Russian citizen who has been living and conducting business activities in Poland for many years has been charged with spying for Russia between 2015 and April 2022, Polish authorities said on Thursday. Relations between Russia and countries once in the Soviet sphere of influence have long been fraught, but the invasion …
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has arrived in Ukraine to meet President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on the eve of the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion, Sanchez’s office said on Thursday. On his arrival in Kyiv, Sanchez was received by Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister, the Ukrainian ambassador in Madrid and the Spanish ambassador to …
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(Reuters) – Russian prosecutors on Wednesday said they were proceeding with a case against exiled science fiction writer Dmitry Glukhovsky, accused of publishing “false information” about Russian atrocities in the Ukraine war. Russia has targeted opposition figures and journalists with a law providing for jail terms up to 15 years for those convicted of spreading …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday denounced Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a violation of the founding U.N. Charter and international law and called out Russian threats about possible use of nuclear weapons. Since Moscow invaded its neighbor on Feb. 24 last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin …
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BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s parliament will start debating the ratification of Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership next Wednesday, the agenda of next week’s parliamentary session showed this Wednesday. Finland and Sweden sought membership after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year and have said they want to join “hand in hand”, but while most member states …
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By Ali Kucukgocmen and Henriette Chacar ANTAKYA, Turkey (Reuters) – Trucks, emergency vehicles and excavators lined the desolate streets of Turkey’s Antakya Tuesday night, after the third major earthquake in two weeks accelerated an exodus from the once-lively city. In the pitch-black streets, passing headlights revealed mounds of rubble, frames of broken windows, and entangled …
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ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis led Roman Catholics into the season of Lent at a traditional Ash Wednesday Mass, urging the faithful to use the time to put aside materialism and self-centeredness and help others. Participants, including the pope, had ashes sprinkled on their heads in the customary reminder of mortality during the service in …
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By Nandita Bose and Alan Charlish WARSAW (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden vowed on Wednesday that “we will defend every inch of NATO” to reassure allies on Europe’s eastern flank and described Russia’s suspension of a landmark nuclear arms control treaty as a “big mistake”. Biden spoke during talks with eastern European NATO allies in …
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