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Russian strikes wound nine and damage Ukraine's power network ahead of talks
The attacks come before Ukrainian and Russian delegations are due to take part in trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi next week.
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Claims of a Ukrainian ‘torture chamber’ went viral. What really happened?
A woman who claimed that men were being violently assaulted in a house for evading the draft has been arrested.
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Ukraine raises Zaporizhia aid strike death toll to at least 50
Ukrainian officials say DNA tests are being used to identify bodies while up to 39 remain trapped under rubble.
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Melania Trump calls for peace at meeting with Russia, Ukraine officials
US first lady hosts Russian, Ukrainian officials at the White House, urges two sides to build on recent local truce.
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Melania Trump calls for lasting Ukraine truce as she hosts Russian and Ukrainian officials
The US first lady was credited by all for playing a key though unspecified role in the ceasefire.
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Dozens dead and missing after Russian strike on Ukrainian aid centre
The death toll from a Russian bombing of an aid distribution point in Ukraine's southeastern Zaporizhzhia region on Monday has risen to 42, with dozens still missing, officials said, in one of the deadliest strikes on civilians this year. The attack came a day after a brief US-brokered local ceasefire expired and less than a week before the United States is due to bring together Ukrainian and Russian delegations in Abu Dhabi for talks on ending the war, now in its fifth year.
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Russia says Ukrainian postal hub, ship hit; Kyiv strikes Ryazan refinery
Injuries reported on both sides as Russia and Ukraine trade overnight drone strikes on energy and logistics sites.
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Melania Trump to host Ukrainian, Russian officials at White House
Russian and Ukrainian officials, including human rights chiefs, are set to meet US First Lady Melania Trump at the White House Thursday ahead of Abu Dhabi talks aimed at ending the Ukraine war. It comes weeks after Melania Trump helped broker a partial ceasefire enabling the evacuation of civilians from the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky.
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Ukraine says bodycam video shows deadly Russian double-tap bombing
At least 40 people were killed and another 30 may still be under the rubble after Monday's attack on a Ukrainian village, Kyiv says.
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Ukrainian strikes kill three in Russia’s Belgorod region
Russian strikes also cut power to Ukrainian cities as Moscow claims 700 Ukrainian drones downed across multiple regions.
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Zelensky gives Melania Trump Ukraine's highest award after Oleshky ceasefire
Russian and Ukrainian delegations will meet the US first lady at the White House on Thursday.
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Ukrainian's 'not expecting drastic change in US policy' after midterms
Ukrainians do not expect the Democrats' victory in the US midterm elections is change much in regards to US policy on the war with Russia, or at least not quickly, says France 24's correspondent in Kyiv Emmanuelle Chaze. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has not reacted yet to the "blue wave" taking control of Congress in the US.
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‘Vile terrorist attack’: Russia bombs Ukraine aid centre
A Russian “double tap” strike on a Ukrainian school being used as an aid distribution has killed at least 31 people, according to local authorities, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dubbing it a “vile terrorist attack”.
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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy hopes Abu Dhabi talks will open path to Putin meeting
Ukrainian president meets German chancellor in Berlin, who says Russia is yet to engage seriously in peace efforts.
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Dozens killed, dozens more missing after Russian strike on Ukrainian aid site
The death toll from a Russian attack in southern Ukraine on a site where people had gathered to receive humanitarian aid rose to 29 on Tuesday, with 48 still missing, as a wave of overnight strikes targeted power plants across the country, damaged hospitals and wounded scores of people. Russia launched 289 attack drones, 17 ballistic missiles and 59 cruise missiles across nine regions, triggering emergency power cuts, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an online post. FRANCE 24's Emmanuelle Chaze reports from Kyiv, Ukraine.
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At least 73 injured as Russia bombs Ukrainian hospital and power plants
Medical facility was struck by Russian ballistic missiles and aerial bombs overnight.
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Ukrainian President Zelenskyy to make surprise Berlin visit this Tuesday, Merz says
Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the Ukrainian president is due to arrive in Germany around midday amid a renewed push for peace talks with Moscow.
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Ukraine: At least 26 killed in Russian strikes on aid center
At least 26 people were killed in Russian airstrikes on a school that was serving as an aid distribution center in Zaporizhzhia, a southern Ukrainian region.
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Russian strike on Ukraine aid hub kills 26 as US announces new peace talks
Zelenskyy says 'vile' attack in Zaporizhzhia is further proof that Russia does not want any kind of de-escalation.
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Oleshky residents return to Ukraine
Residents evacuated from Russian-occupied Oleshky have reached Ukrainian-held territory following a rare local truce. They described years of isolation, food shortages and regular shelling, with some saying they were forced to eat grass and dogs to survive. Seized by Russian forces in the early days of the 2022 invasion, the city remains cut off by the Dnipro River on one side and Russian troops on the other.