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Russian spy ship detected off U.K. as British official warns Putin: “We know what you’re doing”

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British Defense Secretary John Healey told Parliament on Wednesday the Royal Navy was tracking a “Russian spy ship” that passed through U.K. waters, warning Russia’s President Vladimir Putin: “We know what you’re doing.” Healey said the Yantar vessel was being “used for gathering intelligence and mapping the U.K.’s critical underwater infrastructure.” “I also wanted President … Read more

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events – day 1,062 | Russia-Ukraine war News

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Here are the key developments on the 1,062nd day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Here is the situation on Tuesday, January 21: Fighting Ukraine’s Air Force claimed it shot down 93 of 141 drones Russia launched in attacks overnight. The Air Force also said that 47 of the drones were “lost” while two returned … Read more

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events – day 1,061 | Russia-Ukraine war News

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Here are the key developments on the 1,061st day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Here is the situation on Monday, January 20: Fighting Russia said it opened criminal investigations into the alleged “cannibalistic massacre” of at least seven civilians in the western Russian village of Russkoe Porechnoye, which Ukraine has occupied since last August. … Read more

Russia sentences late opposition leader Alexey Navalny’s lawyers to years behind bars

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Russia on Friday sentenced three lawyers who had defended Alexey Navalny to several years in prison for bringing messages from the late opposition leader from prison to the outside world. The sentences come in the midst of a massive crackdown during Moscow’s Ukraine offensive and as Russia seeks to punish Navalny’s associates, even after his … Read more

Russian attacks force power cuts in Ukraine | Russia-Ukraine war News

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Russia has carried out regular air strikes on Ukraine’s energy grid as its ground forces press ahead on the battlefield. Ukraine has implemented power cuts as a Russian air barrage targeted critical energy infrastructure. Ukraine’s national grid operator Ukrenergo introduced emergency power cuts in six regions on Wednesday amid a nationwide air raid alert. Russia … Read more

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,052 | Russia-Ukraine war News

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Here are the key developments on the 1,052nd day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Here is the situation on Saturday, January 11: Fighting Russian state news agency RIA Novosti quoted investigators as saying two people had been killed and two wounded in a Ukrainian attack on a supermarket in the Russian-controlled Donetsk region, as … Read more

Crude prices jump as U.S. imposes sweeping sanctions against Russia oil industry

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A view of offshore oil and gas platform Esther in the Pacific Ocean on January 5, 2025 in Seal Beach, California.  Mario Tama | Getty Images Oil prices jumped on Friday as the U.S. Treasury Department announced sweeping sanctions against Russia’s oil industry. Brent gained $2.84, or 3.69%, to close at $79.76 per barrel, while … Read more

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,048 | Russia-Ukraine war News

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Here are the key developments on the 1,048th day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Here is the situation on Tuesday, January 7: Fighting Russia’s Ministry of Defence has claimed to have captured the village of Dachenske, south of Pokrovsk, another major city in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, that its troops are targeting. Ukrainian … Read more

North Korea test fires missile as Blinken visits Seoul, weighs in on Putin-Kim ties, Israel-Hamas truce talks

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Seoul — North Korea on Monday test fired a ballistic missile as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited South Korea, where he warned that Pyongyang was working ever closer with Russia on advanced space technology. Blinken also said that while he believed a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas would end the war in Gaza, it … Read more

Ukraine launches counterattack in Russian border region as Zelenskyy to ask allies for boost in air defenses

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Ukrainian forces launched a counterattack in the western border region of Kursk, warning that Russia was “getting what it deserves.” Though it was not immediately clear how much Ukraine had advanced in the region, the assault comes at a critical juncture in the nearly three-year conflict with both sides seeking to boost their negotiating hand … Read more