Both Ukraine and Russia grumbled to the United States about striking each other's energy sites on Tuesday, with Kyiv getting in touch with Washington to strengthen sanctions on Moscow for breaching contracts made in Saudi Arabia.Each side has implicated the other of breaking an expected offer to stop firing on energy sites, though a formal arrangement has not

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Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov selected his 17-year-old child Adam to serve as curator of the regional branch of Russia's Interior Ministry, state media in Chechnya reported Monday.The broadcaster Vesti Chechnya aired footage of Adam Kadyrov, who turned 17 in November, chairing an Interior Ministry meeting before uniformed police officers,

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Moscow can decline U.S. propositions for a ceasefire in Ukraine without resolving what it thinks about the origin of the war, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov stated Tuesday. We take the Americans' proposed models and solutions really seriously, but we likewise can decline them as is, Ryabkov said in an interview excerpt published by t

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Finland must psychologically prepare to eventually restore relations with Russia after the war in Ukraine ends, Finnish President Alexander Stubb said Monday throughout talks with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. We in Finland need to mentally prepare for the fact that eventually, relations with Russia will begin to recuperate, Stubb told press reporters in L

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A 17-year-old transgender Russian woman passed away Saturday at a refugee camp in the Netherlands, according to the LGBT Asylum Support organization, which assists LGBTQ+ asylum seekers.Alisa Serova passed away after a declared drug overdose, the organization stated, including that she had actually been left alone and did not have access to hormonal agent therapy or mental care at

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Ukraine appears to be ramping up its cross-border assaults and efforts to penetrate Russian territory, as ground fighting continues without pause on both sides despite efforts by the U.S. to negotiate peace.

Ukrainian forces have in recent weeks intensified attacks in Russia’s border regions of Belgorod and Bryansk — a step that experts see as an at

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