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Slovenia provides Ukraine's State Emergency Service with specialized demining, transport vehicles

Ukraine's State Emergency Service announced Jan. 18 that it received three specialized demining vehicles from Slovenia. The vehicles, Cossack PM-L specialized off-road trucks, can be used for demining and for transporting equipment and explosive objects. The transfer was completed with financial support from the Slovenian government and with assistance from the UNITED24 platform, which connects […]

Ukraine

January 19, 2025

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Russian state TV airs explicit photos of Melania Trump as they congratulate her husband on election victory

The Kremlin-controlled state media channel Russia 1 ran explicit photos of Melania Trump during a segment last week in the wake of her husband's U.S. election victory. The sequence, which highlighted several pictures from her modeling career, was shown during the prime-time show "60 Minutes," hosted by propagandists Olga Skabeeva and Yevgeny Popov. "Here is […]

Ukraine

November 12, 2024

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Ukraine ceasefire is 'top priority' for Trump, US Secretary of State Rubio says

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will begin working on a ceasefire in Ukraine "almost immediately," new U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told journalists on Jan. 20. Asked about a timeframe for ending the war, Rubio did not provide any specific deadline but said that negotiating a ceasefire would be a "top priority to the president, […]

Ukraine

January 21, 2025

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Marco Rubio confirmed as Trump's secretary of state pick

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Nov. 13 officially confirmed Republican Senator Marco Rubio as his nominee for the secretary of state, the U.S.'s top diplomacy job. Rubio thanked Trump for the nomination in a statement on social media. "Leading the U.S. Department of State is a tremendous responsibility, and I am honored by the trust […]

Ukraine

November 14, 2024

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‘It needs to end’ — State Secretary Rubio’s position on Russia’s war against Ukraine

Republican Senator Marco Rubio was confirmed as the new U.S. secretary of state on Jan. 20, becoming the first member of President Donald Trump's new cabinet. In a rare display of bipartisan consensus, Rubio was confirmed just hours after Trump was sworn in for a second term in the White House. As state secretary, Rubio […]

Ukraine

January 21, 2025

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Journalists, anti-corruption groups denounce Ukraine’s attempt to increase punishment for state leaks

Parliament is scheduled to vote on Dec. 3 on a new law proposing up to eight years imprisonment for accessing or disseminating confidential state register information during martial law, a bill that Ukrainian media and human rights organizations have urged parliament to reject on free speech concerns. “This is an attempt by the authorities to […]

Ukraine

December 3, 2024

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Russian court sentences Crimean resident to 15 years for alleged state treason

A Russian-controlled court in occupied Crimea sentenced a 33-year-old local resident to 15 years in a strict regime colony on charges of state treason, Russia's prosecutor's office reported on Dec. 9. The man was accused of transmitting information about the movement of Russian military equipment and a military facility under construction to Ukraine’s Ministry of […]

Ukraine

December 9, 2024

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Russian state media faced 'unprecedented' cyberattack on Putin's birthday

Russian state media company VGTRK came under a hacker attack on Oct. 7, disrupting online broadcasts of Rossiya-1 and Rossiya-24 channels. The cyberattack was carried out by Ukrainian hackers as a way to "congratulate" Russian President Vladimir Putin on his 72nd birthday, an undisclosed government source told Reuters. "Our state media holding, one of the […]

Ukraine

October 8, 2024

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Russia declares state of emergency due to oil spill in Kerch Strait

Russia has declared a federal state of emergency in response to an ongoing oil spill in the Kerch Strait, Russian Emergency Situations Minister Aleksandr Kurenkov announced on Dec. 26. The crisis began when two Russian oil tankers, Volgoneft 212 and Volgoneft 239, suffered severe damage during a storm on Dec. 15. Both vessels were reportedly […]

Ukraine

December 26, 2024

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Ex-military logistics chief named new head of Ukroboronprom state defense company

Oleh Huliak, who has been acting CEO of the state-owned enterprise Ukrainian Defense Industry (Ukroboronprom), was officially appointed to the job on Oct. 21, the company announced. Huliak replaced Herman Smetanin, who was appointed the strategic industries minister as part of the biggest wartime government reshuffle in September, replacing Alexander Kamyshin. Smetanin had been in […]

Ukraine

October 21, 2024

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Slovak state energy company to continue supplying electricity to Ukraine despite Fico's threats

Slovakia's state-controlled transmission system operator SEPS said it will continue supplying electricity to Ukraine as part of an emergency assistance contract, despite threats from Slovak Prime Minister Roberto Fico, the iRozhlas media outlet reported on Jan. 3. Fico said on Dec. 27 that his government would consider halting electricity supplies to Ukraine after a deal […]

Ukraine

January 4, 2025

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Russia imprisons former US consulate employee for ‘secret collaboration with foreign state’

A Russian court on Nov. 1 sentenced Robert Shonov, a former employee of the U.S. consulate in Vladivostok, to four years and 10 months in prison for "secret collaboration with a foreign state." Shonov, a Russian national who worked at the consulate for over 25 years until 2021, became a private contractor after Moscow restricted […]

Ukraine

November 1, 2024

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