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This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential press service on June 28, 2024, shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (Centre L) speaking with the Slovenia's President Natasha Pirc Musar (Centre R) during their meeting in Kyiv on June 28, 2024, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. (Photo by Handout / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP)

Russia releases 10 Ukrainian civilian prisoners – Zelensky

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday 10 civilians, including a politician and two priests, taken prisoner in Russia and Belarus had been freed in a deal mediated by the Vatican. Russia and
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Ukrainian servicemen of the 55th Artillery Brigade "Zaporizhzhia Sich" fire a French-made CAESAR self-propelled howitzer toward Russian positions, in the Donetsk region, on June 27, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Roman PILIPEY / AFP)

Russian oil depot on fire after Ukrainian drone strike

A Ukrainian drone hit a petrol depot early Friday setting it on fire, a Russian regional governor said, adding that the strike took place hundreds of miles from the border. Maxim Yegorov,
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In this grab taken from a handout footage released by the administration of the head of Russia's Dagestan Republic on June 24, 2024, Dagestan region governor Sergei Melikov (3R) visits a burned out synagogue, which was attacked by gunmen a day before, in Derbent. - Attacks on churches and synagogues in Russia's Dagestan region killed 15 police officers and four civilians, officials said on June 24, 2024, stoking fears over Islamist violence in the historically restive North Caucasus. The attacks come just three months after Islamic State (IS) group fighters killed more than 140 in a Moscow concert hall, the deadliest attack on Russia for almost 20 years. (Photo by Handout / administration of the head of Russia's Dagestan Republic / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / ADMINISTRATION OF THE HEAD OF RUSSIA'S DAGESTAN REPUBLIC" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Gunmen kill 19 in Russia’s Dagestan region

Attacks on churches and synagogues in Russia’s Dagestan region killed 15 police officers and four civilians, officials said on Monday, stoking fears over Islamist violence in the historically restive North Caucasus. Sunday’s
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In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin (2L) and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (R) walk during their meeting in Pyongyang, on June 19, 2024. - Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a mutual defence agreement on June 19 with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, who offered his "full support" on Ukraine. The pledge of military cooperation was part of a strategic treaty signed during a summit in Pyongyang, where Putin was making his first visit in 24 years. (Photo by Gavriil GRIGOROV / POOL / AFP) / -- EDITOR'S NOTE : THIS IMAGE IS DISTRIBUTED BY THE RUSSIAN STATE OWNED AGENCY SPUTNIK -

N.Korea helping Russia carry out ‘mass murder’ of civilians: Kyiv

A senior Ukrainian presidential aide on Wednesday said North Korea was helping Russia kill Ukrainian civilians and called for greater international isolation of both countries. Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean
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In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with Moscow Region Governor in Moscow on June 17, 2024. (Photo by Alexander KAZAKOV / POOL / AFP)

Putin to make ‘friendly’ visit to North Korea

Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to North Korea on Tuesday for a “friendly” visit, the Kremlin announced, as the West suspects Pyongyang of supplying Moscow with weapons for its Ukraine offensive.
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(L-R) Swiss Federal President Viola Amherd, Prime minister Jonas Gahr Store of Norway, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pose prior to the opening of the Summit on peace in Ukraine, at the luxury Burgenstock resort, near Lucerne, on June 15, 2024. - World leaders from countries around the world gather in Switzerland this weekend to try to work out a way towards a peace process for Ukraine -- albeit without Russia. (Photo by ALESSANDRO DELLA VALLE / POOL / AFP)

Nuclear fears in focus at Ukraine peace summit

The international Ukraine peace summit was to focus Sunday on food security, avoiding a nuclear disaster and returning deported children from Russia as countries outlined building blocks towards ending the war. More
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