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As Moscow pushes ahead with a ground offensive, a new war front opens in Northeast Ukraine.
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Drone footage circulating on social media appears to show Russian soldiers marching through fields just north of Vovchansk that a Ukrainian commander lamented had not been defended
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Ukrainians flee border areas as Russian forces advance near Kharkiv
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Georgias parliament green-lit a final vote on a proposed law that critics see as a threat to media freedom and the countrys aspirations to join the European Union, after police dispersed the latest protests against it over the weekend
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At least 14 people were killed in the Russian city of Belgorod after an apartment building collapsed following an air attack from Ukraine, Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry said on May 12. Ukrainian officials have not responded to the claims.
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Ukrainian officials and commanders say Russian troops are locked in intense battles with Ukrainian soldiers in the embattled town of Vovchansk and are pushing ahead with a ground offensive that opened a new front to put pressure on overstretched Ukrainian forces
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) Only a few hundred residents remain in the embattled town of Vovchansk in northeast Ukraine, where Kyivs troops are locked in intense battles with the Russian army, according to local officials on Monday. The town, whose pre-war population of 17,000 had dwindled to just 2,500 before Russia renewed its ground assault []
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Russia's Vladimir Putin has replaced his minister of defense Sergei Shoigu as he begins his 5th term in office and as his war in Ukraine heats up.
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The Russian ministry said its forces had ‘advanced deeply into the enemy defences’ and taken villages including Gatishche, Krasnoye, Morokhovets and Oleinikovo.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has replaced Sergei Shoigu as defense minister in a Cabinet shakeup that comes as he begins his fifth term in office
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As the war enters its 781st day, these are the main developments.
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An apartment block partially collapsed in the Russian border city of Belgorod on Sunday, leaving at least eight people dead and 20 others injured. Officials blamed Ukrainian shelling for the