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Smoke rises from gutted homes after Russia shelling kills one in Pokrovsk, Ukraine
POKROVSK, Ukraine - Russian shelling of a residential area killed one person and injured two on Saturday in this strategic logistical hub...
Aug 4, 20241 min read
Children of freed sleeper agents learned they were Russians on the flight, Kremlin says
MOSCOW - A family of Russian sleeper agents flown to Moscow in the biggest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War were so deep under...
Aug 3, 20243 min read
Analysis-Prisoner swap a legacy boost for Biden but critics see risks
WASHINGTON - The largest prisoner exchange between Russia and the West in decades could help U.S. President Joe Biden burnish his foreign...
Aug 2, 20245 min read
Americans, Russian assassin freed in biggest post-Cold War prisoner swap
MOSCOW/ANKARA/WASHINGTON - U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich and ex-U.S. Marine Paul Whelan returned to the United States on Thursday,...
Aug 2, 20244 min read
'This is momma': Tears in Oval Office as families speak to prisoners freed in swap
WASHINGTON - Tears of joy flowed in the Oval Office the moment families of prisoners such as Evan Gershkovich, freed by Russia in the...
Aug 2, 20242 min read
Germany plays key role in prisoner swap with Russian assassin release
BERLIN - The German government played a key role in Thursday's prisoner swap between Moscow and the West with its release of Vadim...
Aug 2, 20243 min read
Russian drone debris found in Romania, NATO says no sign of intentional attack
KYIV - Romania said it found Russian drone fragments on its territory on Thursday and NATO said it saw no sign of an intentional attack...
Jul 27, 20242 min read
Russian drones knock out Ukrainian power facilities near Kyiv
KYIV - Russia attacked Ukrainian energy facilities in two regions between the capital Kyiv and the Russian border with drones overnight,...
Jul 27, 20241 min read
Exclusive-Russia deploys cheap drones to locate Ukraine's air defences
LONDON - Russia has begun including new, cheaply-made drones in its long-range attacks on Ukraine, to try to identify air defences, film...
Jul 26, 20242 min read
Russia accuses France of paranoia over refusal to accredit some Russian journalists for Olympics
MOSCOW - Russia said on Wednesday that France's refusal to accredit some Russian journalists to cover the Paris Olympics on security...
Jul 26, 20241 min read
G7 framework deal on $50 billion Ukraine loan seen in Oct, EU's Gentiloni says
RIO DE JANEIRO - The Group of Seven wealthy democracies are likely to have a framework deal for a Russian-asset-backed $50 billion loan...
Jul 25, 20242 min read
Putin meets Syria's Assad to discuss Turkey and Israel
MOSCOW/AMMAN - Russian President Vladimir Putin met Bashar al-Assad in the Kremlin as Moscow nudges the Syrian leader towards a meeting...
Jul 25, 20242 min read
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