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Ukraine’s SBU calls attack on bus carrying Belarusian children’s soccer team in Russia’s Bryansk Region ‘a Russian intelligence operation’

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) said it had intercepted a Russian document confirming that Ukrainian forces played no role ...
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Ukraine sends 992 drones at Russia in a single day, setting a record for both sides since the war began

Russian air defense forces shot down nearly a thousand Ukrainian drones in a single day, a record, the independent Russian ...
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‘No SMS at all, no sirens’: Moscow residents say they received no warning alerts before drone attack

Moscow and the Moscow region were struck on June 18 by the largest Ukrainian drone attack since the full-scale war began — ...
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How Ukraine’s drone attacks on Moscow have escalated — a timeline

On June 18, Moscow came under the largest Ukrainian drone attack since the start of the full-scale war: nearly 200 drones struck the capital overnight, and a fire broke out at the Moscow oil refinery ...
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All Moscow airports shut down amid largest Ukrainian drone attack on the capital since the start of the full-scale war

Vnukovo, Domodedovo, Zhukovsky, and Sheremetyevo — shut down arrivals and departures amid the largest Ukrainian drone attack ...
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In photos: Moscow hit by the biggest attack since the start of the full-scale war — airports close, an oil refinery burns, and black smoke rises over the city

Moscow came under its largest drone attack since the start of the full-scale war overnight, with nearly 200 Ukrainian drones ...
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Ukrainian drones strike Moscow and region, hitting oil refinery in Kapotnya

Ukrainian drones struck Moscow and the Moscow region overnight, hitting an oil refinery in Kapotnya, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin ...
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‘A fully justified response to Russian attacks on our cities’ — Zelensky on Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the massive drone strike on Moscow a fully justified response to Russian ...
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Russia arrests Ilya Traber, the Leningrad beer-bar manager who became a Putin-backed oil tycoon among St. Petersburg’s crime bosses. Here’s his story.

Luga with sprawling commercial interests, known by the nickname “the Antique Dealer” — was detained in St. Petersburg on June ...
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Putin leaves Moscow and St. Petersburg for the first time in seven months — to stage a walkabout in Kazan

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Kazan on June 17 for a two-day visit to attend the Russia–ASEAN summit — his ...
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A Russian warship fired warning shots at an elderly British couple near the Isle of Wight. Now the couple says the UK is trying to hush it up.

On June 16, the Russian frigate Admiral Grigorovich fired warning shots at a small private yacht that had drawn close ...
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‘Oil rain’ falling as Moscow refinery burns

A fire at the Moscow oil refinery after a Ukrainian drone attack has led to what residents describe as “oil rain” falling across the surrounding area. Residents of Zheleznodorozhny, east of Moscow, ...