TOULON (Reuters) -Leaders of some 30 countries that have vowed to provide Ukraine with security support once there is a peace agreement with Russia will meet next week to discuss proposals put forward by their militaries, France’s president said on Friday. The so-called “coalition of the willing” put together by France and Britain in February …
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PARIS (Reuters) -If Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn’t commit by Monday to meet Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy, he would have duped U.S. President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron said. “If that doesn’t happen by Monday, the deadline set by President Trump, it means that once again President Putin played President Trump,” Macron said at a …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Oil processing at Russia’s Kuibyshevsk refinery, which is operated by the Rosneft oil company, has been halted since August 28 following Ukrainian drone attacks, two industry sources said. According to the sources, the attack damaged both primary oil refining units at the refinery: CDU (crude distillation unit)-4 and CDU-5, each with a capacity …
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WARSAW (Reuters) -A Polish Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed during a rehearsal for an airshow in Radom, central Poland, and the pilot died, the army said on Thursday. “A Polish Army pilot died in the crash of an F-16 aircraft -an officer who always served his country with dedication and great courage. I pay …
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov said on Friday that the Russian army had sped up its rate of advance in Ukraine and was taking control of 600-700 square km (502 square miles) a month compared to 300-400 square km at the start of the year. Belousov also said that Russia had inflicted significant …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Friday that French President Emmanuel Macron had spoken in a manner unbecoming of a head of state when he called Russian President Vladimir Putin “an ogre at our gates”. Macron, who made the comment in an interview last week, has been the target of frequent Russian criticism because of his …
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PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron said he would continue his mandate until the end of its term in 2027, as Macron pushed back at speculation that there could be pressure for him to go if the government loses its confidence vote next month. “The mandate which has been given to me by the French …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with President Xi Jinping in China next week, attend a security summit, and be the “main guest” of Xi’s at a military parade on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, the Kremlin said on Friday. Putin will be in China, Russia’s biggest trading partner, from August 31 to September …
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -European Union defence ministers expressed “broad support” for expanding the bloc’s military training mission to operate inside Ukraine as part of security guarantees in the event of a ceasefire, EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas said on Friday. Kallas said the ministers had discussed the EU’s role in security guarantees for Ukraine at a …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The Israeli military said that starting from Friday, a local humanitarian pause in military activity will not apply to the area of Gaza City, as it “constitutes a dangerous combat zone”. Israel’s security cabinet had approved a plan to take control of Gaza City, a move expanding military operations in the shattered Palestinian …
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