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TopicRussia-Ukraine war

Topic: Russia-Ukraine war

Russian plane crashes near Ukrainian border, RIA says it was carrying POWs

MOSCOW (Reuters) -A Russian Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane crashed near the Ukrainian border on Wednesday, and state news agency RIA quoted the defence ministry as saying it was carrying 65

Russian plane that crashed near Ukraine border was carrying 65 POWs, says state-owned news outlet

Plane was carrying 74 people, including six crew and three guards when it crashed, RIA cited the defence ministry as saying. There was no immediate information on the cause.

Russia says it won’t discuss nuclear arms control with US as long as it backs Ukraine

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that US had proposed separating the two issues & resuming talks between the two nations, which hold by far the world's biggest nuclear arsenals.

US defied own sanctions, imported Russian crude worth nearly $3.5-mn in Oct-Nov, claims report

Import made possible by licences granted by US treasury dept's Office of Foreign Assets Control, which is responsible for enforcing sanction, says Russian state-owned Sputnik Globe news.

Zelenskyy rules out ceasefire between Ukraine & Russia, says it would only benefit Moscow

Ukraine's President said any pause would risk allowing Russia to re-group and boost its supply of munitions, adding, 'we will not risk that'.

Two Russian missiles strike hit hotel in Ukraine’s Kharkiv, 11 injured, says regional governor

Oleksandr Filchakov, head of the Kharkiv prosecutor’s office, said in a video posted on Telegram, that 23 guests and eight staff were in the hotel when the missiles struck.

Pope Francis says ‘indiscriminately striking’ civilians is war crime in annual speech

Expressing concern that the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip could spread in the wider Middle East, he called for a 'ceasefire on every front, including Lebanon'.

After deaths of Nepali troops serving in Russian army, Nepal halts work permits for Russia, Ukraine

Nepal has asked Russia not to recruit its citizens, immediately send all Nepali soldiers home & compensate families of those killed. Up to 200 Nepali citizens serving in Russian Army.

Russia used missiles sourced from North Korean for strikes in Ukraine, says White House

National security spokesperson John Kirby says United States will raise the issue with the United Nations Security Council.

Russian air strikes on Kyiv & Kharkiv kill 2 civilians, wound dozens, Ukrainian officials say

Russia has stepped up air strikes on Ukraine over the New Year period, and Friday conducted its largest air attack of the almost 2-year-old war on Ukraine, killing at least 39 people.

On Camera

Iran protests — why India cannot be a mute spectator

New Delhi should realise that an unstable Iran, or a pro-American regime in Tehran, is not in India’s interest.

Designed to oversee corn & crude futures, Wall Street regulator grapples with crypto, sports gambling

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is on the precipice of gaining new crypto oversight as lawmakers continue to negotiate major legislation.

The curious case of Pakistan’s JF-17 ‘orders’

Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines. 

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.