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Russia has rejected proposal for Easter truce: Volodymyr Zelensky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday said that Russia has rejected the proposal for a truce during Orthodox Easter, taking place on Sunday.
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Putin claims victory in Mariupol but won't storm giant steel plant
Mayor Vadym Boychenko rejected any notion that Mariupol had fallen into Russian hands
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US slams China's support for Russia, pledges to help India with weapons
China said this week it plans to continue strengthening strategic ties with Russia, showing the relationship remains solid despite growing concerns over war crimes committed by Putin's forces
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Putin claims victory in Mariupol, US to send more guns and money
Ukraine offers to negotiate with Russia 'without any conditions' in city with 120,000 civilians blocked from leaving
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Vladimir Putin claims Mariupol win, but won't storm Ukrainian holdout
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday claimed victory in the strategic city of Mariupol, even as he ordered his troops not to risk more losses
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Putin claims victory in Mariupol, leaving Ukrainian defenders holed up
Putin's declaration of victory lets him claim his first big prize since his forces were driven out of northern Ukraine last month after failing to capture the capital, Kyiv
Some civilians leave as Russians tighten noose on Mariupol
Another attempt to evacuate civilians from Mariupol will be made on Thursday, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said
Chinese credit card processor UnionPay rebuffs Russian banks: Report
UnionPay's decision affects Sberbank, Russia's biggest commercial bank, and smaller institutions, RBC reported Wednesday
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Ukraine: Russia now controls 80% of Luhansk region in Donbas
The Luhansk governor said Russian forces now control 80% of the region, which is one of two regions that make up the Donbas in eastern Ukraine.
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Ready for any prisoner swap format to free people from Mariupol: Ukraine
Currently, some 120,000 civilians remain in Mariupol, Zelensky said, noting that the humanitarian situation in the city is deteriorating, Xinhua news agency reported
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Russia successfully test-fires Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile
The missile was fired from a silo at 15:12 Moscow Time at the Plesetsk state test cosmodrome in northwest Russia's Arkhangelsk region, the country's Defense Ministry was quoted as saying by Xinhua new
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Zelensky urges people around the world to join 'Arm Ukraine Now' campaign
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for joining the millions of votes in the global campaign on social networks: #ArmUkraineNow
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'Those threatening us, think twice': Vladimir Putin at missile test
The Sarmat - dubbed Satan 2 by Western analysts - is among Russia's next-generation missiles that Putin has called "invincible," and which also include the Kinzhal and Avangard hypersonic missiles
 "'Those threatening us, think twice': Vladimir Putin at missile test")
Russia tests nuclear-capable ballistic missile that Putin says has no peer
Putin was shown on television being told by the military that the missile had been launched from Plesetsk in the country's northwest and hit targets in the Kamchatka peninsula in the far east
India doubles down on every major Russian oil variety as flows persist
India has a longstanding relationship with Russia that includes weapons buying, and purchasing of oil adds to the Kremlin's coffers while it tackles financial sanctions
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Explained: How Russia's eastern push in Ukraine's Donbas may unfold
Some predict Russia also may try to use its forces north of Crimea to try to capture the industrial hubs of Zaporizhzhia and Dnipro on the Dnieper River, effectively cutting Ukraine in half
 "Explained: How Russia's eastern push in Ukraine's Donbas may unfold")
Covid LIVE: Centre writes to UP, Delhi, 3 other states over rising TPR
India recorded 1,247 new Covid infections on Monday; number of active cases rose to 11,860
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Russia hit over 1,200 Ukrainian targets with missiles, airstrikes in Donbas
Russian troops managed to take control of the eastern city of Kreminna after hours of relentless bombing, as gunfights between Putin's men and battling Ukrainian forces continue
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West's 'economic blitzkrieg' against Russia fails: President Putin
Western countries' "economic blitzkrieg" strategy against Russia has failed, President Vladimir Putin has said at a government meeting on economic issues.
Russia has launched assault to seize Ukraine's Donbas region: Zelensky
Ukraine's top security official, Oleksiy Danilov, said that Russia tried to break through Ukrainian front lines in the region