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Usyk set for Fury heavyweight boxing rematch in December
The rematch between undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury is set for Saudi Arabia in December.Undisputed heavyweight world champion Olek
Sweden announces $1.23bn military aid for Ukraine as Blinken visits…
Stockholm makes pledge as Washington and Brussels push to raise support in the third year of Russia-Ukraine war.The Swedish government says it will donate 13 bi
EU pushing to boost military aid to Ukraine
The push by some EU states to raise support comes as others, such as Hungary, have worked to block military aid.European Union defence ministers are meeting in
Cluster munition use reported after Ukraine’s Russian-held Luhansk attacked
Information on casualties is being clarified after air attacks cause fire in the occupied eastern Ukrainian city.The Russian-held city of Luhansk in eastern Ukr
‘Putin’s worldview’: Inside a Ukrainian village-turned death camp
Yahidne, Ukraine – Aged between 90 days and 91 years, almost everyone in this northern Ukrainian village was forced into a subterranean hell – and some did
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 822
As the war enters its 822nd day, these are the main developments.Here is the situation on Monday, May 27, 2024. Fighting The death toll in Russia’s weekend a
Russian air raids kill two, wound dozens in Ukraine’s Kharkiv
Local authorities say two missiles hit a hardware hypermarket as part of renewed Russian assault on the eastern Ukrainian city.At least two people have been kil
Russia pounds east Ukraine, taking advantage of Kyiv’s’ ‘weakened defences’
Russia has intensified its attacks on the strategically important town of Chasiv Yar and other targets in Ukraine’s east, taking advantage of the fact that so
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 819
As the war enters its 819th day, these are the main developments.Here is the situation on Friday, May 24, 2024. Fighting At least seven people were killed and
‘New ground is being broken’: EU seizes Russian profits for…
A landmark EU decision this week to send Ukraine the interest earned by hundreds of billions of dollars in Russian central bank accounts on its territory is ad
Russia arrests another general on bribery charges
Authorities arrest Lieutenant-General Vadim Shamarin, latest in a string of bribery arrests of high-ranking officials.Marking the fourth arrest of a high-rankin
Russia starts ‘tactical nuclear drills’ near Ukraine border
‘First stage’ of exercises involves Iskander and Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and is seen as a warning to Ukraine’s Western allies.Russia has begun the fir
