A Ukrainian soldier who nearly died after being injured in a Russian shell attack has travelled to Kent for treatment. Dmytro is one of the first Ukrainian soldiers to receive…
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USA: Trump welcomes back teacher released by Russia
Donald Trump has welcomed home American schoolteacher Marc Fogel after he was released from prison in Russia, with the US president saying Vladimir Putin had got “not much” in return.…
Russia: US schoolteacher Marc Fogel released by Moscow-White House
American schoolteacher and former diplomat Marc Fogel has been released from prison in Russia and is on the way home to the US, according to US National Security Adviser Mike…
UK: Authorities expel Russian diplomat after spying row
A Russian diplomat has been expelled from the UK in the latest escalation of a tit-for-tat spat after Moscow threw out a British official last year. Foreign Secretary David Lammy…
Ukraine: Zelensky says North Korean troops back on front line
Ukraine’s president says North Korean forces have returned to the front line in Russia’s western Kursk region, after reports they were withdrawn last month due to heavy casualties. In a…
Russian: Baltic states begin historic switch away from Moscow power grid
More than three decades after leaving the Soviet Union, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have begun to unplug from Russia’s electricity grid and join the EU’s network. The two-day process began…
Russia: Ukrainian paramilitary leader killed in Moscow blast
The leader of a pro-Russian paramilitary group in eastern Ukraine has died in hospital after being injured in an explosion in Moscow on Monday morning, Russian media have said. Armen…
Russian: Four dead in strike on Kursk school-Ukraine says
President Volodymyr Zelensky says Moscow has bombed a boarding school in Ukrainian-occupied Russia where civilians were sheltering and preparing to evacuate. The Ukrainian army said four people were killed and…
Russia: Ukraine says North Korean may have pulled out of front line
Ukrainian special forces fighting in Russia’s western Kursk region have told the BBC they have not seen any North Korean troops there for the past three weeks. A spokesman said…
Ukraine: Kyiv’s drone strike hits second Russian oil refinery in a week
Ukraine says its forces successfully hit an oil refinery in the Russian town of Kstovo, around 800 kilometres (500 miles) from the front lines in eastern Ukraine. Four drones hit…