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On Wednesday, OPEC+ announced a dramatic reduction in production quotas, by 2 million barrels per day. According to oil ministers, the goal is to boost crude prices and “encourage investment” in the sector — making it sound like they are doing the world a favor. In fact, this is an…

Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of orchestrating what he called a terrorist attack on a key bridge linking Russia and Crimea, as he prepared to hold a meeting of his security council on Monday amid calls for reprisals. A blast on Saturday on the bridge over the Kerch Strait,…

KYIV: When Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered unmarked troops to Ukraine in 2014, first in Crimea and then the eastern borderlands of the Donbas, they were better equipped, trained and organized — and they crushed their opponents.

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Russia escalates attacks on Ukrainian cities after Vladimir Putin calls attack on Kerch bridge an ‘act of terror’

The Russian President has called Saturday's attack on Kerch Bridge a 'terrorist act'

Oleg Vasiliev, who suffers from spinal muscular atrophy, has reportedly been called up to fight in Ukraine despite being barely able to move his body as Vladimir Putin desperately tries to turn the tide in Ukraine

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and U.S. President Joe Biden spoke by phone on Sunday and agreed the Kremlin's latest nuclear threats were "irresponsible" and its partial mobilization "a serious mistake", according to a German government statement.

Russian president says there is ‘no doubt’ Ukraine is behind attack