On Friday, the Slovak government approved a plan to give Ukraine its fleet of 13 Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets, becoming the second NATO member to heed the Ukrainian government’s pleas.
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Russia hits apartments and dorms, killing civilians, Ukraine says
Russia has denied targeting residential areas even though artillery and rocket strikes hit apartment buildings and civilian infrastructure on a daily basis.
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Japan’s PM offers Ukraine support as China’s Xi backs Russia
The two visits, about 500 miles apart, highlighted the nearly 13-month-old war’s repercussions for international diplomacy as countries line up behind Moscow or Kyiv.
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Ukrainians find home in Auburn despite war’s uncertainty
Escaping the Russian invasion, nine families from Ukraine have settled in Auburn, creating a community in a city built by immigrants even as their own future in Maine remains an unknown.
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International court issues war crimes warrant for Putin
The court said Putin ‘is allegedly responsible for the crime of unlawful deportation’ of Ukrainian children to the Russian Federation.
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China’s Xi to meet Putin as Beijing seeks bolder global role
Chinese President Xi Jinping is planning to visit Russia in an apparent show of support for Russian President Vladimir Putin amid sharpening East-West tensions over the conflict in Ukraine.
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Poland plans to send fighter jets to Ukraine
Poland’s president says his country plans to give Ukraine around a dozen MiG-29 fighter jets.
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Pentagon video shows Russian jet dumping fuel on U.S. drone
The 42-second video, released Thursday, shows a Russian Su-27 approaching the back of the MQ-9 drone and beginning to release fuel as it passes.
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DeSantis dismisses Russian invasion of Ukraine as a ‘territorial dispute’
DeSantis’s statement comes amid a growing fissure in the Republican Party over the U.S. commitment to Ukraine and the need to stand up to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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U.S. says Russian fighter jet hits American drone over Black Sea
The U.S. European Command said that 2 Russian fighter jets ‘conducted an unsafe and unprofessional intercept’ of a U.S. drone that was operating within international airspace.