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Russia Kills 21 With Missiles Near Odesa After Abandoning Snake Island
Date: July 1, 2022
By Iryna Nazarchuk SERHIIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russia flattened part of an apartment building while residents slept on Friday in missile attacks near Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa that authorities say killed at least 21 people, hours after Russian troops abandoned a nearby outpost at Snake Island. Neighbours in the resort village of Serhiivka helped...
Russia Abandons Snake Island in Victory for Ukraine
Date: June 30, 2022
By Max Hunder and Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) -Russian forces abandoned the strategic Black Sea outpost of Snake Island on Thursday, in a major victory for Ukraine that could loosen the grip of Russia’s blockade on Ukrainian ports. Russia’s defence ministry said it had decided to withdraw from the outcrop as a “gesture of goodwill”...
Analysis-Running Short of Gas: Russia’s Pipeline Repair Has Europe Worried
Date: June 24, 2022
By Nina Chestney and Vera Eckert LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – When Russia turns off the gas through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline for maintenance in July, Europe is starting to worry that it won’t turn it back on again. This week, Russia cut gas flows to Europe to 40% of the pipeline’s capacity, blaming delayed equipment...
When You Buy Diamonds, Think of Bucha, Ukraine Envoy Says
Date: June 24, 2022
By Helen Reid JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Consumers should think twice when buying diamonds that could be funding Russia’s war, a Ukrainian diplomat said on Friday as a fraught international conflict diamond forum in Botswana came to an inconclusive end. The Kimberley Process (KP), a coalition of governments, the diamond industry and civil society representatives responsible for...
Russia Blames U.S. For Kaliningrad Transit Restrictions
Date: June 24, 2022
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow’s foreign ministry on Friday blamed the United States for a Lithuanian ban on sanctioned goods crossing from the Russian mainland to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, which has increased already high tensions between Moscow and the West. “The so-called ‘collective West’, with the explicit instruction of the White House, imposed a...
Exclusive-Boris Johnson Signals UK’s Willingness to Demine, Help Export Grain From Ukraine
Date: June 23, 2022
By Andrew MacAskill KIGALI (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday Britain was willing to assist with demining operations off Ukraine’s southern coast and was considering offering insurance to ships to move millions of tonnes of grain stuck in the country. Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine and blockade of its Black Sea...