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Zelensky says 'hot phase of war' with Russia could end in exchange for NATO membership
He further said that a ceasefire would have to guarantee that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not come back to take more Ukrainian territory.
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Putin denies intentionally scaring Merkel with dog in 2007, seeks forgiveness
Merkel, who has a well-documented fear of animals, recalled the tense encounter in her memoir released Tuesday, accusing Putin of inviting the pet as a "demonstration of power" and taking glee in…
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Trump's envoy for Ukraine-Russia has hinted at plan to end war. It's carrots and sticks for both
Donald Trump's special envoy nominee Keith Kelloggs had given the incoming US president a plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war. It has an iron glove approach. Insights into the plan can be gathered…
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Putin threatens to hit 'decision-making centres' in Kyiv, plans to increase production of Oreshnik missiles
Putin made the threat a week after using the experimental weapon for the first time in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro.
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US now wants Ukrainians as young as 18 to fight war with Russia because...
The US is nudging Ukraine to lower the military draft age to 18. This is part of last-ditch efforts by the outgoing Biden administration to prop up the Ukrainian military in a war it appears not…
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President Vladimir Putin hosts North Korean foreign minister on Russia's Unity Day
The United States says North Korea has sent some 10,000 troops to Russia, including 8,000 to the western Kursk region where Russia is still battling to expel Ukrainian troops who broke across the…
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US ups earlier estimates, claims 10,000 North Korean troops backing Russia in Ukraine war
According to Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh, the troops…
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Elon Musk in 'regular contact' with Russian President Putin since late 2022: Report
Musk and Putin continued to hold talks into this year, even as the Tesla CEO began to criticise the United States military support for Ukraine and became actively involved in the election campaign…
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BRICS Summit: Putin says ball in US court on Russian-American relations
Putin was speaking at the end of the BRICS summit in the city of Kazan, where he had faced calls from some of Russia's most important allies for the fighting in Ukraine to end.
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PM Modi and President Putin discuss early discharge of remaining Indian nationals in Russian army
Misri said the two sides also expressed satisfaction at the ongoing defence cooperation and agreed to hold the next meeting of the India-Russia Intergovernmental Cooperation Group on Defence…
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PM Modi invites Russian President Putin to Delhi for India-Russia Annual Summit next year
PM Modi thanked President Putin for his invitation to attend the 16th BRICS Summit and invited him to visit India next year for the 23rd India-Russia Annual Summit
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‘Over 30 countries expressed desire to join BRICS,’ says Russian President Putin
"It would be wrong to ignore the unprecedented interest of the countries of the Global South and East in strengthening contacts with BRICS," Putin said
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BRICS Summit: PM Modi shares hug with Putin, says will play 'any role' for peace between Russia-Ukraine
The two leaders were seen sharing a hug as they met.
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Indian PM Narendra Modi lands in Russia, will attend 16th BRICS Summit
This visit is Modi’s second visit to Russia in 2024 after he attended the 22nd India-Russia annual summit in July during his trip to Moscow. Modi said his “visit to Kazan will further reinforce…
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Russia's Kazan gets ready for BRICS summit
Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited neighbouring countries from central Asia and the Global South, like Sri Lanka. BRICS is a grouping that represents 45% of the world's population, 33%…
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Did Putin order Russian double agent Sergei Skripal's Novichok poisoning? Former Russian spy claims so
"I believe Putin makes all important decisions himself. I therefore think he must have at least given permission for the attack on Yulia and me," Skripal's statement read. However, he acknowledged…
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Kamala Harris calls Putin 'murderous dictator', Kremlin says her remarks expose US view of world
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov's comment was the latest jab in exchanges revolving around the US presidential election and the Kremlin's more than 2 1/2-year-old war in Ukraine.
