Europe

Ukraine says recaptured five settlements in Kherson region

  Kyiv, Ukraine | AFP | Ukraine said Wednesday it had retaken five more settlements in the southern region of Kherson as Kyiv continues its counteroffensive despite mass Russian missile strikes that hit the country in the past days. “Ukrainian armed forces have liberated five more settlements in Beryslav district (of Kherson region): Novovasylivka, Novogrygorivka, Nova Kamyanka, Tryfonivka, Chervone,” the presidency said in its daily report. “The enemy continues shelling the positions of our units […]

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Pres. Putin ‘miscalculated’ Russia’s ability to occupy Ukraine: Pres. Biden

  Washington, United States | AFP US President Joe Biden said Tuesday he believes his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin is a normally rational actor who badly misjudged his prospects of occupying Ukraine. The president spoke out in a rare televised interview as his administration looks for what he has described as an “off-ramp” for Putin to deescalate his invasion of Ukraine before he resorts to weapons of mass destruction. “I think he is a rational actor who has […]

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Italy’s Stromboli volcano erupts with lava stretching to the sea

After the partial collapse of a crater terrace, the volcano on the Italian island of Stromboli off the Sicilian coast starts to erupt, with lava flowing into the sea and triggering a three-minute seismic signal. Stromboli is one of the most active volcanoes on the planet and the Italian Civil protection has raised the alert from yellow to orange and advised people on the island to stay indoors. © Agence France-Presse    

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Biden promises Zelensky advanced air defense systems

Washington, United States | AFP | US President Joe Biden on Monday promised to provide advanced air defense systems to Ukraine after Russian missiles rained down on the capital Kyiv and other cities, the White House said in a statement. Biden spoke to President Volodymyr Zelensky and “pledged to continue providing Ukraine with the support needed to defend itself, including advanced air defense systems,” the statement said. Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened more “severe” […]

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Russian president seeks escalation with Ukraine missile blitz: experts

Paris, France | AFP | by Adam PLOWRIGHT and Daphne BENOIT With Russia firing a hail of missiles into Ukraine on Monday and Belarus making fresh threats against Kyiv, President Vladimir Putin is seeking to escalate the nearly eight-month war and compensate for humiliating recent losses, Western analysts say. According to Ukrainian authorities, 41 out of 75 missiles were intercepted, but the remainder struck cities around the country, including the capital Kyiv and western Lviv […]

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Russian President Putin says response to Ukrainian attacks will be ‘severe’

Moscow, Russia | AFP | President Vladimir Putin said Monday that Russia’s response to any further Ukrainian attacks would be “severe”, after Moscow’s forces carried out retaliatory missile strikes across Ukraine. “It was not possible to leave (Ukrainian attacks) unanswered. If attempts at terrorist attacks continue, the response from Russia will be severe and correspond to the level of threat,” Putin said at the start of a televised meeting of his security council. “Let there […]

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Moscow says car bomb sparked fire on key Crimean bridge

OH, NOOO!!!Something happened to the 🇷🇺#CrimeanBridge. Perhaps the span could not withstand the tanks that passed through it.How will #RF send troops to #Kherson region now?!#Crimea #Bridge #Russia #Ukraine #War #UkraineRussiaWar #UkrainianCounteroffensive #UkrainianArmy pic.twitter.com/sIqncFVRnw — Mykola 🇺🇦🇺🇸🇵🇱🇨🇦🇬🇧🇱🇹🇱🇻🇪🇪🇫🇮 (@Mykola65109280) October 8, 2022 Another video of damage to the bridge from this morning. https://t.co/0MEUA1VBXC pic.twitter.com/cgQtCwJqeC — Rob Lee (@RALee85) October 8, 2022 Moscou, Russia | AFP | A giant fire sparked by a car bomb has broken […]

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Russian-backed forces claim gains near Bakhmut in east Ukraine

Bakhmut, Ukraine | AFP | by Dave CLARK Russian forces said Friday they had captured ground in Donetsk in east Ukraine, their first claim of new gains after Kyiv grabbed momentum with a counter-offensive that rattled Russia’s war effort. The announcement came as Russia’s Orthodox leader said President Vladimir Putin’s rule had been divined by God, congratulating him on his 70th birthday and as the Nobel Committee awarded the Peace Prize to rights defenders in […]

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Russian officials hail Vladimir Putin on his 70th birthday

  Moscow, Russia | AFP | Russian officials on Friday hailed Vladimir Putin on his 70th birthday, praising him for his role in modern Russian history. The same day, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to three human rights organisations and activists: Ales Bialiatski of Belarus, Russia’s Memorial group and Ukraine’s Center for Civil Liberties. The committee said it wanted the prize to highlight the “way civil society and human rights advocates are being suppressed” […]

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European leaders show ‘unity’ in face of Russia’s war

by Max DELANY and Jan FLEMR Agence France-Presse PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AFP) — Leaders from across Europe met Thursday in Prague for the inaugural summit of a new forum aimed at bringing the continent together in the face of Russia’s aggression, with Ukraine’s president urging more support for Kyiv. The first gathering of the “European Political Community” at the grand Prague Castle complex brought together a disparate grouping of 44 nations from the Caucasus in […]

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Putin says war to ‘stabilize’, Ukraine presses counterattack

by Emmanuel PEUCHOT and Dave CLARK in Lyman Agence France-Presse KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that he expected the situation to “stabilize” in Ukrainian regions annexed by the Kremlin after Moscow suffered military setbacks and lost several key towns to Kyiv. He also ordered his government to seize control over Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in the Russian-controlled region of Zaporizhzhia, with IAEA head Rafael Grossi en route to Kyiv […]

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Under-fire UK PM Truss fails to calm markets with growth pledge

by Jitendra JOSHI Agence France-Presse BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom (AFP) — Prime Minister Liz Truss vowed to steer the UK “through the tempest” as she closed her party’s tumultuous annual conference on Wednesday, making an unapologetic pitch for economic “growth, growth, growth”. Since succeeding Boris Johnson, Truss has alienated voters, financial markets and many in the ruling Conservative party with a crash program of debt-fueled tax cuts to boost Britain’s stagnant economy. But she argued in […]

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