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240-Meter TV Tower Collapses In Ukraine After Russian Strike: Report

[ad_1] There were no casualties because workers were in shelters, Oleh Syniehubov said. (Representational) Kharkiv: The 240-meter television tower in Ukraine’s city of Kharkiv broke in half and fell to the ground on Monday, footage obtained by Reuters showed, after what local officials said was likely a Russian missile attack on television infrastructure. The broadcasting…

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‘Hide and seek’: How Russia is dodging Western sanctions to sell oil to India

[ad_1] As the US intensifies sanctions pressure on Moscow, Russia’s crude trade with India has begun to resemble a game of oil whack-a-mole. Just as one trader begins to lose prominence, another pops up.New firms, going by names unfamiliar to even the most experienced merchants across Asia, have been constantly emerging to handle shipments between…

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Russia-Ukraine war: Have tanks become obsolete in modern warfare? | Explained News

[ad_1] In the last two months, Russia destroyed five out of the 31 American-made M1 Abrams tanks that the US sent to Ukraine last year, a US official told The New York Times. At least three more were damaged since they were sent to the front lines in early 2024. Not only this, since the…

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US House Votes To Ban TikTok If It Doesn’t Cut Ties To China

[ad_1] Representational Image Washington: Lawmakers in the US House of Representatives on Saturday quickly passed two key aid bills to counter China and bolster Taiwan while also threatening a ban on TikTok if it fails to divest from Beijing. Voting on major bills on Ukraine and Israel was yet to come. Lawmakers began voting on…

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Massive attack by Russia destroys one of Ukraine’s largest power plants

[ad_1] A massive missile and drone attack destroyed one of Ukraine’s largest power plants and damaged others, officials said, part of a renewed Russian campaign targeting energy infrastructure. The Trypilska plant, which was the biggest energy supplier for the Kyiv, Cherkasy and Zhytomyr regions, was struck numerous times, destroying the transformer, turbines and generators and…

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Russian Attacks On Ukraine Stoke Fears Army Near Breaking Point

[ad_1] The next few months will amount to Ukraine’s toughest test in the war with Russia (File) Russia’s missile attacks on Ukraine’s energy system, the bombardment of its second-largest city, and advances along the front are stoking worries that Kyiv’s military effort is nearing breaking point. A dire shortage of ammunition and manpower along the…

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India’s trade reliance on China and EU rising: UN trade body | Business News

[ad_1] India’s trade reliance on China and the European Union is rising as global trade is witnessing a marked shift along geopolitical lines, says a report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). This comes in the backdrop of major supply chain reset following the pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war that had…

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Russia Demands Ukraine Hand Over Head Of Security Service, Others

[ad_1] Russia-Ukraine was has been going on for over two years now (File) Russia is demanding that Ukraine hand over all persons connected with terrorist acts committed in Russia, including the head of the country’s SBU Security Service, the foreign ministry said on Sunday. “Russia has turned over to Ukrainian authorities its demands…for the immediate…

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Putin warns, Russia-NATO conflict is just one step from World War 3 | World News

[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Monday that a direct conflict between Russia and the US-led NATO military alliance would mean the planet was one step away from World War Three but said hardly anyone wanted such a scenario. The Ukraine war has triggered the deepest crisis in Moscow’s relations with the…

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Vladimir Putin wins Russian presidential election with 87.97% of the vote, first official results show | World News

[ad_1] President Vladimir Putin won a record post-Soviet landslide in Russia’s election on Sunday, cementing his grip on power though thousands of opponents staged a noon protest at polling stations and the United States said the vote was neither free nor fair. For Putin, a former KGB lieutenant colonel who first rose to power in…

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