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26,000 Cubic Meters of Russian Fuel Lost as SBU Drones Target Two Oil Depots in Smolensk Region
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Military spending in Europe higher than at end of Cold War: Defence and security outlay across Europe increased by 16% from 2022 to 2023, with Poland more than ...
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Military spending in Europe higher than at end of Cold War
Quick Glance: Global Military Spending Hits Historic High in 2023
  • Global military spending hit a record high of $2.443 billion in 2023 after a 7% increase, as per a report.

  • Military expenditure rose consistently over nine years in all regions due to worsening peace and security globally.

  • Countries like Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Germany, and the UK saw significant spikes in their military spending.

  • Israel notably increased its military spending significantly due to the conflict in the Middle East, particularly a major offensive in Gaza in 2023.
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Explosion in Sevastopol, Russian ship reportedly on fire: A missile was launched at the Russian Black Sea Fleet stationed in occupied Sevastopol on April 21 ...
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Explosion in Sevastopol, Russian ship reportedly on fire
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Ukraine says it shot down Russian strategic bomber after strike kills nine: Russian officials says the plane crashed over the southern Stavropol region due to a ...
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Ukraine says it shot down Russian strategic bomber after strike kills nine
Quick Glance: Ukraine shoots down Russian strategic bomber, nine killed
  • Russian officials say the plane crashed over the southern Stavropol region due to a technical malfunction.

  • Ukraine's air force announced that they shot down a Russian strategic bomber with anti-aircraft missiles for the first time since the war began in 2022.

  • The bomber was downed in Russian airspace, 300km from Ukraine's border, after participating in a long-range airstrike that resulted in the death of at least nine people in the central region of Dnipropetrovsk.

  • NATO and the USA are planning to provide additional air defense systems to Ukraine for support.
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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 786: As the war enters its 786th day, these are the main developments.
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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 786
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Ukraine war latest: US House passes $61 billion in aid for Ukraine; Navy confirms Russian ship hit in Sevastopol
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Ukraine war latest: US House passes $61 billion in aid for Ukraine; Navy ...
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NATO target for defence spending should rise due to 'more dangerous world', Grant Shapps says
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Ukrainian and Western leaders laud passage of U.S. aid while Kremlin warns of 'ruin'
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Quick Glance: Ukrainian President Thanks US for Weapon Aid
  • Ukrainian President Zelenskyy thanked U.S. political leaders for approving an aid package for Ukraine, providing the country with a chance at "victory" in its defense against Russia.

  • The House passed a bill granting Ukraine $60.8 billion in aid, with Zelenskyy urging swift Senate approval to ensure rapid assistance to frontline soldiers.

  • Zelenskyy emphasized the critical need for long-range weapons and air defense systems to stabilize the situation and regain the initiative in Ukraine.

  • He addressed rumors of a territorial deal with Russia, emphasizing the importance of a strategy based on concrete democratic measures to end the war.
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UK to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP - meaning tens of billions of pounds of extra funding
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UK to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP - meaning tens of billions ...
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Memorial to Russian Sailors Lists 19 Casualties in Moskva Sinking – Reports: A memorial to Russian sailors killed during the war in Ukraine appears to show that ...
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Memorial to Russian Sailors Lists 19 Casualties in Moskva Sinking – ...
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Moscow says 50 Ukrainian drones shot down as attacks spark fires at Russian power stations
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Russia sends military trainers, air defence system to Niger: State media: Violence in the region has worsened since coups in Niger and its neighbours Mali and ...
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Russia sends military trainers, air defence system to Niger: State media
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Sergey Shoigu Monitors Performance at a Tank Factory and Declares All is Well – Is It?
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Ukraine’s air defenders claim two major firsts, but missiles evading interception kill 7
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Ukraine’s air defenders claim two major firsts, but missiles evading ...
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Russia pummels exhausted Ukrainian forces ahead of springtime advance: Rolling coverage of the international stories of interest to our readers
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Russia pummels exhausted Ukrainian forces ahead of springtime advance
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Russia is recruiting female convicts for Ukraine war: report: The late founder of the mercenary Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, had started the practice of ...
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Russia is recruiting female convicts for Ukraine war: report
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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 779: As the war enters its 779th day, these are the main developments.
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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 779
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Russia's Tu-22M3 'Backfire' bomber: How Ukraine says it executed its first kill: The supersonic bomber is designed to take out sea- and ground-based targets ...
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DragonFire: UK laser could be used against Russian drones on Ukraine front line: The defence secretary said the laser could be used to take down Russian drones ...
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DragonFire: UK laser could be used against Russian drones on Ukraine front ...
Quick Glance: UK Considers Providing Latest Laser Weapons to Ukraine
  • Defense Secretary Grant Shapps suggests that prototypes of the latest laser weapons being developed in the UK could potentially be provided to Ukraine in the future to strengthen its air defense systems.

