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Ukraine says it has checked Russia's offensive in a key town, but Moscow says it will keep pushing
- Ukrainian units locked in street battles with the Kremlin’s forces in a key northeastern Ukraine town have halted the Russian advance, military officials in Kyiv claimed Thursday, though a senior Moscow official said the frontline push had enough resources to keep going. Russian attempts to establish a foothold in the town of Vovchansk, which is among the largest towns in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region with a prewar population of 17,000, “have been foiled,” Ukraine’s general staff said in a midday report.
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The era of globalisation is about to come screeching to a halt
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Russia expels British military attache in tit-for-tat move
Russia has ordered the expulsion of the UK’s military attache after a similar move by British authorities last week, as Cold War-style tensions rise between London and Moscow.
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Putin and Xi hail ‘deepening’ military ties
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping have agreed to deepen their co-operation on defence and hold more joint military drills after the Russian president arrived in Beijing for an opulent state visit.
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Ben & Jerry’s owner to keep making Soviet-style ice cream despite pressure to quit Russia
Unilever will hang onto its Russian ice cream business despite plans to offload its frozen dessert brands.
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Five things we learned from the Xi-Putin summit
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Russia sets its sights on capturing border village of Lyptsi
Russian forces have launched a bid to capture the village of Lyptsi as they continue a new offensive on Ukraine’s north-eastern region of Kharkiv.
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Russia takes 100 square miles of Ukrainian territory in a week
Russian forces have seized over 100 square miles of Ukrainian territory within the space of a week, representing Russia’s biggest advances in more than a year.
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Slovakian PM Robert Fico escapes death ‘by a hair’ as gunman charged
A suspected “lone wolf” gunman has been charged with the attempted murder of Robert Fico, the Slovakian prime minister, who was described as escaping death “by a hair”.
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Ukraine says it has checked Russia's offensive in a key town, but Moscow says it will keep pushing
Ukrainian units locked in street battles with the Kremlin’s forces in a key northeastern Ukraine town have halted the Russian advance, military officials in Kyiv claimed Thursday, though a senior Moscow official said the frontline push had enough resources to keep going. Russian attempts to establish a foothold in the town of Vovchansk, which is among the largest towns in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region with a prewar population of 17,000, “have been foiled,” Ukraine’s general staff said i
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Xi and Putin are talking about peace – but preparing for war
As Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing, Xi Jinping welcomed an “old friend”, hailing the “strategic guidance” the two countries had provided to each other.
