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'The time has come' — Belarus's Lukashenko inspects troops, says army 'needs shaking up'
The dictator also said his youngest son, Nikolai, was currently serving in the armed forces.
Russia's Central Bank holds key rate for the first time since mid-2025
The Russian Central Bank's board of directors on Sept. 11 decided to keep the key rate at 14%, the first time the regulator has opted not to cut it since mid-June 2025.
Russian forces executed 2 Ukrainian POWs near Dobropillia, prosecutors say
The Russian troops allegedly executed the Ukrainian servicemen with automatic weapons, prosecutors said.
'There might be nothing left tomorrow' — Russia ramps up attacks on Kyiv's gas stations
One emergency responder was among the injured in the Russian attacks on the gas stations, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said.
Ukrainian drones hit oil refinery, Ozon warehouse as Russia's Saratov comes under attack
The attack on an oil refinery owned by Russian energy giant Rosneft sparked a fire at the facility, Ukraine's General Staff said, adding that the extent of the damage was still being assessed.
Lawmaker, formerly from Zelensky's parliament group, jailed for 9 years over 2020 graft case
Oleksandr Yurchenko, then a member of President Volodymyr Zelensky's Servant of the People parliamentary group, was charged in 2020 for soliciting bribes in exchange for legislative amendments.
About Chornobyl
Chornobyl in northern Ukraine is the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, which occurred in 1986. The site is approximately 100 kilometers (62 miles) north of Kyiv. Russian forces seized the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone on February 24, 2022, occupying the contaminated area until late March 2022 and causing disruptions to radiation monitoring. Ukrainian authorities restored control after Russian troops withdrew in the spring of 2022.
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Russia's total military losses in Ukraine have reached 1,500,870, Ukraine's General Staff said on Sept. 9, marking another grim milestone in the war for the Kremlin. It took roughly two years and three months for the Russian Armed Forces to incur their first 500,000 casualties. Moscow has now suffered roughly the same number in just the past 15 months, as technology increasingly shapes the battlefield and drones expand the kill zone almost daily. The Kremlin's total personnel losses in Ukraine
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