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Ukraine war latest live: 170,000 Russian troops deployed in Pokrovsk sector, Zelensky says
Hi, this is Asami Terajima reporting from Kyiv on day 1,344 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story so far: About 170,000 Russian troops are deployed in the Pokrovsk sector in eastern Donetsk Oblast to aiming capture the semi-surrounded city, President Volodymyr Zelensky told journalists on Oct. 31. "All their forces are there," Zelensky told journalists in a briefing, as cited by Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform. "There are Russians in Pokrovsk. Our guys are destroying
Ukraine's spy agencies destroyed Putin's vaunted 'Oreshnik' missile deep inside Russian territory, Zelensky says
SBU chief Vasyl Maliuk later specified that the missile was destroyed at the Kapustin Yar missile range in Russia’s Astrakhan Oblast.
'Historic precedent' — Lithuania to prosecute Russian POW for suspected war crimes in Ukraine
This marks the first time since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion that Ukraine has handed over a Russian prisoner of war to a foreign country for criminal prosecution.
French intelligence links Holocaust memorial vandalism to alleged Russian hybrid campaign
Three Bulgarians charged in the act have been brought to trial, while the fourth one continues to evade custody.
India's largest oil refiner reportedly buys Russian crude from non-sanctioned entities
The purchases demonstrate how Indian refiners are adapting to new U.S. sanctions while maintaining access to Russian crude, seeking alternative suppliers to avoid penalties.
Spain to reportedly host 'secret' summit of 'Coalition of the Willing' on Nov. 4
The secretive meeting will focus on increasing aid to Ukraine and coordinating security guarantees to ward off future Russian aggression, El Mundo reported.
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After two and a half months of intense fighting, the red rabbit-ear-looking shape on the battlefield map of Donetsk Oblast is gone for good. With the liberation of two more villages, Sukhetske and Kucheriv Yar, announced by the Ukrainian military over the weekend, the operation to clear the major Russian breach of Ukrainian lines near the city of Dobropillia is all but over. Compared to the dramatic alarm of mid-August, when hundreds of Russian troops pierced through a porous and chaotic defen
