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Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday, Nov. 15, that Ukraine’s conditions for restarting talks with Moscow were “unrealistic,” speaking at the G20 summit where pressure was mounting on
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The UN General Assembly adopted Monday, Nov. 14, a resolution supporting a mechanism for Russia to pay reparations for human and property destruction from its invasion of Ukraine. The resolution, whic
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Continued Western support is crucial if Ukraine is to succeed. Although the United States has been unequivocal about the fact that it supports Ukraine, it keeps sending mixed messages about what victo
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Russia faced mounting diplomatic pressure to end its war in Ukraine Tuesday, Nov. 15, as G20 leaders meeting in Indonesia rued the high cost of the eight-month-old conflict. In a draft communique, cou
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Russia’s withdrawal from Kherson, a strategically important city in the south of Ukraine, has prompted the U.K. Secretary of State for Defense Ben Wallace to sound an alarm about additional so-called
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Canada announced Monday, Nov. 14 a doubling of its military aid to Ukraine to US $750 million as well as fresh sanctions against Russian justice and security officials. “This additional military assis
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Key Takeaways The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) escalated claims of Russian territorial gains in Donetsk Oblast on November 13 and 14, likely to emphasize that Russian forces are intensifying oper
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By 12 November 2022, the Russian military had almost certainly completed the withdrawal of forces which had been holding territory west of the Dnipro River. With the abandonment of Kherson city, Russi
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France’s President Emmanuel Macron will urge his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to “pressure” Russia to return to the negotiating table over the war in Ukraine, a French official said Monday, Nov. 14.
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The North Atlantic Fella Organization (NAFO) started up in the third month of Russia’s war in Ukraine to combat Russian disinformation. As one member described it, “NAFO is an effort to raise funds fo
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US President Joe Biden hailed Monday, Nov. 14, Ukraine’s recapture of Kherson as a “significant, significant victory”, but said fighting would now slow going into winter and the war’s outcome “remains
Nov. 14, 2022
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According to the Daily Mail report citing diplomatic sources, Russian President Vladimir Putin incensed Western politicians by mentioning the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear attacks during a diplomatic
Nov. 14, 2022
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Ukraine faces difficult months ahead and Russia’s military capability should not be underestimated, NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday, Nov. 14. Stoltenberg praised the “incredibl
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Moderation, striving for a balance between extremes, is almost universally considered a moral virtue. The concept has found a place at the heart of democratic politics, where taking the center ground
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Zambia’s foreign minister on Monday, Nov. 14, said a Zambian student who had been jailed in Russia was killed in fighting in Ukraine, and demanded an explanation from the Kremlin. Lemekhani Nathan Nyi
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There are ordinary events that happen, and they are forgotten the next day. And there are decisive ones that determine the trends of global events. The liberation of Kherson, the only regional centre
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