  • Originally planned for production to begin in 2032, the UK Defense Ministry now aims to achieve this earlier - by 2027.

  • Shapps aims to significantly shorten the usually lengthy development-procurement procedures so that the system can be deployed on ships and potentially on land as quickly as possible for use against combat drones.

  • The DragonFire laser weapon will be distinguished by its high speed and accuracy, with the additional advantage of low cost compared to air defense missiles - a single shot lasting 10 seconds is equivalent in cost to using a standard heater for an hour.
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Russia’s FSB Says Foiled Ukrainian Landing Attempt in Kherson Region: Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said Thursday that it thwarted an attempted landing ...
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Russia’s FSB Says Foiled Ukrainian Landing Attempt in Kherson Region
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‘I want to make up for mistakes’: The Russian POWs fighting for Ukraine: Ex-Russian troops have been recruited to fight for anti-Kremlin militias that say they ...
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‘I want to make up for mistakes’: The Russian POWs fighting for Ukraine
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Russia Destroys Largest Power Plant in Ukraine’s Kyiv Region: A sweeping Russian missile attack on Ukraine destroyed the largest power generating plant in the ...
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Russia Destroys Largest Power Plant in Ukraine’s Kyiv Region
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The Counteroffensive: A look at the Russian military's war dolphins: Editor’s Note: This article was published by the twice-weekly newsletter “The ...
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The Counteroffensive: A look at the Russian military's war dolphins
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Sources say high-ranking Russian officers hit by strike in occupied Crimea - Euromaidan Press
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Russia, Ukraine feud over ‘dangerous’ attack on Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant: Kyiv accuses Moscow of spreading ‘fake’ information of an attack on Europe’s largest ...
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Russia, Ukraine feud over ‘dangerous’ attack on Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
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‘They were told fairy tales’ Russia recruited these women prisoners to fight in Ukraine. Six months later, they’re still waiting to be deployed. — Meduza
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‘They were told fairy tales’ Russia recruited these women prisoners to ...
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UK intel: Russia plans to bypass Vuhledar defenses amid heavy losses, after capturing Donetsk's Novomykhailivka - Euromaidan Press
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UK intel: Russia plans to bypass Vuhledar defenses amid heavy losses ...
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Russia’s planned fightback after Ukraine gets missiles from the West: Russia has a window of opportunity to step up offensives while it has the upper hand with ...
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Russia’s planned fightback after Ukraine gets missiles from the West
Quick Glance: State Customs Service: Polish Protesters Cease Border Blockade
  • The blockade by Polish protesters at the Yahodyn-Dorohusk border crossing on the Polish-Ukrainian border was lifted by Ukraine's State Customs Service on April 22.

  • Traffic flow in both directions was restored as of 1:40 p.m.

  • As per Valentyna Chernysh, a representative of the customs office in Volyn Oblast, there were 400 trucks queued on the Polish side of the border, with an additional 140 in a digital queue.

