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Russia: Medvedev backs referendums in Ukraine's Donbass region
Sep 20, 2022 14:41One of Russia's most senior security officials says he favors holding referendums in the breakaway Donbass region of eastern Ukraine in order to formally make them part of Russia.
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Pentagon: US may provide ‘NATO compatible’ tanks to Ukraine
Sep 20, 2022 14:36The Pentagon said the US may provide “NATO compatible” tanks to Ukraine's military to replace aging Soviet-era gear, a step towards deeper participation in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
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Russia strikes Ukraine positions after Kiev hit nuclear plant
Sep 17, 2022 13:02Russia says it has struck several of Ukraine’s positions in the wake of the shelling by the Ukrainian side of spots near Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant Zaporizhzhia.
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Russia: Gas pipeline to China will replace stalled Nord Stream 2 project
Sep 16, 2022 09:42Russia’s energy minister has announced that the Nord Stream 2 will be "replaced" by an alternative gas pipeline to China as the strategic project has failed to make headway due to Western sanctions on Moscow over its military operation in Ukraine.
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Envoy: West meddling, terror support, blockade preventing return of calm to Syria
Sep 15, 2022 03:56Syria's ambassador to the United Nations considers the West's ongoing obstructive efforts to be a major obstacle in the way of re-establishment of normality in the West Asian country.
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Kremlin: Ukraine’s ambition to join NATO poses security threat to Russia
Sep 14, 2022 12:18Ukraine’s persistent ambition to join the NATO military alliance presents a threat to Russia’s security, the Kremlin said on Wednesday, underlining the necessity to carry out what it calls a "special military operation" in Ukraine.
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US supplies Ukraine with intel for strikes on Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant: Russian official
Sep 13, 2022 09:46The head of Russia’s Security Council says Washington has been supplying Kiev with crucial intelligence on the location of critical facilities for shelling around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
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‘Your energy price ceiling will become price floor:’ Top Russian lawmaker warns Europe
Sep 09, 2022 12:27Russia has denounced European attempts to cap Russian energy prices, saying such measures are doomed to fail and prices will rise far beyond the attempted artificial ceiling.
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Blinken makes surprise trip to Kiev, as Washington approves $2.7bn in military aid to Ukraine, allies
Sep 08, 2022 12:59US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has made a surprise visit to Kiev. Washington has approved $2.7 billion in military aid to Ukraine and its allies.
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Russia’s Putin, China’s Xi expected to meet for 1st time since Ukraine crisis
Sep 08, 2022 09:08Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, are expected to meet next week for the first time since Moscow began a military offensive in Ukraine.