Ukrainian rap and folk band, whose members had to obtain a special permit to leave Ukraine to participate in the contest, gave an impromptu performance of the winning song, "Stefania," to members of Ukraine's state border guard service after entering Ukraine. Later, the six-person band performed the song again with local youth. Kalush Orchestra won the contest, held in the Italian city of Turin on May 15.
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A school in Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast has been named after Michael Gloss, the son of CIA official who was killed while fighting for Russia in its war against Ukraine, independent Russian media outlet Mediazona reported on Sept. 9.
"The Russian army's losses since the beginning of the year have already reached almost 300 thousand (299,210) people," Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi reported Sept. 9.
Under the contract, Shell — the world's biggest liquefied natural gas (LNG) trader — will deliver around 200 million cubic meters (mcm) of gas annually to MVM starting in January 2026.
The arrest was the result of cooperation between Poland's Internal Security Agency (ABW) and its counterparts in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Moldova, Tomasz Siemoniak, the Minister Coordinator for Polish intelligence services, wrote on X.
The drones will be manufactured in the United Kingdom and delivered to Ukraine within the next 12 months, U.K. Defense Minister John Healey said
The Zapad-2025 (meaning "west" in Russian) drills, set to begin on Sept. 12 in Belarus and western Russia, have heightened alarm in NATO member states Poland, Lithuania and Latvia.
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The bombing took place around 11 a.m. while local residents lined up to receive pensions, according to officials. The casualties included local pensioners and employees of Ukrposhta, Ukraine's national post service, who were delivering the payments.
Europe has 'window of opportunity' to strengthen NATO against Russia, Swedish defense minister says.
"Therefore it is vital that we use this window of opportunity that we have while Russia is bogged down in Ukraine to strengthen NATO's northern flank," Sweden's defense minister Pal Jonson said.
"We aim for 100% by October," EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said in reference to the 2 million pledged artillery shells.
According to the agency, Ukrainian forces destroyed a 48Ya6-K1 Podlet low-altitude radar and an RLM-M module from the 55Zh6M Nebo-M air defense complex.
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The contract, set to be signed on Sept. 10 and worth "hundreds of millions of euros," will see the first units delivered to Ukraine by the end of the year.
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