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Russia says it struck Ukrainian ports and ships
Russia said on Wednesday it had struck the Ukrainian cities of Odesa and Chornomorsk, hitting port infrastructure and vessels that it said were supporting the Ukrainian military.
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Patchy warnings, outdated plans left victims of Spanish wildfire to fend for themselves
When 12 people died trying to escape a wildfire around the mountain village of Bedar and a nearby hamlet in southern Spain on July 9, regional officials said some of them had ignor...
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Ukraine will step up counteroffensive actions, new top commander says
The new commander-in-chief of Ukraine's armed forces, Mykhailo Drapatyi, said on Wednesday he had been tasked with stepping up counteroffensive actions and launching new operatio...
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Ukraine recaptured 700 sq km of territory this year, outgoing top general says
Ukraine has recaptured 700 sq km (270 sq miles) of its territory this year, outgoing Commander in Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Wednesday, confirming he was leaving the top mil...
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Ukraine again hits warehouses of Russia's top online retailer Wildberries, Russia says
Another attack on the warehouses of Russia's largest online retailer, Wildberries, has injured several people, said the head and co-founder of the company on Wednesday.
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Russian attack kills three in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia, officials say
A Russian guided-bomb attack on the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia killed at least three people on Tuesday and injured more than a dozen, regional officials said.
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New UK defence minister calls Russia's military exercise off the UK coast 'irresponsible'
Britain's new defence minister Wes Streeting on Tuesday said it was "irresponsible" for Russia to have conducted a live-fire weapons exercise off the English coast.
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Russia accuses Ukraine of killing five civilians in drone strike on bus in border region
Russia on Monday accused Ukraine of killing five civilians, including a minor, in a drone attack on a bus in Russia's Belgorod region and said three other civilians were in hosp...
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Russian attack on corn ship off Ukraine's Odesa kills 10
A Russian missile strike on a ship carrying corn near Ukraine's southern port of Odesa killed 10 people, Ukrainian officials said on Monday, in the deadliest attack in a weeks-lon...
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Portugal's migrant curbs hit construction firms working to solve housing crisis
Jose Simao arrived in Portugal from Angola in 2022 to work as a bricklayer, part of a wave of immigration providing a welcome boost to the country's deeply understaffed constructi...
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Russian strikes kill 28 people in Ukraine's Odesa region in July, governor says
Russian strikes have killed 28 people in Ukraine's southern Odesa region in July, the regional governor said on Monday.
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Russian strike on cargo ship in Black Sea kills 5, Kyiv says
Russian forces struck an international cargo vessel in the Black Sea off the coast of Ukraine's southern city of Odesa, killing at least five crew members, Ukrainian officials sa...
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Russian missiles strike Kyiv killing one, wounding 13
Russian missiles struck the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and the surrounding region early on Sunday, killing at least one person and wounding 13 others as fires broke out across the ci...
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Ukrainian drone attacks kill seven warehouse workers in Russia, spark fire at Moscow region oil depot
Governor Evgeniy Pervyshov said Ukrainian drones slammed into a warehouse owned by Wildberries, Russia's largest online retailer.
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Sanctioned tanker is leaking oil near Oman, according to satellite images and experts
A vessel under sanctions for moving Russian fuel is likely leaking oil in a protected marine area off the coast of Oman, according to analysis of satellite imagery and experts.
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Venice protests greet U.S. Ambassador Fertitta's arrival on superyacht
A few hundred people in Venice protested on Friday against U.S. Ambassador to Italy Tilman Fertitta as he arrived in the lagoon city aboard his superyacht, drawing criticism of Pr...
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Russian attack on Ukrainian port kills two, damages three vessels, prosecutors say
A Russian drone attack on port infrastructure at Ukraine's southern city of Mykolaiv damaged three civilian foreign-flagged vessels, regional prosecutors said on Friday.
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Russian courts target two outspoken critics of war in Ukraine
Russian authorities have detained a blogger who criticised President Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine and fined an anti-war politician, as Moscow sends a warning signal to cr...
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