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Alexei Navalny’s posthumous memoir predicts Russian President Putin's downfall: 'It will crumble and collapse'
"I will spend the rest of my life in prison and die here," Navalny wrote on March 22, 2022. "There will not be anybody to say goodbye to... All anniversaries will be celebrated without me. I'll…
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Ukraine eyes new peace summit by year-end and wants Russia to attend it, envoy to Turkey says
While supporting Ukraine's territorial integrity, condemning the invasion, and providing it with military support, NATO member Turkey has also opposed Western sanctions on Russia
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Trump sent COVID test kits to Putin while Americans died? Explosive new book reveals his shocking betrayal
'War,' a book by Bob Woodward, has revealed that allegedly, Trump, when…
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Biden calls Netanyahu 'that son of a b***h' and 'bad guy' behind closed doors
Biden made the remark against Netanyahu in the spring of 2024 as Israel's war in Gaza intensified, according to an excerpt in journalist Bob Woodward’s upcoming book, 'War'.
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North Korea's Kim calls Putin 'closest comrade', terms relations between two countries 'eternal'
He said that the relations between both countries would be raised to a new level.
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Russian state media hacked on Putin's birthday; Ukrainian source says symbolic 'gift' for him
According to Reuters, an unnamed government source from Ukraine claimed responsibility on behalf of Ukrainian hackers, stating that the attack was a symbolic birthday "gift" to the Russian…
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PM Modi's talks with Putin and Zelensky mark new phase of dialogue: EAM Jaishankar
In an interactive session at The Conclave 2024 organised by news channel Pratidin Time, Jaishankar said Prime Minister Modi was one of the very few world leaders who has the "ability" to speak to…
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Watch: Did Russia use 'father of all bombs', the ODAB-9000 vacuum bomb, on Ukraine?
ODAB-9000 used by Russia on Ukraine? Online reports and social media posts are suggesting that Russia may have used a vacuum bomb known as the 'father of all bombs' on Ukraine.…
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Russia to consider nuclear response in event of 'massive' air attack: Putin
While addressing Russia’s Security Council, Putin cited a revised version of nuclear doctrine while saying that an attack against Russia by a non-nuclear power with the support of a nuclear power…
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Putin orders Russian army to become second largest after China's at 1.5 million-strong
In a decree published on the Kremlin's website, Putin ordered the overall size of the armed forces to be increased to 2.38 million people, of which he said 1.5 million should be active servicemen…
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NATO in line of fire as Ukraine reportedly given nod to use Storm Shadow missiles
The move could also provoke fierce retaliation from Moscow, with Russian President Vladimir Putin already warning the West that the move would alter the nature and scope of the conflict.
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Russia expels six British diplomats over alleged 'spying and sabotage'
The FSB claimed it possessed documents proving that a department within the British foreign office in London was involved in coordinating efforts to escalate both political and military tensions.…
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West allowing Kyiv to use long-range arms would put NATO at 'war with Russia': Putin
Putin spoke as US and UK top diplomats discussed easing rules on firing Western weapons into Russia, which Kyiv has been pressing for, more than two and a half years into Moscow's offensive.
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Putin ‘waiting for PM Modi’ for BRICS summit, says 30 nations want to join bloc
Putin earlier this month had said that nations like China, India, and Brazil could act as mediators in potential peace talks over Ukraine.
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‘I know Putin...,’ Trump avoids backing Ukraine against Russia during presidential debate
Trump stressed that people were killed “by the millions” in the war, without mentioning who he thought was the aggressor
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Can India play a role in ending the war in Ukraine?
While Delhi may soon play a larger role in finding a solution to Europe's long war, it is important that its actions are based on correct assumptions and an understanding of what different peace…
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Russia 'liberates' three villages, towns in eastern Ukraine
The ministry said Russian troops had "liberated" the town and the villages of Grygorivka, Galytsynivka and Vodiane
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NSA Ajit Doval to visit Russia, push for peaceful resolution of Ukraine conflict after PM Modi’s initiative
This follows Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent visits to both Russia and Ukraine, where he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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'Never seen the world in a more dangerous state' in nearly 40 years, MI6 chief warns
MI6 chief Sir Richard Moore said that in his nearly four-decade-long career, he has never witnessed such a perilous point in the world
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Zelensky says 'hot phase of war' with Russia could end in exchange for NATO membership
He further said that a ceasefire would have to guarantee that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not come back to take more Ukrainian territory.