  • Despite a reduction in border blockades, the State Customs Service indicated on April 17 that Polish protesters intended to block the Korczowa-Krakovets border crossing for a two-day period.
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US Sanctions Over Dozen Companies, 3 From India, For Trade With Iran: The US Department of Treasury said these companies, individuals and vessels have played a ...
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US Sanctions Over Dozen Companies, 3 From India, For Trade With Iran
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Why defence spending boost won’t really put UK on a war footing: Military experts claim Russia, China and North Korea show what preparing for war looks like as ...
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Why defence spending boost won’t really put UK on a war footing
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Why did it take Rishi Sunak so long to up defence spending?: Britain is putting its defence industry on a 'war-footing', the PM has said, as he vowed to boost ...
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Why did it take Rishi Sunak so long to up defence spending?
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Opinion: An essential part of modern life that armies should never attack again: In late March, after two years of withering attacks on Ukraine ...
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Opinion: An essential part of modern life that armies should never attack ...
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DragonFire: UK laser could be used against Russian drones on Ukraine front line: The defence secretary said the laser could be used to take down Russian drones ...
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DragonFire: UK laser could be used against Russian drones on Ukraine front ...
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Keir Starmer must go further than the Tories on defence spending, says ex-Navy chief
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Keir Starmer must go further than the Tories on defence spending ...
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Russia-Ukraine war live: David Cameron meets Donald Trump to urge more US support for Kyiv
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Russia-Ukraine war live: David Cameron meets Donald Trump to urge more US ...
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The £50bn spending headaches facing Starmer or Sunak after the election: A 'particularly tricky in-tray' of one-off and unavoidable costs awaits the ...
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The £50bn spending headaches facing Starmer or Sunak after the election
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Russia's cruise missiles may be malfunctioning, missing their targets: The Russian AS23a Kodiak missile — also known as the Kh-101 — was designed to hit major ...
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Russia's cruise missiles may be malfunctioning, missing their targets
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The foreigners fighting for Putin in war for Ukraine: Russia is reportedly recruiting reluctant soldiers from countries including India, Cuba ...
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The foreigners fighting for Putin in war for Ukraine
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Zelensky Says Russia Plans to Mobilize 300K Troops by June: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday that Russia’s military plans to draft some 300 ...
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Zelensky Says Russia Plans to Mobilize 300K Troops by June
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Ukraine Claims One of Its Biggest Attacks Inside Russia Just Destroyed Six Bombers
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Ukraine Claims One of Its Biggest Attacks Inside Russia Just Destroyed Six ...
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Russian Military Says Recruited 100K Contract Soldiers Since Start of 2024: Russia’s Defense Ministry said Wednesday that more than 100,000 people have signed up ...
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Russian Military Says Recruited 100K Contract Soldiers Since Start of 2024
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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 772: As the war enters its 772nd day, these are the main developments.
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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 772
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After terror attack, Russia sees U.S. role and claims it is at war with NATO: Russian officials have largely ignored why authorities failed to prevent a ...
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After terror attack, Russia sees U.S. role and claims it is at war with ...
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Ukraine's military intelligence says it disabled power substation in occupied Sevastopol
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Ukraine's military intelligence says it disabled power substation in ...
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Russia Shakes Up Navy Command After Black Sea Losses to Ukraine: Russia’s Defense Ministry announced a shakeup of top naval posts after a series of ships in the ...
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Russia Shakes Up Navy Command After Black Sea Losses to Ukraine
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Orban To Receive Award From EU-Sanctioned Bosnian Serb Separatist Leader: Viktor Orban was set to receive a state award from the Milorad Dodik ...
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Orban To Receive Award From EU-Sanctioned Bosnian Serb Separatist Leader
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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 767: As the war enters its 767th day, these are the main developments.
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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 767
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Russia barrages Ukraine with 99 drones and missiles: Kyiv claimed its air defences shot down 84 of them, whilst the energy minister said three power stations ...
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Russia barrages Ukraine with 99 drones and missiles
Quick Glance: Fatal Russian Assaults on Ukraine and Appeal for Arms
  • Russia targets areas in eastern and southern Ukraine in response to deadly bombings in the Russian border regions.

  • At least three individuals lost their lives in the Russian assaults in northeastern and southern Ukraine, prompting Kyiv to request additional Patriot air defense systems.

  • President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Ukraine's allies to hasten the delivery of warplanes and Patriot air defense systems in light of the increased missile attacks.
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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 766: As the war enters its 766th day, these are the main developments.
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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 766
Quick Glance: Russian Assault Harms Residents of Kharkiv Oblast
  • A Russian assault on the Kharkiv Oblast region the day before resulted in tragic consequences, leading to the death of a man and the injury of an 11-year-old boy.

  • The ongoing attacks on settlements in Kharkiv Oblast by Russian forces are alarming and distressing for the residents.

  • The residents of Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi in Kharkiv Oblast are victims of the recent assault, jeopardizing the region's security and stability.

  • The National Police in Kharkiv Oblast is documenting the escalating violence and its impact on the local population.