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KYIV (Reuters) -Reconnaissance drones that violated Ukraine’s airspace could have flown from Hungary to check the industrial potential of western border areas, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday, prompting a mocking rebuke from Budapest. “President Zelenskiy is losing his mind to his anti-Hungarian obsession. He’s now starting to see things that aren’t there,” Hungarian …

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By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and his top military commander said on Friday that Russian offensives had failed to meet their goals and Moscow was suffering heavy losses on the battlefield. Zelenskiy, speaking in his nightly video address, said Ukrainian forces had inflicted heavy casualties on Russian troops in a counter-offensive …

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By Doyinsola Oladipo and Matt Spetalnick UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sharply denounced Western countries on Friday for embracing Palestinian statehood, accusing them of sending the message that “murdering Jews pays off.” Speaking at the U.N. General Assembly, the Israeli leader pushed back in his harshest terms yet against a flurry of …

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BERLIN (Reuters) -Switzerland plans to take in about 20 injured children from the Gaza Strip for medical treatment, the government said on Friday. It is unclear when the evacuation of the children can be carried out due to the situation on the ground in Gaza, but coordination efforts are underway, it added in a statement. …

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By Doyinsola Oladipo NEW YORK (Reuters) -In its 80-year history, the United Nations has never had a woman serve as secretary-general — a fact that some world leaders now view as a glaring symbol of gender inequality at the highest level of global diplomacy. With Secretary-General Antonio Guterres due to complete his second five-year term …

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HELSINKI (Reuters) -Countries on the European Union’s eastern flank have agreed on the need for a “drone wall” with advanced detection, tracking and interception capabilities, EU Defence Commissioner Andrius Kubilius said on Friday. Drones now play a major role in the war in Ukraine, with both Moscow and Kyiv boosting their domestic production, while increased …

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