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1 year ago
Europe news

Russia eases travel restrictions on Georgian nationals, in the latest sign of thawing ties.

TBILISI, Georgia President Vladimir V. Putin on Wednesday ordered the restoration of direct flights from Russia to the mountainous former Soviet republic of Georgia starting May 15 and abolished visa requirements for Georgian nationals, in the latest sign of continued rapprochement between the two nations.
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kvue.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Kremlin war hawks demand more devastating strikes on Ukraine

Because of its special significance to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the bridge's destruction prompted a wave of missile attacks on major Ukrainian cities.
Independent
1 year ago
Europe news

Russian war hawks demand more devastating strikes on Ukraine

Moscow's barrage of missile strikes on cities across Ukraine has elicited celebratory comments from Russian officials and pro-Kremlin pundits, who in recent weeks have actively criticised the Russian military for a series of embarrassing setbacks on the battlefield.
Eater LA
1 year ago
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This Syrian Street Food Pop-Up Brings All the Angelenos to the Yard, Literally

Nawal, one of Los Angeles's most thrilling pop-ups, serves Syrian cooking through a Circassian lens.
Independent
1 year ago
Europe news

Russia's call-up splits EU as Ukraine says it shows weakness

Russia's rush to mobilise hundreds of thousands of recruits to staunch stinging losses in Ukraine is a tacit acknowledgement that its "army is not able to fight," Ukraine's president said on Sunday, as splits sharpened in Europe over whether to welcome or turn away Russians fleeing the call-up.
amNewYork
1 year ago
Europe news

Winter's approach sets clock ticking for Ukraine, Russia | amNewYork

The onset of autumnal weather, with rains making fields too muddy for tanks, is beginning to cloud Ukraine's efforts to take back more Russian-held territory before winter freezes the battlefields, a Washington-based think tank said Sunday.
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Independent
1 year ago
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Russian strike kills 25 as Kremlin moves to annex Ukraine regions

Russia has pounded Ukrainian cities with missiles, rockets and suicide drones, with one strike reported to have killed 25 people.Russian and western analysts reported the imminent Ukrainian encirclement of the city of Lyman, which could open the path for Ukraine to push deep into one of the regions Russia is annexing.But even as it prepared to celebrate the incorporation into Russia of four occupied Ukrainian regions, in defiance of international law, the Kremlin was facing another battlefield loss.
the Guardian
1 year ago
Europe news

Zelenskiy vows to liberate all of Ukraine as Russian 'vote' continues

Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has vowed to liberate the entire country as Russia pressed on with its supposed referendum in occupied areas of Ukraine and so-called election workers accompanied by masked gunmen knocked on doors to get people to vote.
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