US Congress passes sweeping Russia sanctions bill

The Republican-led House of Representatives passed the package by 262-159, giving a final congressional green light to the most substantial US legislative effort against Moscow since Trump returned to office.

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US envoys discuss with Putin 'substantive' plans for steps to end Ukraine war

US President Donald Trump's business partner Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner visited Moscow in hopes of reviving negotiations to end Europe's worst conflict since WWII.

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Zelenskyy details rift with dismissed defense minister, saying some of his actions were misguided

“I really had and still have a very positive attitude toward Mykhailo. We have been through a lot together. But I believe that he himself goes, or is pushed, into the wrong things,” he said.

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Russian barrage on Kyiv kills 17 as Ukraine calls for more interceptors

Russian missile and drone strikes killed at least 17 people and wounded dozens more in Kyiv and the surrounding region overnight. Kyiv was unable to shoot down any of the missiles launched by Russia, whose intensifying attacks have prompted Kyiv to plead for more US-made Patriot interceptors.

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‘Baseless’: Ukraine rejects official's accusations of covert strikes in Iraq

"We consider it unacceptable and irresponsible for a high-ranking official of a friendly state to publicly disseminate such statements without proper evidence," said the Ukrainian foreign ministry.

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Ukraine's Zelensky in US to secure fresh Trump support

Zelensky is expected to push for fresh supplies of anti-ballistic missiles during his visit, as well as to discuss ways of restarting frozen talks on ending the fighting, a senior Ukrainian official told AFP on the condition of anonymity.

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Russia's conscripts recount pressure to fight in Ukraine

The cases show how, amid the war with Ukraine, Russia has hardened its once-avoidable conscription system and the pressure draftees -- officially not sent to war -- come under to sign contracts to fight in Ukraine once inside the military machine.

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Forty years after Chornobyl: A lingering explosion

On the 40th anniversary of the accident at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, The same Russian playbook of lies that was tried out in 1986 on Ukrainian schoolchildren at the May Day parade is today, in 2026, being tried out on young Iraqis, Ukrainian Ambassador to Iraq Ivan Dovhanych writes.

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Ukraine, UAE agree on defense cooperation amid drone threats

Ukraine possesses significant expertise in countering Iranian drones as a result of its years of repelling Russian invasion.

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