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By Idrees Ali and Sabine Siebold BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was at a “pivotal” moment and the United States and its allies could not lose focus on the three-month long conflict, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday as Western countries pledged more weapons to Kyiv. Austin was speaking at a meeting …

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By Conor Humphries MYKOLAIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – For the Ukrainian soldiers fighting to retake ground in the wheat fields and empty villages northwest of the city of Kherson, the liberation of one of Ukraine’s most strategically important Black Sea cities feels tantalisingly close. “We could be in Kherson in 15 minutes!” said Sergiy, a Ukrainian …

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(Reuters) – Russia expressed “serious concern” on Wednesday to Israel’s ambassador about air strikes that shut down Syria’s Damascus International Airport last week, the foreign ministry said in a statement. Syria has been a staunch ally of Moscow since Russia launched a military campaign in 2015 that helped to turn the tide in a civil …

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CONSTANTA, Romania (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that Ukraine would have to hold talks with Russia at some point, in order to try and bring an end to the war between the two countries. “The Ukrainian President and his officials will have to negotiate with Russia,” said Macron, while on a …

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(Reuters) -Russia for years hosted world leaders and business titans at its annual economic forum in St Petersburg, but the “Russian Davos” will see little of the global financial elite this year with Moscow isolated by sanctions over its actions in Ukraine. This week, to make up for the lack of major Western attendees, Russia …

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By Manuel Ausloos and Luiza Ilie CONSTANTA, Romania (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron voiced a tougher line on Russia on Wednesday after visiting French and allied troops at a NATO base in Romania, seeking to assuage concerns in Ukraine and among some European allies over his previous stance towards Moscow. Macron arrived in Romania on …

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