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Analysis-Putin Bets on an Ancient Weapon in Ukraine: Time
Date: July 22, 2022
By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin is betting on an ancient weapon more powerful than any of the missiles now being supplied by the United States and its European allies to Ukraine: time. Nearly five months since Putin ordered the Feb. 24 invasion that has devastated parts of Ukraine, Russia is...
Russia’s War Aims in Ukraine Widen, U.S. Says Any Annexations Will Be Challenged
Date: July 20, 2022
(Reuters) -Russia’s military “tasks” in Ukraine now go beyond the eastern Donbas region, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday, as its forces shelled eastern and southern Ukraine. Lavrov also told state news agency RIA Novosti that Moscow’s objectives will expand still further if the West keeps supplying Kyiv with long-range weapons such as the...
Ukraine Seeks Debt Payment Freeze as War Ravages Economy
Date: July 20, 2022
By Natalia Zinets and Marc Jones KYIV/LONDON (Reuters) – Ukraine will ask international bondholders to agree to a 2-year delay on its debt payments so it can focus its dwindling financial resources on repelling Russia, a government resolution published on Wednesday showed. Facing an estimated 35-45% crash in GDP this year following Moscow’s invasion in...
Russia Strikes Cities Across Ukraine, Gas Supplies in Focus
Date: July 19, 2022
By Tom Balmforth and Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) -Russian forces kept up their bombardment of cities across Ukraine, with intense shelling of Sumy in the north, cluster bombs targeting Mykolaiv and a missile strike in Odesa in the south, authorities said on Tuesday. After failing to capture the capital Kyiv at the outset of the...
S.Korea, Japan Foreign Ministers Meet to Tackle Historical Disputes
Date: July 18, 2022
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin met in Tokyo on Monday with his Japanese counterpart, carrying a message of reconciliation in hopes that the neighbours can overcome historical disputes and repair strained ties. Relations have been fraught for years over the bitter legacy of Japan’s occupation of Korea from 1910...
Briton Dies in Detention in Breakaway East Ukraine Region
Date: July 15, 2022
(Reuters) -A Briton who was detained by Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine and accused of being a mercenary has died, an official in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) said on Friday. The death of Paul Urey, 45, was confirmed by a British charity which described him as a humanitarian worker and denied he had any...