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Slovak prime minister's ally compares Ukraine to Hamas, claims Russia was 'provoked'
"This is the same kind of provoked conflict as when terrorists from Palestine attacked Israel. The war developed in exactly the same way," Deputy chairman of Slovakia's ruling Smer party and member of parliament, Tibor Gaspar, said.
Alaska summit with Trump 'gave Putin what he wanted,' Zelensky says
"Putin doesn't want to meet with me, but he wants very much to meet with the president of the United States, to show everybody video and images that he is there," President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with ABC News.
Ukraine recaptures another village in Donetsk Oblast from Russian troops, military says
Zarichne's strategic importance comes from its position near key transport routes connecting Sloviansk and Lyman.
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,089,060 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
The number includes 910 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
Russia has recruited 280,000 contract soldiers in 2025, military intelligence says
Propaganda campaigns and "large payments" to contract soldiers contribute to Russia's recruitment success, intelligence official Vadym Skibitskyi said.
Ukraine expects 'strong reaction from America,' Zelensky says after Russia's record-breaking attack
Zelensky called for sanctions, tariffs, and trade restrictions on Russia, as well as increased long-range strike capabilities for Ukraine.
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Ukrainian forces struck the Ilsky oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar Krai and the "8-N" oil pipeline control station near the village of Naitopovichi in Bryansk Oblast, Ukraine's General Staff confirmed on Sept. 7.
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