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UK signs legislation allowing tougher Russia sanctions
The UK government on Thursday signed into law new legislation giving it powers to impose tougher and broader sanctions on Russia if Moscow steps up…
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Russia Begins Joint Military Drills With Belarus
Russia and Belarus launched joint military drills Thursday despite concerns in Western countries that Moscow is plotting a major escalation of the conflict in Ukraine.…
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A post-Cold War perspective on the Ukraine crisis
Bruce Stokes is a visiting senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. The threat that Russia might seize territory from another…
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Macron vows ‘de-escalation,’ but hints at concessions to Putin
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron is optimistic he can secure a de-escalation over Ukraine when he travels to Moscow to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir…
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Ukraine tensions: US sources say Russia 70% ready to invade
Russia has assembled about 70% of the military capability needed for a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in the coming weeks, US officials say. The ground…
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Germany to send 5,000 protective helmets to Ukraine
Germany on Wednesday announced it was shipping 5,000 protective helmets to Ukraine, while reiterating that it would not send any weapons. The gesture followed days…
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Germany ‘encouraging Putin’ by refusing to supply weapons: Ukraine
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Saturday slammed Germany for its refusal to supply weapons to Kyiv, urging Berlin to stop “undermining unity” and “encouraging…
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‘What normal person wants a war?’ Russians aren’t ready to fight for Ukraine — yet.
MOSCOW — In the center of Moscow, right under the Kremlin’s walls, Russians are still celebrating their long winter holidays. Red Square’s cobblestoned expanse has been…
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Russia sending snipers and tanks to try to provoke return fire by Ukraine, says Kiev
Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russia of deploying tanks and additional sniper teams to the frontline of the conflict in eastern Ukraine, ready to inflict casualties…
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Blinken to meet Russia’s Lavrov in Stockholm for talks on Ukraine
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to have a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the Organization for…
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