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Friday, April 24
Russia says it received invitation to G20 Miami summit at 'highest level'
Moscow will confirm who will represent it at the event closer to the date, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Pankin told journalists at the U.N. Headquarters.
At least 6 killed, 40 injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine over past day
Russia launched two Iskander-M ballistic missiles and 107 drones at Ukraine overnight, the Air Force said, reporting that Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 96.
Poland's Tusk questions US loyalty to NATO
Europe's "biggest, most important question is if the United States is ready to be as loyal as it is described in our (NATO) treaties," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told the Financial Times.
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,323,460 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
The number includes 910 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
Russian overnight strikes on Odesa residential buildings kill married couple, injure 15
A Russian drone attack on several residential buildings in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa killed two and left another 15 injured overnight on April 24, authorities reported.
Human rights activists count 7 torture chambers detaining Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant staff
There are at least seven torture chambers holding staff of the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Roman Koval, head of research at the Ukrainian human rights organization Truth Hounds, said April 22.
About Crimea
Russia invaded Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in February 2014 amid the deadliest days of the EuroMaidan Revolution. Around 30,000 Russian troops crossed into Crimea, taking hold of the peninsula by early March 2014. Russia has continued to occupy Crimea ever since. Crimea covers an area of around 27,000 square kilometers (10,400 square miles), roughly the same size as the U.S. state of Massachusetts.
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Ukrainian billionaire and oligarch Rinat Akhmetov purchased a luxury apartment in Monaco valued at $550 million in one of the most expensive residential property deals in history, Bloomberg reported April 21.
