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Russian oil refineries, terminals burn as Ukraine hits Putin’s war economy

25 Aug 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Ukraine has stepped up drone attacks on Russian oil refineries and exporting infrastructure, striking the most important sector of President Vladimir Putin’s economy to show it can fight back as the United States seeks to broker a peace deal. The attacks disrupted Moscow’s oil processing and exports, created gasoline shortages in some parts …

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Russian-backed head of Donetsk says Moscow must capture canal from Ukraine to solve water crisis

25 Aug 2025

DONETSK, Russian-controlled Ukraine (Reuters) -The head of the Russian-held Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine said a water crisis that is forcing people to queue at water trucks can only be fixed if Russia takes full control of the region, including a vital canal. Donetsk is one of four Ukrainian regions that Russia claimed as its …

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Turkey seeks missing Russian swimmer in Bosphorus race

25 Aug 2025

ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Russian Nikolay Svechnikov went missing during the Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race in Istanbul on Sunday, Turkish authorities said on Monday. The Turkish National Olympic Committee said search and rescue operations were launched shortly after race officials reported that Svechnikov was not accounted for, after the other athletes had emerged from the waterway dividing …

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Zelenskiy says Ukraine aims to secure at least $1 billion monthly for U.S. weapons purchases

25 Aug 2025

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that Kyiv aims to secure at least $1 billion on a monthly basis from allies to purchase U.S. weapons for its war effort against Russia. He made the remark during a joint briefing in Kyiv with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, where he also said …

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Turkey calls Israel’s strike on Gaza hospital ‘attack on press freedom’

25 Aug 2025

ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey’s presidential communications office on Monday called Israel’s latest strikes on Gaza “an attack on press freedom and another war crime,” after Palestinian officials said at least 20 people, including five journalists, one of whom worked for Reuters, were killed at Nasser hospital. “Israel, which continues its atrocities without regard for any humanitarian …

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Germany will take part in security guarantees for Ukraine, vice chancellor says

25 Aug 2025

BERLIN (Reuters) -Berlin will take part in providing security guarantees for Ukraine alongside European partners but the talks are at an early stage and must be shaped by Kyiv, German Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil said on Monday in Ukraine’s capital. “What’s important is that, in the end, there are security guarantees that ensure Ukraine is …

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Russian official detained over embezzlement of border fortification money, TASS says

25 Aug 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -The deputy governor of a Russian region bordering Ukraine has been detained as part of a criminal case involving the embezzlement of 1 billion roubles ($12.4 million) earmarked for defensive fortifications, the TASS state news agency reported. The office of Deputy Kursk Governor Vladimir Bazarov, who previously worked as deputy governor in the …

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Australia mushroom murderer Erin Patterson left me ‘half alive’, lone surviving victim says

25 Aug 2025

By Alasdair Pal SYDNEY (Reuters) -The lone surviving guest of a lunch where three others died after being served food laced with deadly mushrooms told an Australian court on Monday the actions of host and convicted murderer Erin Patterson had left him feeling “half alive”. Patterson was found guilty last month of luring her mother-in-law …

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German finance minister in Kyiv: Ukraine can count on Germany

25 Aug 2025

BERLIN (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin should be aware that Germany’s support for Ukraine is not waning, German Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil said on Monday upon arriving in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv on an unannounced visit. “Putin should have no illusions that Germany’s support for Ukraine could crumble,” said Klingbeil, leader of the …

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