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Russia strikes civilian ship in Black Sea port of Odesa – Ukraine
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Russia strikes civilian ship in Black Sea port of Odesa – Ukraine

At least one person has been killed after a Russian missile struck a civilian ship entering the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odesa, Ukrainian officials say. According to the southern defence forces, the Liberian-flagged vessel was struck by an anti-radar missile. A 43-year-old harbour pilot died, while three Filipino crewmembers and a port worker have been injured. There was no immediate comment from Russia on the incident. According to Odesa's Regional Prosecutor's Office, which is investigating, the attack was launched at 16:45 local time (14:45 GMT) on Wednesday. The ship was reportedly moored at the time it was struck. One of the injured workers was hospitalised. Ukraine's Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said on social media that the ship was supposed t...
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U.S Weapons Provides Weapon Shipments To Ukraine
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U.S Weapons Provides Weapon Shipments To Ukraine

The note, known as a demarche, was sent earlier this week as the US was preparing to announce that it would be sending an additional $800 million military aid package to Ukraine. The Washington Post first reported on the document. The US has for the first time agreed to provide Kyiv with the types of high-power capabilities some Biden administration officials a few short weeks ago viewed as too great of an escalation risk a few short weeks ago, including 11 Mi-17 helicopters, 18 155 mm Howitzer cannons and 300 more Switchblade drones. A source familiar with the Russian diplomatic note said it was expected that Moscow would protest the shipments, and it was still unclear whether it means Russia will change its behavior in any way. But this person acknowledged that the note c...
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Biden calls for Putin to face war crimes trial
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Biden calls for Putin to face war crimes trial

US President Joe Biden has called for Russian President Vladimir Putin to be tried for war crimes as evidence emerges of atrocities allegedly committed by Russian forces in Ukraine. There is mounting international anger over the alleged killing of civilians in Bucha, a town near the capital Kyiv. "This guy is brutal," Mr Biden said of the Russian leader, adding that he believes Mr Putin "is a war criminal The Ukrainian government has started a war crimes investigation after it said the bodies of 410 civilians had been found in areas around Kyiv. Officials in Kyiv also accused Russian forces of killing a village head, her husband and her son in the village of Motoyzhyn for aiding Ukrainian troops in the area. "You may remember I got criticised for calling Putin...
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Chelsea Owner,Roman Abramovich suffered suspected poisoning at peace talks
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Chelsea Owner,Roman Abramovich suffered suspected poisoning at peace talks

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich suffered symptoms of suspected poisoning at peace talks on the Ukraine-Belarus border earlier this month, sources close to him say. The Chelsea FC owner - who has now recovered - reportedly suffered sore eyes and peeling skin. Two Ukrainian peace negotiators were also said to have been affected. One report said the alleged poisoning was orchestrated by Russian hardliners who wanted to sabotage the talks. Shortly after the allegations emerged, an unnamed US official was quoted by Reuters as saying that intelligence suggested the men's symptoms were due to "environmental" factors, not poisoning. And later an official in the Ukrainian president's office, Ihor Zhovkva, told the BBC that while he hadn't spoken to Mr Abramovich, membe...
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Ukraine now using Clearview AI’s facial recognition
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Ukraine now using Clearview AI’s facial recognition

Ukraine is receiving free access to Clearview AI’s powerful search engine for faces, letting authorities potentially vet people of interest at checkpoints, among other uses, added Lee Wolosky, an adviser to Clearview and former diplomat under U.S. presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden. The plans started forming after Russia invaded Ukraine and Clearview Chief Executive Hoan Ton-That sent a letter to Kyiv offering assistance, Clearview said it had not offered the technology to Russia, which calls its actions in Ukraine a "special operation." Ukraine's Ministry of Defense did not reply to requests for comment. Previously, a spokesperson for Ukraine's Ministry of Digital Transformation said it was considering offers from U.S.-based artificial intelligence companies like Clearvie...
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US President Biden Announces Ban On Russian Energy Imports
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US President Biden Announces Ban On Russian Energy Imports

President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced his administration is banning Russian oil, natural gas and coal imports to the US in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. "Today I am announcing the United States is targeting the main artery of Russia's economy. We're banning all imports of Russian oil and gas and energy," Biden said in remarks from the White House. "That means Russian oil will no longer be acceptable at US ports and the American people will deal another powerful blow to Putin's war machine." The US will make the move unilaterally, without its European allies, due to disagreement among European nations about whether to ban Russian energy imports. EU countries have significantly more exposure to Russian energy than the US. US officials decided, given the extrem...
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Thousands in Ukraine cut off from aid, UN says
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Thousands in Ukraine cut off from aid, UN says

Hundreds of thousands of people inside Ukraine have been cut off from life-saving aid due to the military encirclement of cities, a U.N. report said on Monday, calling urgently for safe passage. Attempts are under way to create humanitarian corridors after two days of failed ceasefires intended to let civilians flee. Such routes are also critical for bringing aid such as water, food and medicine. "Reliable and predictable 'windows of silence' and 'safe passage' are urgently needed to relocate people whose lives are at risk and provide life-saving humanitarian relief supplies," said a bulletin from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Monday, based on information received through to Sunday.
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70 Ukrainian troops killed in artillery strike on the North Eastern City.
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70 Ukrainian troops killed in artillery strike on the North Eastern City.

Up to 70 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in a Russian artillery strike on the north-eastern city of Okhtyrka on Sunday, according to a local official. Dmytro Zhyvytskyi, the head of the Sumy region's state administration, says the strike destroyed a Ukrainian military unit, and rescuers and volunteers have been working to retrieve the bodies from the rubble. Many people have died. Currently, places are being prepared in the cemetery for about 70 dead Ukrainian soldiers," Zhyvytskyi posted on Telegram. "But the enemy also gets what he deserves," he added, saying there were "a lot of Russian bodies" in the city, which are now being given to the Red Cross. His claims have not been independently verified.
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Ukrainian delegation arrives for talks at the Ukraine-Belarus border
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Ukrainian delegation arrives for talks at the Ukraine-Belarus border

Ukrainian officials have arrived for talks with Russia at the Ukraine-Belarus border, Zelenskyy’s office said in a statement. The delegation from Kyiv includes Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov and presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak among others, the statement said. The key issue of the talks is an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of troops from Ukraine,” it added. The negotiations are expected to get under way imminently. hey are set to take place on the Ukraine-Belarus border in a place called Pripyat … the so-called ghost town at the centre of the exclusion zone close to the Chernobyl reactor that was abandoned at the time of the disaster there in 1986,” he added. Apparently, that is the potentially rather eerie setting for these talks, but it is not clear ...
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US orders families of embassy staff to leave Ukraine
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US orders families of embassy staff to leave Ukraine

The US has ordered the relatives of its embassy staff in Ukraine to leave the country, as fears rise of a Russian invasion. Non-essential embassy staff have also been told they can leave, and US citizens have been urged to do the same. The State Department said the embassy remained open, but that a Russian invasion could come "at any time". Russia has denied having any plans for military action in Ukraine. The State Department also warned people not to travel to Ukraine and Russia due to the ongoing tension and "potential for harassment against US citizens". "There are reports Russia is planning significant military action against Ukraine," an advisory from the State Department said. A State Department official told the AFP news agency were a Russian invasion to...
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