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Russia says it prevented Ukrainian drone attack on Smolensk nuclear power plant

17 Aug 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said that it had prevented a Ukrainian drone attack on the Smolensk nuclear power plant in western Russia on Sunday. The Soviet-era Smolensk nuclear power station, about 330 km (200 miles) southwest of Moscow near the border with Belarus, has three RBMK reactors – the same basic design …

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Swedish prime minister to attend Sunday’s ‘Coalition of the Willing’ meeting, spokesperson says

17 Aug 2025

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Swedish prime minister Ulf Kristersson will virtually attend Sunday’s meeting with the “Coalition of the Willing”, ahead of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s visit to Washington on Monday, a spokesperson from the prime minister’s office told Reuters. Kristersson will however not fly to Washington together with Zelenskiy alongside other European leaders on Monday, the spokesperson …

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Russia says it destroyed 300 Ukrainian drones, hit Sapsan missile storage sites

17 Aug 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian forces shot down 300 Ukrainian drones and struck storage sites for Sapsan missiles while fierce battles raged in the Donetsk region where Ukrainian forces were trying to halt a Russian advance, the defence ministry and war bloggers said. Russia’s defence ministry said Russian forces had gained better positions near the settlement of …

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Russia’s Lavrov discusses Alaska summit outcome with Turkish, Hungarian counterparts

17 Aug 2025

(Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held calls on Saturday with his Turkish and Hungarian counterparts, the Russian foreign ministry said, hours after a summit between the U.S. and Russian presidents yielded no deal on ending the war in Ukraine. President Donald Trump, who hosted President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday for bilateral talks aimed at …

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Ukraine drone attack injures train station employee in Russia’s Voronezh, governor says

17 Aug 2025

(Reuters) -A railway employee was injured and a power line damaged by a Ukrainian drone attack at a station in Russia’s Voronezh region, the regional governor said on Sunday. “According to preliminary information, a railway station track technician was injured in one of the municipalities,” Alexander Gusev said of the overnight attack on the Telegram …

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Israeli military prepares to relocate residents to southern Gaza, spokesperson says

17 Aug 2025

By Maayan Lubell and Enas Alashray JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Gaza residents will be provided with tents and other shelter equipment starting from Sunday ahead of relocating them from combat zones to the south of the enclave “to ensure their safety,” the Israeli military said on Saturday. This comes days after Israel said it intended to launch …

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Trump tells Zelenskiy that Putin wants more of Ukraine, urges Kyiv make a deal

17 Aug 2025

By Steve Holland, Andrew Osborn and Tom Balmforth WASHINGTON/MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Ukraine should make a deal to end the war with Russia because “Russia is a very big power, and they’re not”, after a summit where Vladimir Putin was reported to have demanded more Ukrainian land. After the …

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Ukraine says it presses Russian troops back on part of Sumy front

16 Aug 2025

KYIV (Reuters) -The Ukrainian military said on Saturday that it had pushed Russian forces back by about 2 kilometres (1.2 miles) on part of the Sumy front in northern Ukraine. There was no immediate comment from Russia, which controls a little over 200 square kilometres in the region, according to Ukraine’s battlefield mapping project DeepState. …

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Canada praises US stance on Ukraine security guarantees

16 Aug 2025

TORONTO (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Saturday welcomed what he said was U.S. openness to providing security guarantees to Ukraine under a peace deal to end Russia’s war against Kyiv. “Robust and credible security guarantees are essential to any just and lasting peace. I welcome the openness of the United States to providing …

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