“During this timeframe, a large number of strikes against numerous electric power plants and sub-stations were carried out by the Russian armed forces in multiple locations in Ukraine. “The expected incidental civilian harm and damage would have been clearly excessive to the anticipated military advantage,” the court added. Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, said the fresh...
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Biden opposes Ukraine Nato membership as part of peace deal
Joe Biden has ruled out Ukraine joining Nato in the aftermath of a ceasefire with Russia in a major blow to Volodymyr Zelensky. Ahead of Nato’s annual summit on July 9, the US president said Ukraine would have to rely on supplies of Western weapons to ward off a second Russian offensive. Peace, he said,...
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Russia threatens to attack British targets as World War 3 fears explode
Moscow has issued a stark warning, with Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stating that Russia will target British sites if UK-supplied weapons are used by Ukraine to attack Russian territory, sparking World War 3 fears. Zakharova stressed that British targets “on Ukraine‘s territory and beyond its borders” could be hit. This follows an earlier warning...
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Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi feared dead in helicopter crash
The country’s presidential spokesman said Iran was going through a “difficult” situation. “We are experiencing difficult and complicated conditions. It is the right of the people and the media to be aware of the latest news about the president’s helicopter accident,” Ali Bahadori Jahromi said. “In these moments, patience, prayer and trust in relief groups...
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What Russia really wants from its summer offensive
The attack came in the early hours of Friday morning, about 15 miles northeast of the Kharkiv city ring road. But neither the time nor the place were a surprise. For weeks, Ukrainian officials had been warning of a new Russian offensive some time in May. Russian propagandists, Ukrainian military analysts, and even armchair observers...
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Watch as mystery blaze tears through shopping mall & destroys complex
THIS is the horror moment a huge mystery inferno rips through a shopping mall in Warsaw destroying it and leaving firefighters baffled. Video footage showed the raging blaze engulfing the building in flames and sending plumes of grey smoke billowing into the air. 11 A huge fire has ripped through a shopping centre in Warsaw...
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Ukraine-Russia war live: 100-mile US glide bombs fail in Ukraine
Modern battle tanks are weapons of shock and awe. They are best used manoeuvring around the battlefield at speeds of up to 50mph and delivering devastatingly accurate strikes with their 120mm cannons. But in Ukraine they have been deployed on the frontline more as mobile pillboxes or as 60-ton sniper rifles. This is why it...
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Entertainment News Roundup: ‘Sunset Boulevard’ and Scherzinger shine at UK’s Olivier awards; Russian ballet shows in South Korea cancelled for a second time and more | Entertainment
Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs. Russian ballet shows in South Korea cancelled for a second time A ballet show in South Korea featuring principal dancers from Russia’s Bolshoi Ballet was cancelled a day before opening night, the organiser said on Monday, amid tensions between Seoul and Moscow over...
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Putin’s transformation into the new Stalin is now complete
Putin has always had an admiration for Stalin and under his rule, statues of the tyrant have been reappearing at a gathering pace. There are now more than a hundred of them across Russia. Although Stalingrad, now Volgograd, has yet to revert to its wartime name, last year a statue was erected to commemorate the...
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How Yulia Navalnaya could become Putin’s greatest critic
“Yulia is the rock on which Alexei stands,” Vladimir Ashurkov, one of Navalny’s closest aides, said at the time of his final arrest in 2021. “She’s got his back.” According to Yevgenia Albats, an old friend and political ally, “Navalny the politician is two people: Yulia and Alexei.” I saw the couple together on several...
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Ukraine’s greatest victory becomes another countless victim of Russia’s war
Anton Tatochenko, 24, told The Telegraph that living in Kherson was now “like a permanent lottery game, where the max prize is life”. “If you don’t accept the fact that tomorrow may not come, you just can’t get over it mentally.” Mr Tatochenko said that the moment he saw Ukrainian military vehicles rolling through the...
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Ukraine-Russia was latest: Ukraine sends in fresh forces to save Avdiivka
Ukraine is reinforcing the embattled eastern city of Avdiivka with “fresh forces”, a top commander has said. Brig Gen Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, the commander of the Tavriia army group, said: “We strengthen the blocking line, set up additional firing positions, and use fresh effective forces. Logistical delivery continues.” The commander added Russian forces were attempting to...
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