The widely-respected foreign minister of Ukraine has been shuffled out of his position. French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday named Europhile and centre-right politician Michel Barnier as the country's new prime minister
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The so-called biting sanctions introduced against Russia following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine appear to be having limited bit in the elite circles of Moscow and St Petersburg. Belorussian President grants himself lifetime immunity from prosecution
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Ukrainian fighters remain in the eastern town of Soledar, Russian-installed authorities in the Donetsk region said. Talks in Turkey between Russia and Ukraine on a planned prisoner swap seem to have collapsed.
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Ukrainian officials say they are targeting towns in the eastern Donbas region after making a series of gains in a rapid counter-offensive. Meanwhile a Ukrainian official says his country will need billions of dollars in budget support for an indefinite period.
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Fresh shelling has knocked out power and water in the town near the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in war-torn southeastern Ukraine. Another Moscow-appointed official in Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory has been attacked and is now in the hospital in serious condition.
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Russian abandoned its plans to hold a supposed referendum on a part of Ukraine joining Russia on Monday, saying it was being "paused" because of security concerns. Ukrainian military forces seem to have made some progress on a counter-offensive in the region
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Russian long range cruise missile continued to rain down on Ukrainian cities, including some far from the active frontline. Russian President Putin visits Iran where he was meant to finalize a deal with his Turkish counterpart to release blocked Ukrainian grain
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The Ukrainian military destroys Russian equipment, ammunition depots in the south. Meanwhile battle fatigue on the Russian side could give Ukrainian forces an advantage
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Russian troops continued shelling several Ukrainian regions on Monday, killing six people and injuring 31 in Kharkiv. Meanwhile, the death toll from Sunday's Russian rocket attack on a five-storey apartment block in eastern Ukraine rose to 30.
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Several dozen people are feared dead after a missile strike on a school shelter in Luhansk. Most regions of Ukraine were under sir raid sirens alerts as of Sunday morning amid heightened fears of Russian missile attacks
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As international condemnation of Russia’s actions in Ukraine become sharper and more widespread - leading to call for more sanctions against Russia - Ukraine's prosecutor-general says that 400 bodies have been recovered from towns around the capital
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