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Russia plans biggest war in Europe since 1945: UK PM
New Delhi: Evidence suggests that Russia is planning “the biggest war in Europe since 1945”, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the BBC. “All the signs are that the plan has already…
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Russia backed Ukraine’s rebels in military mobilisation
New Delhi: Ukraine’s Russian-backed breakaway eastern territories have ordered military mobilisations amid escalation in fighting, BBC reported. Men of fighting age in the self-declared people’s republics of Donetsk and Luhansk are being…
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Ukraine and Russia trade accusations of shelling
New Delhi: Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed rebels in the country’s east have traded fresh accusations of shelling and other ceasefire violations, The Guardian reported. Ukraine’s ministry of defence says it has…
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Ukraine: What would a Russian invasion actually look like?
Somerset: Despite suggestions to the contrary from the Kremlin, Ukraine remains surrounded by Russian troops, both along its long border with Russia and from within occupied Crimea. The Russian Federation has deployed…
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Biden believes Russia will invade Ukraine in the next several days
New York: US President Joe Biden said on Thursday that he believes Russia will invade Ukraine in the next several days, noting that Russia has added more troops to the border, The…
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Russia’s claim that it’s moving troops away from Ukraine border is false: US
New Delhi: Russia’s claim that it is moving troops away from the border with Ukraine is “false”, a senior US official said, adding that 7,000 extra troops have arrived in recent days.…
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US hopes India will support America if Russia attacks Ukraine
By Lalit K Jha Washington: The US has hoped that India, which is committed to a rules-based international order, will stand by its side in case of a Russian invasion of Ukraine,…
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Russian invasion of Ukraine can happen anytime now: White House
Washington: A Russian invasion of Ukraine can happen anytime now, the White House said Wednesday as President Joe Biden announced plans to dispatch Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Tony…
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Ukraine hit by DDos attack; largest in country’s history
Kiev: The cyberattacks that hit Ukraine’s government websites and banks on Tuesday were the largest in the country’s history, Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov said on Wednesday. “All the authorities responsible…
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US ready to respond decisively to Russian attack on Ukraine: Biden
Washington: The US is ready to respond “decisively” to a Russian attack on Ukraine which is still very much a possibility, President Joe Biden has said, urging Moscow to step back from…
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Western countries destroyed without a single shot being fired: Russia
New Delhi: As Russia announced that it was withdrawing some troops from the Ukrainian border, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow said Western countries have been “destroyed without a single shot being fired”,…
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Russian lawmakers ask Putin to recognise breakaway Ukraine regions
New Delhi: Russian lawmakers will on Tuesday adopt resolutions calling on President Vladimir Putin to formally recognise the separatist-held regions of eastern Ukraine as independent states, The Moscow Times reported. Russia’s Communist Party…
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Investors lose over Rs 12 lakh crore in two sessions as Sensex crashes
Mumbai: The BSE benchmark Sensex plunged 1,747 points while the Nifty crashed below the 17,000-level on Monday as escalating Russia-Ukraine tensions sparked a retreat from riskier assets globally. A depreciating rupee and…
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Russia-Ukraine crisis boosts gold, crude oil prices
New Delhi: Heightened tensions between Russia-Ukraine accelerated gold and crude oil prices on Monday. As global equity indices slid, commodities, including crude oil, surged as geopolitical risks over Ukraine rippled through global…
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US to evacuate Ukraine embassy amid Russian invasion fears
Washington: The United States is set to evacuate its embassy in Kyiv as Western intelligence officials warn that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is increasingly imminent. U.S. officials say the State Department…