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With mined beaches, extended curfew, Ukraine’s main tourist hub Odesa is ready to fight

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With mined beaches, extended curfew, Ukraine’s main tourist hub Odesa is ready to fight

ODESA – Anti-tank hedgehogs, military patrols and an extended curfew aren’t what one expects to see in Ukraine’s main sea resort. In May, Odesa, a Ukrainian port city on the Black Sea, usually rolls into the tourist season, which generates a substantial part of the city’s earnings. A residential building in Odesa, damaged by a Russian […]

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House passes $40B military aid package to buttress Ukraine . The measure now goes to the Senate, where Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has promised the chamber “will move swiftly.” By Nicholas Wu, Jennifer Scholtes and Connor O’brien

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House passes $40B military aid package to buttress Ukraine . The measure now goes to the Senate, where Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has promised the chamber “will move swiftly.”   By Nicholas Wu, Jennifer Scholtes  and Connor O’brien

he House passed a nearly $40 billion package for Ukraine late Tuesday, sending the bill to the Senate as lawmakers heed President Joe Biden’s warning that U.S. cash to help the allied country will run out in just over a week. Ukrainian investigators work near a destroyed building on the outskirts of Odesa on May 10, 2022. […]

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The Armed Forces of Ukraine are doing everything to liberate all our cities and our people – address by President Volodymyr Zelensky, 10 May 2022

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The Armed Forces of Ukraine are doing everything to liberate all our cities and our people – address by President Volodymyr Zelensky, 10 May 2022

Today has been a difficult day. There was news – both ordinary and tragic. I’ll start with international contacts. I continued to address foreign parliaments. Those states and nations whose support is important to us. And especially now. President Volodymyr Zelensky In my address to the Slovak Parliament, I thanked for the strong defense, sanctions […]

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Turkey gives Ukrainian orphans warm homes, social support

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Turkey gives Ukrainian orphans warm homes, social support

Children bear the brunt of the Russia-Ukraine conflict that has displaced many. Hundreds of orphans evacuated to Turkey from the country are now recovering from the trauma with the help of the Ministry of Family and Social Services Ukrainian children accommodated at a hotel by the government hold a Ukrainian flag and wave Turkish flags, […]

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Russia’s war against Ukraine: Day 78, May 11 – Update No. 1

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Russia’s war against Ukraine: Day 78, May 11 – Update No. 1

Russian troops are being pushed away from Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky said late on Tuesday May 10, but sounded a note of caution as Washington said Vladimir Putin won’t stop with the east and is ready for a long war. This photograph taken on May 10, 2022, shows an Ukrainian Army’s self-propelled […]

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SLPP goon attacks trigger massive wave of violence.PM resigns; govt. collapses Sajith and his MPs encounter hostility, but not JVP leaders

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SLPP goon attacks trigger massive wave of violence.PM resigns; govt. collapses Sajith and his MPs encounter hostility, but not JVP leaders

The entire Cabinet of Ministers, including Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, resigned hours after protests erupted in Colombo, its suburbs and several other parts of the country. Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Local Government members and their henchmen attacked those who had been demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the Cabinet of Ministers, including […]

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Deal on EU-wide Russian oil ban possible as soon as this week: France

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Deal on EU-wide Russian oil ban possible as soon as this week: France

Adeal on European Union-wide halting of oil imports from Russia by the end of the year, the latest response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, could be secured as soon as this week, a French official said Tuesday. A view of PCK oil refinery in Schwedt, Germany, May 9, 2022. (EPA Photo) The embargo, part of […]

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Russian forces destroy 793 drones, 2,979 armored vehicles in Ukraine operation – top brass . Russia’s missile troops, artillery eliminate up to 380 Ukrainian nationalists

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Russian forces destroy 793 drones, 2,979 armored vehicles in Ukraine operation – top brass . Russia’s missile troops, artillery eliminate up to 380 Ukrainian nationalists

MOSCOW, May 10. /TASS/. Russian forces have eliminated 163 Ukrainian combat aircraft, 124 helicopters, 793 unmanned aerial vehicles and 2,979 tanks and other armored vehicles since the start of their special military operation in Ukraine, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Major-General Igor Konashenkov said on Tuesday. © Vadim Savitsky/TASS “Overall, the following targets have been destroyed […]

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From Zelenskyy’s “surrender” to Putin’s surrender: how the negotiations with Russia are going

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From Zelenskyy’s “surrender” to Putin’s surrender: how the negotiations with Russia are going

The peace talks with Russia are the story of how Ukraine has gone from despair to realising its own strength and its circle of true allies over 70 days of full-scale war. “If on the first day of the war we had been allowed to sign a version of the peace agreement like the one […]

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Syrian President Assad visits Iran, meets Leader

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Syrian President Assad visits Iran, meets Leader

TEHRAN — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad made an unannounced visit to Iran on Sunday morning and met with Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and President Ebrahim Raisi. This is the second time that Assad visits Tehran since the beginning of the war in Syria in 2011. According to the Leader’s office, […]

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