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Largest ever US-NATO naval war drills in Pacific a threat to both peace and marine life
Jun 25, 2022 22:02While the world's attention is focused on the crisis in Eastern Europe, half-way around the world, in the Pacific Ocean, competition/confrontation of the U.S. and NATO toward China and North Korea is taking an increasingly military turn. The US military's Indo-Pacific command headquartered in Honolulu, Hawai'i, Rim of the Pacific or RIMPAC 2022, military war games, will have 38 ships from 26 countries, 4 submarines, 170 aircraft and 25,000 military personnel practicing naval war maneuvers.
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Ukraine on course for EU membership candidacy at summit
Jun 22, 2022 07:09Ukraine 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 16:44The 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 16:40Former 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 bombardment kills five civilians, injures 12 in Donetsk
Jun 19, 2022 05:58The 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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Ukraine claims it hit Russian naval tugboat with Western-supplied Harpoon missiles
Jun 17, 2022 15:46As 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.
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Germany, France, Italy, Romania back EU ‘candidate status’ for Ukraine
Jun 17, 2022 05:56Germany, France, Italy, and Romania say they back Ukraine’s candidacy for membership in the European Union, despite Russia’s strict opposition to the prospect.
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Kremlin: European leaders should push Zelensky to be 'realistic'
Jun 16, 2022 14:40The Kremlin says it hopes European leaders will not supply Ukraine with more lethal weapons and instead will push Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to be “realistic” toward the situation.
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Russia: Response to NATO build-up in Poland will be ‘proportionate’
Jun 11, 2022 13:20Russia has warned NATO against military buildup in Poland, saying Moscow will proportionately respond to such a move.
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Zelensky: Ukrainian forces ‘holding on’ to key frontline cities in Donbas
Jun 10, 2022 17:30Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the country’s forces have kept up resistance in the flashpoint eastern city of Severodonetsk and other cities in the breakaway Donbas region amid fierce fighting with Russian troops over the past few weeks.