Ukrainian ⁠President ⁠Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was briefed by US President Donald Trump’s special envoys following their latest trip to Moscow and said the two Americans were working on plans for a follow-up visit to Kyiv in the near future.
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A Finnish appeals court has overturned ⁠portions of a guilty verdict against a Russian-born man convicted of war crimes in Ukraine, reducing his life sentence to 12-1/2 years behind bars.
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Facing increasing confrontations with the West, Russian President Vladimir Putin looks eastward to restore his country's standing in the region at a major summit in Bishkek, the Kyrgyz capital.
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KYIV -- The death toll from an overnight Russian drone strike on Ukraine’s Bucha district in the Kyiv region has risen to 37, as rescue operations continued on August 29 and officials fear that the toll could rise further.
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A bipartisan group of US lawmakers has taken aim at the government of longtime Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, citing what it calls “serious setbacks” in democracy and the rule of law, as well as Belgrade’s ties with US adversaries Iran, Russia, and China.
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US President Donald Trump told reporters that he does not believe Moscow will attack a NATO nation amid rising concerns that Russian President Vladimir Putin will strike a Baltic country or other member state to test the Western alliance’s resolve.
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Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb wartime commander convicted by an international court for genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the Bosnian War from 1992 to 1995, has died at the age of 84.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's push to bolster international support and to receive additional air defenses continues on August 24 as the so-called Coalition of the Willing meets to discuss ways to pressure Russia to halt its invasion months ahead of another likely brutal winter.
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French leader Emmanuel Macron has vowed to accelerate delivery of new French air interceptor missiles to Kyiv following devasting Russian air attacks on a Ukrainian city and a call with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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Search-and-rescue operations continue at the site of a devastating Russian drone attack on a shopping mall in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, as Russia continues to strike across Ukraine.
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The absence of war in Afghanistan in the five years since the Taliban retook power as international forces withdrew from the country doesn't mean security for the Afghan people, according to a panel discussion hosted by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
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A former defense minister whose dismissal last month sparked protests has delivered a videotaped address to Ukrainians in which he assailed wartime corruption, warned of a systemic crisis of governance, and said the country must find a way to hold elections despite the continuing Russian invasion.
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