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Ukraine comes under Russia’s missile, drone attacks

Ukrainians heard powerful explosions in the Capital, Kyiv and other cities across the country in the early hours of Wednesday. This is as Russia launched an attack with missiles and drones, Ukrainian authorities and media outlets reported. Russian forces fired 24 Shahed combat drones, four cruise missiles from Tu-95MC bombers and an aeroballistic missile Kinzhal. […]

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Peace talks: Zelenskyy accuses China of discouraging attendance

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Sunday, accused China of helping Russia to disrupt an upcoming Swiss-organised peace conference on the war in Ukraine. At Asia’s premier security conference, Zelenskyy said that China is pressuring other countries and their leaders not to attend the upcoming talks. He did not say which ones. “Russia, using Chinese influence in […]

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Foreign investments: Tinubu assures diligent funds reparation

From Our Correspondent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured foreign investors of diligent repatriation of their income home and the streamlining of the tax system. Tinubu gave the assurance when he received Letters of Credence from three ambassadors of Hungary, Rwanda and Ukraine, on Friday in Abuja. TheNewsZenith reports that the envoys are the Ambassador […]

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Russia hits Ukraine with missiles, drones as Xi departs

Russia blasted an apartment block in Ukraine with missiles on Wednesday and swarmed cities with drone attacks overnight, in a display of force as President Vladimir Putin bid farewell to his visiting “dear friend” and the Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. Firefighters battled a blaze in two adjacent tall residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia. Officials said the […]

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Washington to help Ukraine restore power after Russian strikes

The United States will, on Tuesday, announce new aid to help Ukraine restore electricity as its people faced another week of brutal cold and darkness. This is coming after Russian missile strikes on Ukraine’s power grid caused rolling blackouts. Russia had targeted Ukraine’s power plants, transmission and distribution facilities, and water pumping stations since early […]

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Russia extends evacuation zone in Ukraine’s Kherson region

Russian-installed officials in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region have said they were extending an evacuation zone from the Dnipro river, repeating claims rejected by Keiv that Ukraine could be preparing to attack the Kakhovka dam and flood the region.Evacuation   In a post on Telegram, Vladimir Saldo, the Russian-backed head of the region, which is partially […]

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Ukraine reports further missile attacks, also affecting Kiev

Ukraine reported further Russian missile attacks on central regions of the country, on Wednesday afternoon. According to the authorities, the Vinnytsia region, in west-central Ukraine, was among those hit but explosions were also heard in Kiev. The Ukrainian armed forces reported that Russia had fired missiles and combat drones from the territory of its ally […]

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Russia destroys power, water infrastructure across Ukraine

By Agency Report Ukraine said Russia had destroyed almost a third of its power stations over the past week as Moscow stepped up a pre-winter campaign to strike infrastructure, a move the West says is a calculated attempt to disrupt and demoralise. Missiles struck power-generating facilities in a clutch of Ukrainian cities home to millions […]

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Russian Duma ratifies annexation of Ukrainian regions as West rallies

By Agency report The Russian lower house of parliament ratified the incorporation of four occupied Ukrainian regions on Monday and fast-tracked the relevant legislation as the West rallied further to Kiev’s aid. More than 400 deputies in the Russian Duma, in a move unrecognised by most of the international community, voted unanimously in favour of […]

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