MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin confirmed on Saturday that Russian leader Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron will speak by phone on Sunday, the TASS news agency reported, amid soaring tensions over Ukraine. (Reporting by Tom Balmforth; editing by Katya Golubkova)
KYIV (Reuters) -The Ukrainian military said a soldier was killed in shelling by pro-Russian separatists on Saturday morning in east Ukraine, where violence this week in a longrunning conflict has stirred concern it could be the triggger for Russian military action. The Ukrainian militay said on its Facebook page that it had recorded 19 ceasefire …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian-backed separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine declared a full military mobilisation on Saturday, a day after ordering women and children to evacuate to southern Russia because of what they said was the threat of conflict. Denis Pushilin, head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, said in a video statement that he had …
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By Nandita Bose MUNICH (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to meet Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskiy in Munich on Saturday, in what is likely to be a powerful display of diplomatic support for the European nation, a day after President Joe Biden said he is “convinced” Russia had made a decision to …
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By Lefteris Papadimas and Angelo Amante CORFU, Greece, (Reuters) -Nine passengers were missing after a blaze engulfed a ferry sailing from Greece to Italy early on Friday and firefighters battled to rescue people trapped on the ship, authorities said. A total of 240 passengers and 51 crew were on board the Italian-flagged Euroferry Olympia when …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Saturday rejected U.S. allegations that it was responsible for cyberattacks on Ukrainian banking and government websites as baseless, the Russian embassy in the United States said on Twitter. “We categorically reject these baseless statements of the administration and note that Russia has nothing to do with the mentioned events and …
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By Steve Scherer and David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) – Police began towing trucks from central Ottawa on Friday and stepped up arrests of protesters in a bid to end a trucker-led movement that has blockaded Canada’s capital for three weeks and embarrassed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government. The protesters have lined heavy trucks outside parliament …
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THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Falling trees killed two people as Storm Eunice pummelled the Netherlands on Friday, damaging buildings and blowing off parts of the roof at the stadium of soccer club ADO Den Haag, authorities said. The government sent out text alerts telling people to stay indoors and said they should only call emergency …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko landed in Moscow on Friday for talks with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin that Minsk said could determine how much longer Russian military forces remain in the ex-Soviet republic north of Ukraine. Russia’s joint war games in Belarus, which are meant to run until Sunday, have added to Western …
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PARIS (Reuters) -A major strike paralysed most of Paris’s metro network and city train grid on Friday, disrupting the daily commutes of millions of people, as workers demand greater pay hikes than offered by the management. The French capital’s RATP public transport company said six subway lines were closed, down from eight reported earlier on …
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