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Slovak parliament’s deputy speaker arrives in Moscow, TASS reports

12 Jan 2025 12 Jan 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Slovak Deputy Speaker of Parliament Andrej Danko arrived in Moscow on Sunday, Russian state-run TASS news agency reported, as Bratislava seeks a solution following Ukraine’s decision to halt Russian gas pipeline deliveries to Europe. Danko’s visit, planned before the gas dispute, will continue until Wednesday, TASS and Slovak news agency TASR reported. …

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Thousands without power after Russian strike on Ukraine’s Kherson, officials say

12 Jan 2025 12 Jan 2025

KYIV (Reuters) – About 23,000 households were left without electricity after Russian shelling of Kherson in southern Ukraine damaged power equipment in the city, the local military administration said on Sunday. The attack targeted the Dniprovskiy district along the Dnipro River, an area of Kherson that is regularly shelled by Russian troops on the opposite …

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Zelenskiy calls on allies to honour promises on arms supplies to Ukraine

12 Jan 2025 12 Jan 2025

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on allies on Sunday to honour all promises to supply Ukraine with weapons, including those to counter Russian air attacks. Zelenskiy said that over the past week Russian forces had launched hundreds of strikes on Ukraine and nearly 700 aerial bombs and over 600 attack drones were …

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Russia says it takes control of two villages in Eastern Ukraine

12 Jan 2025 12 Jan 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian troops have taken control of the villages of Yantarne in the Donetsk region and Kalynove in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Sunday. Reuters could not immediately confirm battlefield reports. Separately, the ministry said that over the past 24 hours, Russian forces have carried out strikes …

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Six killed in explosion at Czech restaurant

12 Jan 2025 12 Jan 2025

PRAGUE (Reuters) -Six people died when a propane-butane cylinder exploded at a restaurant in the northwest Czech city of Most, setting the building on fire, emergency services said on Sunday. Eight people were injured in the fiery blast that occurred late on Saturday evening, and 30 people were evacuated from the restaurant and surrounding buildings, …

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Russia’s St Petersburg airport reopens after heavy snowfall halts operations

12 Jan 2025 12 Jan 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Pulkovo airport in Russia’s St Petersburg has resumed operations after being closed for several hours on Sunday due to heavy snowfall, the national aviation watchdog Rosaviatsia said. At around 0830 local time (0530 GMT) the airport announced it was halting all flights and planned to resume operations shortly. However, this has been postponed …

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Moldova’s separatist Transdniestria region reduces Sunday’s blackouts

12 Jan 2025 12 Jan 2025

(Reuters) -Authorities in Moldova’s separatist Transdniestria region said on Saturday that energy conservation measures had allowed them to ease restrictions caused by a halt to Russian gas supplies, with the duration of rolling blackouts to be further reduced. Transdniestria’s pro-Russian leaders said via the region’s official Telegram channel that daily rolling blackouts would be reduced …

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Trump’s Middle East envoy meets Netanyahu on Saturday amid ceasefire push

12 Jan 2025 12 Jan 2025

By Maayan Lubell and Nidal al-Mughrabi JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday amid a push to secure a ceasefire in Gaza, Netanyahu’s office said. After the meeting, Netanyahu dispatched a high-level delegation which included the head of the Israeli Mossad intelligence agency …

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Biden awards Pope Francis medal of freedom, highest US civilian honor

11 Jan 2025 11 Jan 2025

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with Pope Francis on Saturday and awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, the nation’s highest civilian honor, the White House said. It was the first time during his four years in office that Biden awarded the medal “with distinction,” it said. Biden, 82, …

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Russia says it captured settlement near key town of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine

11 Jan 2025 11 Jan 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s defence ministry said on Saturday the army had gained control of the settlement of Shevchenko, near the logistical centre of Pokrovsk, a key Russian target in its advance through Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region. Ukraine’s military made no mention of the village in its latest account of front-line activity, but said Russia …

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