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Ukraine on course for EU membership candidacy at summit
Jun 22, 2022 02:39Ukraine is set to become an official candidate for European Union (EU) membership, the first step on the long road to joining the 27-country bloc, despite Russia's strict opposition to the move.
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Crimea official: Ukraine strikes with missiles oil drilling platforms in Black Sea
Jun 20, 2022 12:14The head of pro-Russian forces in the Crimean Peninsula says Ukrainian government troops have struck oil drilling platforms in the Black Sea, amid Russia’s months-long military offensive in the former Soviet republic.
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Russia’s Medvedev: No point in nuclear disarmament talks with US until Americans beg for them
Jun 20, 2022 12:10Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev says there is currently “no need to negotiate” with the United States on nuclear arms reduction, stressing that Moscow should wait until the Americans “crawl” back to talks and “beg” for them.
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Ukraine says lost control of Severodonetsk village amid Russia's advances
Jun 20, 2022 09:13Ukraine has admitted to losing control of a village adjacent to the key industrial city of Severodonetsk, which has been the flashpoint of fierce battles between the Ukrainian and Russian forces in recent weeks.
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Ukraine bombardment kills five civilians, injures 12 in Donetsk
Jun 19, 2022 01:28The Ukrainian military has carried out a new bout of bombarded on the city of Donetsk, the main city of an eastern Ukrainian region of the same name, killing five civilians and injuring 12 others.
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IAEA resolution: Iran FM vows proportionate response to US's unconstructive approach
Jun 18, 2022 14:13Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has once again reiterated Iran's willingness to hold result-oriented talks with the P4+1 group of countries on the revival of the 2015 deal, promising a "proportionate" response to the US's "unconstructive" approach.
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US pauses selling large, armable drones to Ukraine due to security reasons: Report
Jun 18, 2022 10:34The administration of US President Joe Biden has scraped a plan to sell four large, armable drones to Ukraine due to security concerns, a new report says.
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'Europe committing energy suicide by imposing sanctions on Moscow'
Jun 18, 2022 09:55The head of a Russian oil giant says European nations are committing energy suicide by following the United States in imposing sanctions on Moscow over the war in Ukraine.
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FM: US needs to end ‘sanctions lunacy’
Jun 17, 2022 11:19Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has reiterated Tehran’s resolve to continue talks on the revival of the 2015 multilateral agreement, urging an end to the United States’ “sanctions lunacy” and the International Atomic Energy Agency’s political approaches in this regard.
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Ukraine claims it hit Russian naval tugboat with Western-supplied Harpoon missiles
Jun 17, 2022 11:16As Kiev moves closer to joining the European Union, Ukrainian officials claim their forces have hit a Russian naval tugboat with two Western-supplied missiles in the Black Sea.