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Russia Claims Control of Key Frontline Towns – MOD Reports to Putin
The Russian president has visited command posts on the frontline, according to the Kremlin. The Russian military has captured several strategic towns along the frontlines, including Krasnoarmeysk in Donbass (known as Pokrovsk in Ukrainian) and Volchansk in the Kharkiv region, General Valery Gerasimov, Russia’s Chief of General Staff, reported to President Vladimir Putin. Putin was Continue reading
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United States Shifts UN Stance on Crimea and Occupied Regions
American diplomats seek softer wording on Crimea and eastern Ukraine The United States has asked the United Nations to remove or soften language condemning Russia’s occupation of Crimea and other parts of Ukraine. The request came during talks over a draft resolution on human rights in the territories occupied by Russia since 2014. The same Continue reading
