- 25 November, 2024
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Ukrainian presidential adviser demands Russian forces leave – media
(Reuters) - A Ukrainian presidential adviser on Monday called for the retreat of all Russian forces from Ukrainian territory, including from the Crimea and Donbass regions, Ukraine news media reported.…
Kremlin defends logic for actions in Ukraine, berates ‘hostile’ EU
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia on Monday doubled down on the logic for sending its forces into Ukraine as it condemned a European Union decision to fund the delivery of weapons to…
Russian nuclear forces placed on high alert after Putin order -Interfax
(Reuters) - Russia's defence ministry on Monday said its nuclear missile forces and Northern and Pacific fleets had been placed on enhanced combat duty, the Interfax news agency reported, in…
Nuclear Dangers as Putin Puts his Nuclear Forces on High Alert
Russian president Vladimir Putin overnight ordered the defence minister and the chief of the military to put nuclear deterrent forces in a special regime of combat duty , possibly referring…
By PTI and Chanakya Forum
Russian warships curb tilts Turkey to West, risks Russia’s ire
By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Jonathan Spicer ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's pledge to block some Russian warships from passing through its waters to the Black Sea during the Ukraine crisis could…
Mass arrests as Belarus confirms ditching non-nuclear status in referendum vote
(Reuters) - About 800 people were arrested as Belarus voted to ditch its non-nuclear status in a referendum that raises the stakes at a time when the country has become…
UK says Putin nuclear remarks aimed to distract from Ukraine troubles
LONDON (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin's nuclear deterrent alert is rhetoric designed to distract from the invasion of Ukraine and not linked practical steps to increase readiness to use…
Britain widens Russian ‘dirty money’ crackdown with new law
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will intensify a crackdown on what Prime Minister Boris Johnson called "dirty money" by introducing the government's Economic Crime Bill to parliament on Monday, a step…
Russians queue for cash as West targets banks over Ukraine
MOSCOW/LONDON (Reuters) - Russians waited in long queues outside ATMs on Sunday, worried that new Western sanctions over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine will trigger cash shortages and disrupt payments. Moves…
NATO chief calls Putin alert order irresponsible, cites ‘dangerous rhetoric’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin's move to put Russian forces on high alert is dangerous and irresponsible and adds to the Russian leader's aggressive pattern involving Ukraine, NATO Secretary…
Kyiv under curfew as Russians shell outskirts, some still trying to leave
By Aleksandar Vasovic KYIV (Reuters) - The streets of central Kyiv lay almost deserted in the winter sunshine on Sunday, with residents ordered to stay in shelters as Russian forces…
Putin thanks Russian special forces for fulfilling their ‘heroic’ duty in Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Sunday thanked Russia's special forces, singling out those who are "heroically fulfilling their military duty" in Ukraine, in a televised address that was…
