Former Ukrainian commander-in-chief Valery Zaluzhny has been appointed the country’s new ambassador to the UK, the Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday. The ministry said it has already informed London about the development, formally requesting approval from it. “The President of Ukraine approved the candidacy of Valery Zaluzhny for the post …
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Earlier this week, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky dismissed his Defense Minister Aleksey Reznikov, who had held the position since November 2021. Since the beginning of the year, media outlets around the world have discussed Reznikov’s potential departure due to his alleged involvement in major corruption scandals. However, he continued to …
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Air raid alarms sounded across northern Israel on Thursday afternoon amid reports of a rocket barrage fired from Lebanon. At least one projectile has been intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome system, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed. The Israeli Magen David Adom rescue service said at least one person was …
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Ukraine’s parliament has approved the firing of the Security Service (SBU) chief, with President Vladimir Zelensky dismissing the heads of SBU departments in five of the country’s regions on Tuesday. The SBU leaders in Sumy, Dnepropetrovsk, Zhytomir, Transcarpathia and Poltava regions have all been replaced. The agency’s deputy head, Vladimir …
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday fired Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova and the SBU boss Ivan Bakanov, citing allegedly rampant “treason” in both services. “As of today, some 651 criminal cases have been registered on high treason and collaboration activities of employees of the prosecutor’s office, pre-trial investigation bodies, and …
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Stefano Gizzi, the Councilor for Culture in the commune of Ceccano, Italy has had his powers revoked after sparking outrage by publicly expressing support for Russia in a now-deleted Facebook post. The official shared a picture of the letter ‘Z’, which is now associated with Russia’s ongoing military offensive in …
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A shell delivered from Ukraine has exploded in the Belgorod region of Russia, resulting in injuries, the governor of the border region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, claimed on Wednesday. The area is relatively close to Kharkov, the second largest Ukrainian city. In a statement on Telegram, the governor said that “there was …
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Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov has fired defense chief Stefan Yanev over his word choices in describing the Russia-Ukraine conflict, calling the situation a “military intervention” or an “operation” rather than a “war.” “My defense minister cannot use the word operation instead of the word war,” Petkov told reporters on …
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With Russia announcing that its troops are pulling back following the completion of exercises near the border with Ukraine, Moscow has insisted that predictions it could be just moments away from ordering a full-blown invasion have been proven false. In a fiery statement on Tuesday, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova …
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A security guard has opened fire outside the Security Service building in Kiev, Ukraine during an incident involving NGO activists, eyewitnesses have confirmed. READ MORE: Outcry as Ukrainian bankers ‘ASSAULT’ American state-run media reporters, allegedly seizing cameras & deleting interview footage According to preliminary reports by local media, the man …
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