Russian strikes overnight on the southern Ukrainian region of Odesa killed four people, including a teenage girl, and wounded 10 more, the regional governor said Friday.

Russia has targeted Ukraine's coastal Odesa region throughout the war, hitting cargo ships and grain silos in what Kyiv says is an attempt to destroy its export capacity.

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His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands on Thursday visited the Amsterdam newsrooms of The Moscow Times and the independent Russian news broadcaster TV Rain. 

In a meeting open to the press, the King was joined by The Moscow Times founder Derk Sauer and publisher Alexander Gubsky as well as TV Rain editor-in-chief Tikhon Dzyadko to

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A significant fire at an oil refinery in Russian-annexed Crimea has stimulated grievances from local residents, raising concerns over safety and environmental impact.Kyiv's forces reported a effective strike on an offshore oil terminal near the Black Sea port town of Feodosia on Monday, triggering a fire that triggered regional authorities to leave over 1,0
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At least 49 Russian citizens are currently being held in mental hospitals as a form of punishment against opposition and other activists, the human rights group Memorialsaid Thursday. The practice of punitive psychiatry in Russia dates back to the Soviet Union. 

“Russian authorities use mental health issues as a pretext for repression against a

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A new investigation by the Associated Press details how Russia has lured dozens of young African women to produce drones for its invasion of Ukraine.

Drawn to Russia by promises of plane tickets, education, higher salaries and a “European” adventure, the young women instead end up at a drone plant in the Alabuga Special Economic Zone in Russia’s rep

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