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Ukraine calls emergency UN Security Council meeting over Russian strike on Kyiv
The Ukrainian delegation in New York will reportedly brief the international community about the scale of destruction and will urge an immediate ceasefire and the protection of civilians.
Ukraine claims strike on Russian S-400 radar system in occupied Crimea, shows footage
Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) struck a Russian 91N6E radar system, part of the S-400 Triumph air defense system, in occupied Crimea overnight on Aug. 28, HUR reported.
Russian losses amount to nearly 220,000 killed as of August, media reports
Some 219,000 Russian soldiers were killed in the war in Ukraine, Mediazona and Meduza reported, basing the calculations on the list of verified deaths and other data.
Russian attacks kill 5, injure 26 in Ukraine over past day
Ukrainian forces downed 46 out of the 68 drones, including Shahed-type attack drones and decoys, launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force reported. Twenty-two drones managed to strike at nine different locations.
White House equates Russian, Ukrainian strikes after Moscow attack killed 23 in Kyiv
"Perhaps both sides of this war are not ready to end it themselves," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said after another deadly Russian attack on Kyiv.
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,080,480 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
The number includes 850 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
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Germany, Poland, Czech Republic named first countries included in Ukraine's multiple citizenship law
The new law will be extended to these three countries first, and then to the U.S. and Canada, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
