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Russia said Sunday it downed at least ten drones around Sevastopol on the Crimea peninsula, which it annexed from Ukraine in 2014.

The Russian defense ministry said air defense shot down two unmanned aerial vehicles and electronically disabled five others.

The ministry also said its forces destroyed two naval drones and the thwarted attack

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 17 July 2023

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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday stated the main objective of the offer that allowed Ukrainian grain exports to resume was not accomplished, in a call with his South African equivalent Cyril Ramaphosa. The offer that relieved worries of an international food crisis sparked by the offensive in Ukraine is due to expire late Monday-- unless Russia consents to r

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 17 July 2023

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A Russian anti-war activist's lengthy experience at the Serbian border spells difficulty for other Kremlin critics based in the Balkan nation, independent Serbian and Russian experts informed The Moscow Times.Peter Nikitin, an anti-Kremlin activist who has organized demonstrations versus Moscow's intrusion of Ukraine, was disallowed entry when returning to Serbia on

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 15 July 2023

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Minsk said Friday that members of the Russian mercenary force Wagner were functioning as military trainers for Belarusian territorial defense forces, three weeks after the group's aborted mutiny in Russia. Near Asipovichy, units of territorial defense soldiers are going through training, the Belarusian defense ministry stated. The ministry said the forces

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 15 July 2023

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Ukraine acknowledged Friday its troops were not making speedy headway in their counteroffensive to recapture territory in the east and south of the country from Russian forces.

"Today it's advancing not so quickly," the head of the presidency Andriy Yermak told reporters, conceding that battles were difficult.

"If we are going to see that something

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 15 July 2023

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to extend the Black Sea grain deal which ends next week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday.Erdogan informed reporters he had consulted with his Russian counterpart about the essential offer permitting the export of Ukrainian grain to reduce a global food crisis.The deal, signed five months