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Will not send troops to Ukraine, says NATO amid Russian aggression
World | Feb 24, 2022, 06:04 PM ISTNATO said that they don't have troops in Ukraine, and don't have any plans to send NATO troops into Ukraine
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NATO agrees to beef up land, sea and air forces near Ukraine after Russian attack
World | Feb 24, 2022, 11:27 PM ISTNATO ambassadors said in a statement after emergency talks that “we have increased the readiness of our forces to respond to all contingencies.”
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'Russia attacked like Nazi Germany': Ukraine's President urges world leaders for defense assistance
World | Feb 24, 2022, 04:41 PM ISTUkrainian President Zelenskyy said that Russian President Vladimir Putin "has unleased a war with Ukraine and the entire democratic world.”
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As Russia attacks Ukraine, NATO holds emergency session
World | Feb 24, 2022, 04:37 PM ISTWhile some member countries are supplying arms, ammunition and other equipment to Ukraine, NATO as an organisation is not, and it will not launch any military action in support of Ukraine, which is a close partner but has no prospect of joining.
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Putin recognizes independence of pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine, West reacts | 10 points
World | Feb 22, 2022, 01:53 AM ISTThe Russian President had also demanded an immediate end of Ukraine 'military operations'.
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Russian President Putin to make televised address amid Ukraine invasion tensions
World | Feb 21, 2022, 11:41 PM ISTThe address comes at a time of the West's growing tensions about the Russia-Ukraine crisis.
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Ukrainian civilian killed in frontline shelling, officials say, fueling Russian invasion tensions
World | Feb 22, 2022, 12:01 AM ISTThe death comes at a crucial time of West's fears of Russia invading the neighboring country.
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Putin rages tensions with West, considers recognizing independence of separatists in Ukraine
World | Feb 21, 2022, 10:18 PM ISTLeaders of the separatist regions released televised statements earlier Monday pleading with Putin to recognize them as independent states and sign friendship treaties envisaging military aid to protect them from what they described as an ongoing Ukrainian military offensive
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Russia-Ukraine crisis to test Beijing-Moscow partnership | Here's why
World | Feb 21, 2022, 10:16 PM ISTChina's confident rise as an economic and political force contrasts with Russia's growing isolation and reversion to Cold War tactics of intimidation and bullying.
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'Tens of thousands could be killed within opening days of Russia-Ukraine conflict', warns US
World | Feb 21, 2022, 05:40 PM ISTAmerican officials who claimed to have seen some of the Kremlin's battle plans warned that a full scale bombardment of the country is being prepared.
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Moscow says shelling from Ukraine destroys border facility as invasion tensions soar
World | Feb 21, 2022, 05:04 PM ISTAn unidentified projectile fired from Ukraine completely destroyed a border facility used by the FSB border guard service in the Rostov region around 150 meters from the Russian-Ukrainian border, said Russian officials.
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Biden ready to meet Putin 'at any time' to defuse Ukraine crisis, US top official says
World | Feb 20, 2022, 11:53 PM ISTIn a rapid-fire round of US talk shows, Secretary of State Antony Blinken had told CNN "everything we're seeing suggests that this is dead serious, that we are on the brink of an invasion".
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'Plans to withdraw troops from Belarus': Putin tells French President amid Russia-Ukraine tensions
World | Feb 20, 2022, 11:49 PM ISTThe Russian President had told French President Emmanuel Macron that he plans to withdraw troops from Belarus.
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'A real possibility of war in Europe': US Vice President Harris as Russia-Ukraine tensions soar
World | Feb 20, 2022, 11:47 PM ISTEurope, US Vice President Kamala Harris said, might be at its most perilous moment since the end of World War II.
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Tensions soar after Russia's nuclear drill, shelling attacks on Ukrainian troops amid invasion fears
World | Feb 20, 2022, 08:57 PM ISTWestern leaders warned that Russia was poised to attack its neighbor, which is surrounded on three sides by about 150,000 Russian soldiers, warplanes and equipment. Russia held nuclear drills Saturday in neighboring Belarus and has ongoing naval drills off the coast in the Black Sea.
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Amid Ukraine tensions, EU says Russia could be cut off from markets, tech goods
World | Feb 19, 2022, 09:14 PM ISTOfficials said EU's executive arm has developed a “robust and comprehensive package” of financial sanctions with the US, UK and Canada.
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Russia to invade Ukraine at 1am tomorrow, reports quoting US top officials say
World | Feb 15, 2022, 06:50 PM ISTUS officials dismissed claims of Russian troops withdrawal and said that the invasion is set for February 16 with a massive missile blitz and 200,000 troops.
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Missiles will hit Ukraine minutes after Putin's order, warns Britain
World | Feb 14, 2022, 06:08 PM ISTA Britain minister stressed that Putin had now already deployed all military assets that are needed for the invasion. He added that the launch of missiles could come with 'no notice'.
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Flights to Ukraine halted, redirected as crisis with Russia brews
World | Feb 13, 2022, 07:50 PM ISTDutch airline KLM has canceled flights to Ukraine until further notice, the company said. The Ukrainian charter airline SkyUp said Sunday that its flight from Madeira, Portugal, to Kyiv was diverted to the Moldovan capital Chisinau after the plane's Irish lessor said it was banning flights in Ukrainian airspace.
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Ukraine crisis: 'No fundamental change' after Biden's hour-long call with Putin, says US official
World | Feb 13, 2022, 08:31 AM ISTUS Prez Joe Biden made clear his stance over the ongoing tension between Ukraine and Russia and said that if Moscow undertook a further invasion of Kiev, Washington along with its allies will respond "decisively" and impose swift and severe costs on the country, according to a White House statement.