Ukraine Human Rights Watch says Russia planted banned anti-personnel mines as it retreated from Kyiv. Analysts say the use of mines suggests Russia isn’t planning another offensive on Kyiv since it w …

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Ukraine The UK’s spy chief, Sir Jeremy Fleming, told an Australian audience that Russian troops are suffering from low morale and refusing to carry out orders. He also claimed—without elaborating—tha …

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Ukraine War Russia still seems to be concentrating its efforts on eastern Ukraine. Mariupol’s mayor says the city’s humanitarian corridors have fallen under Russian control: “The Russian Federation h …

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Ukraine War Ukrainian forces retook several towns in the northeast Sumy region near the Russian border, and continue to make progress pushing back against Russia everywhere except in the east.Meanwhi …

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Ukraine War Multiple accounts—including from Russian and Ukrainian military officials—suggest Russian forces are shifting away from their assaults on Kyiv and focusing on capturing Mariupol in the we …

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War in Ukraine Ukraine and Russia agreed to open seven humanitarian corridors near Kyiv, including one that would help civilians in Mariupol evacuate to Zaporizhzhia—rather than to Russia. As before, …

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