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Ukraine strikes Russian tech giant Yandex’s data centers for a second straight day as new peace talks involving Kyiv, the U.S., and Europe get underway in Miami

Ukrainian drones attacked Russia’s Kaluga region overnight into Governor Vladislav Shapsha said. He said Ukrainian forces ...
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Ukrainian drone alert disrupts Russian government flights returning from Putin’s Turkmenistan trip

Several aircraft from Russia’s Rossiya Special Flight Detachment, which transports the country’s leaders and senior officials ...
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Russian prosecutors cancel criminal case against investigator over missing jewelry seized from influencer Valeria Chekalina

Some of the jewelry seized during a search of blogger Valeria Chekalina’s home has gone missing, Interior Ministry ...
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Four families, four stories of separation. The authors of ‘Stolen Youth,’ a new book from Meduza about how Russia abducted thousands of Ukrainian children, explain …

Since the start of the full-scale invasion in 2022, thousands of Ukrainian children have ended up in Russia. The scenarios ...
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‘We’re being used as a front,’ Zelensky says of Trump’s diesel deal with Putin

Russia and the U.S. have agreed on a deal to supply Russian diesel fuel to the U.S. and global markets. President Donald Trump announced the agreement on the evening of October 9 after a phone call ...
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Trump says he’s reached a deal with Putin to supply Russian diesel to U.S. and global markets. Zelensky calls it ‘an investment in a war that must be ended, not prolonged.’

U.S. President Donald Trump said he had reached a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to supply Russian diesel fuel to U.S. and global markets. Trump said they reached the agreement during ...
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A Ukrainian missile strike killed 20 Russian officers in occupied Donetsk. It was the largest known loss of Russian officers in a single attack since the invasion, Mediazona ...

A Ukrainian missile strike on Donetsk on August 26 killed 20 Russian military officers, Mediazona reported. The outlet said this was the largest number of Russian army officers killed in a single ...
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The Kyiv Independent: Russia wants sanctions lifted in exchange for halting strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure

Russian authorities have asked the United States to lift sanctions as part of talks on an “energy ceasefire,” The Kyiv ...
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Several modules of Yandex’s data center in Russia completely knocked out by Ukrainian drone strike

Yandex said a drone strike hit its data center in Kaluga. In a statement obtained by Meduza, Yandex said “several modules of ...
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Ukrainian drone attacks injure nine in Russia’s Kaluga region and spark fire at chemical plant in Tver region

Ukrainian drones struck Kaluga overnight on October 9, said Vladislav Shapsha, governor of the Kaluga region. Strikes also ...
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‘The smell of death is everywhere’: Inside the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Russian-occupied Oleshky, where hundreds are trapped without food, electricity, or …

Since 2022, residents of Oleshky in Ukraine’s Kherson region have lived under occupation. In 2023, the city was flooded after ...
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Russia’s air attacks are disrupting daily life across Ukraine. Here’s how five major cities are adapting to the growing danger.

Jet-powered drones, which Russia began using extensively in late summer 2026, have changed the rhythm of life in Ukraine’s ...