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Ukraine: Rockets strike mayor's office in separatist Donetsk

Russian media reports say the mayor’s office in a key eastern Ukrainian city controlled by pro-Kremlin separatists has been struck by rockets

The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2022

Reports: Türkiye Exerting Efforts to Hold Talks Between Russia, West

Türkiye plans to organize negotiations between Russia and four western countries to discuss ending the war in Ukraine, according to reports from Ankara and Moscow on Monday. Ismail Emrah Karayel, Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee of Türkiye and the European Union confirmed that Ankara is working to hold negotiations…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 11, 2022

Crimea Bridge Resumes Traffic after Blast, Russian Army Leadership Hanged

Traffic resumed Saturday over a key bridge linking Russia with Crimea -- seen as a symbol of the Kremlin's annexation of the peninsula -- after it was partially destroyed by an explosion Moscow blamed on a truck bomb. The Kremlin announced on the same day the appointment of a new…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 9, 2022

One Tajikistan border guard killed in clashes with Kyrgyzstan - RIA

One Tajikistan border guard was killed and two wounded in clashes between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan overnight, the RIA Novosti news agency reported, citing the Tajikistan border force.

Reuters · Sep 14, 2022

Russian media grapples with covering Ukrainian blitz – without earning the Kremlin’s ire

The embarrassing rout of Russian forces in northeastern Ukraine has sparked some embarrassing – and shocking – moments on Russian TV as the media grapples with covering battlefield losses without earning the Kremlin’s ire.

France 24 · Sep 14, 2022

U.S. allows Russia's Lavrov to travel to United Nations

The United States has given Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov a visa to travel to New York for the United Nations' annual gathering of world leaders next week with half the delegation Moscow requested, a Russian diplomatic source said on Tuesday.

Reuters · Sep 13, 2022

Russian forces flee lightning Ukrainian offensive

KYIV: Thousands of Russian troops have retreated in the face of a lightning Ukrainian offensive in the Kharkiv region that threatens to derail the Kremlin’s bid to cement control of Ukraine’s east.

Bangkok Post · Sep 10, 2022

Suicide bombing kills two Russian embassy staff, one civilian in Afghanistan's capital Kabul

Russia is one of the few countries to have maintained an embassy in Kabul after the Taliban took over more than a year ago.

ABC News · Sep 5, 2022

Blast at Russia Embassy in Kabul; 2 Embassy Staff among Dead

A suicide bombing outside the Russian Embassy in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Monday killed two members of the embassy staff and at least one civilian, a local police official and a Russian state news agency said. It was unclear if the attacker detonated the explosives himself or whether…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 5, 2022

Two IAEA inspectors to stay at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant permanently -Russian envoy

Two inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will stay at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on a permanent basis, Russia's ambassador to international institutions in Vienna told the RIA Novosti news agency on Friday.

Reuters · Sep 2, 2022