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Putin denies intentionally scaring Merkel with dog in 2007, seeks forgiveness
Merkel, who has a well-documented fear of animals, recalled the tense encounter in her memoir released Tuesday, accusing Putin of inviting the pet as a "demonstration of power" and taking glee in…
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Trump's envoy for Ukraine-Russia has hinted at plan to end war. It's carrots and sticks for both
Donald Trump's special envoy nominee Keith Kelloggs had given the incoming US president a plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war. It has an iron glove approach. Insights into the plan can be gathered…
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Putin threatens to hit 'decision-making centres' in Kyiv, plans to increase production of Oreshnik missiles
Putin made the threat a week after using the experimental weapon for the first time in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro.
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US now wants Ukrainians as young as 18 to fight war with Russia because...
The US is nudging Ukraine to lower the military draft age to 18. This is part of last-ditch efforts by the outgoing Biden administration to prop up the Ukrainian military in a war it appears not…
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Biden to provide nukes to Ukraine? Russia responds with a nuclear warning
His statement came after Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev suggested that provision of nuclear arms to Ukraine may be considered a nuclear attack by Russia, warranting a nuclear response…
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Putin vows to continue testing new Oreshnik missile in combat conditions
Zelensky called for world leaders to give a "serious response" so that Putin "feels the real consequences of his actions," BBC reported.
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‘There is no countermeasure,’ Putin hails Russia’s Oreshnik missile; orders serial production
Meanwhile, an investigation by Ukraine revealed that the hypersonic missile that struck the Ukrainian city of Dnipro reached a top speed of 13,000km/h.
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Putin says Ukraine was hit by new mid-range ballistic missile ‘Oreshnik’
Putin was addressing the nation about the Ukraine conflict, according to state media.
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Will Russia resort to using Nuclear weapons? An analysis of Putin's potential choices
The doctrine says Russia can use its large nuclear weapons stockpile if it faces any aggression that seriously threatens the country’s sovereignty or territorial integrity
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Russia-Ukraine war | Amid shifting political winds Zelensky warns Ukraine 'will lose' without US aid
"We will fight. We have our production, but it's not enough to prevail. And I think it's not enough to survive," said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
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Russian President Putin expected to visit India soon, says Kremlin spokesperson
The dates are yet to be confirmed.
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Russia-Ukraine war: Putin signs decree allowing nuke strikes on nuclear power backed states
This contentious decree comes as the Russia-Ukraine conflict reaches the grim milestone of 1000 days of war and as the United States allowed Kyiv to use long-range missiles to strike military…
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Zelensky slams Russia's 'destruction and death' after largest air strike on Ukraine
Slamming Russian President Vladimir Putin, Zelensky added that he "drowns the world in his rhetoric, but his only true message is written in destruction and death, delivered through every missile…
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Yulia Navalnaya, exiled Russians in Berlin chant ‘No to Putin!’ in anti-war protest
In a statement, protesters made their demands clear, calling for "the immediate withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine, the trial of Vladimir Putin as a war criminal, and the release of all…
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In rare call, German Chancellor Scholz urges Putin to end Ukraine war, warns of escalation risks
In the call, Scholz "condemned Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and called on President Putin to end it and withdraw troops", the chancellor's spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said.
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US 'incredibly concerned' by North Korea troops in Russia, confirms 10,000 soldiers have joined Ukraine war
During a daily press briefing, State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel confirmed that thousands of North Korean troops in Russia have started “engaging in combat operations” alongside Russian…
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Russia and Ukraine exchange record drone strikes despite Trump-Putin call
On Sunday (Nov 10) and overnight, both Russia and Ukraine launched record drone assaults
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Kremlin denies reports of Trump-Putin call, warning against escalating Ukraine war
According to a report citing sources familiar with the conversation, the two leaders discussed the war in Ukraine and also touched on the goal of achieving peace in Europe.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's Russian delegation: Who's Who?
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's visit to Russia has garnered a lot of attention.
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Putin ponders if Russia should try to take Kyiv again
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that any further mobilisation would depend on what Russia wanted to achieve in the war in Ukraine, adding that he faced a question only he could ans
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Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, Mark Hamill, and other celebs send prayers and love to Ukraine
It has been a year since Russian tanks rolled into Ukrainian territory, and the invasion of Ukraine began.
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From macho man to animal lover: Many shades of Vladimir Putin's life
Russian President Vladimir Putin turned 70. A look at the different shades of his life.
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