Explosions rock Kyiv a week after Russian strikes
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Explosions rock Kyiv a week after Russian strikes

ByNews Polite

Several loud explosions rocked the center of the Ukrainian capital Monday, a week after Russia orchestrated a massive, coordinated air strike across the country. Kyiv city mayor Vitali Klichko said the central Shevchenko district of the capital had been hit, and urged residents to take shelter. The early morning explosions sparked a…

Ukraine says Russia abducted official from nuclear plant
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Ukraine says Russia abducted official from nuclear plant

ByNews Polite

A senior official at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been kidnapped by Russian forces, the Ukrainian state nuclear energy operator said Tuesday. Valeriy Martyniuk, the plant’s deputy director general for human resources, was abducted on Monday from the Russian-occupied plant, Energoatom wrote on Telegram. “[They] keep holding him at…

Emmanuel Macron chides Biden for warning of ‘armageddon’
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Emmanuel Macron chides Biden for warning of ‘armageddon’

ByNews Polite

French President Emmanuel Macron chided President Biden for invoking the possibility of nuclear “armageddon” and said his US counterpart should choose his words carefully. “We must speak with prudence when commenting on such matters,” Macron told reporters at a European Union summit in Prague on Friday. “I have always refused…

Russians attack civilian convoy, killing 10 children
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Russians attack civilian convoy, killing 10 children

ByNews Polite

Russian forces killed 20 people, including 10 children, in a close-range attack on a six-car convoy of civilian vehicles fleeing southeastern Ukraine Saturday, according to reports. The strike followed another missile hit on a different convoy in Zaporizhzhia province on Friday, which resulted in the deaths of 30 civilians. Oleh Vasylovych…

Russians protest in the streets, opposing Putin’s draft
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Russians protest in the streets, opposing Putin’s draft

ByNews Polite

Russian men flocked to border crossings with Finland, Georgia, and other neighboring nations Saturday, waiting in long lines to flee President Vladimir Putin’s “partial mobilization” draft as military officers went door-to-door in Russia’s hinterlands to call up the reluctant troops. The exodus — which reportedly resulted in a quarter-mile-long line…

Ukraine marks 9,000 dead soldiers in six months of war
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Ukraine marks 9,000 dead soldiers in six months of war

ByNews Polite

Kyiv reported some 9,000 troops killed in action since February, a grim milestone as the Russian invasion reaches its six-month anniversary. Kyiv’s military chief, Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, referenced the figure at a veterans event on Monday, saying Ukraine’s children must be cared for because “their father went to the front…

Russia and Ukraine blame each other for Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant shelling
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Russia and Ukraine blame each other for Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant shelling

ByNews Polite

Russia and Ukraine exchanged blame for the shelling around Europe’s largest nuclear power plant Saturday amid growing fears of a nuclear catastrophe. Ukrainian officials have repeatedly blamed the Russians, who seized the nuclear compound at Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine in March. They accuse Russian forces of storing heavy weaponry inside…