Ukraine
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Blinken to meet with senior Russian as Ukraine tensions soar
Washington: Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with his Russian counterpart in Switzerland this week as tensions between the US and Russia escalate over a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, the…
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Russia moves more troops westward amid Ukraine tensions
Moscow: Russia is sending troops from the country’s far east to Belarus for major war games, officials said Tuesday, in a deployment further beefing up Russian military assets near Ukraine amid Western…
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Russia denies looking for pretext to invade Ukraine
Moscow: Russia’s top diplomat on Monday angrily rejected the US allegations that it was preparing a pretext to invade Ukraine as Russian troops have remained concentrated near the border. The White House…
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Destructive malware targeting Ukrainian govt, firms: Microsoft
San Francisco: Microsoft has identified evidence of a destructive malware operation targeting multiple organisations — government, nonprofits organisations and IT firms — in Ukraine. According to Microsoft Threat Intelligence Centre (MSTIC), this…
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Instagram blocks hashtag in memory of Iran plane crash victims: Report
San Francisco: Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram has reportedly blocked posts using a hashtag in memory of the victims of a Ukrainian airliner shot down by Iranian security forces two years ago. According…
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Biden conferring with Ukraine’s leader over Russian buildup
Wilmington: President Joe Biden is resuming his telephone diplomacy over the Russian troop buildup near its border with Ukraine, coordinating with Ukraine’s leader on strategy to de-escalate a crisis that Moscow says…
