Some politi?cians, in Ukraine and else?where, ques?tion whether the coun?try should hold a vote, de?spite le?gal re?stric?tions.
The ath?letes had ini?tial?ly been banned from com?pet?ing in?ter?na?tion?al?ly fol?low?ing Rus?sia’s in?va?sion of Ukraine.
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Pono?marev, once a lib?er?al par?lia?men?tar?i?an, likens him?self to Charles de Gaulle. Does he re?al?ly pose a threat to Putin?
As the war en?ters its 653rd day, these are the main de?vel?op?ments.
Rus?sia has ar?rest?ed a Be?laru?sian man it ac?cus?es of bomb?ing two fuel trains on be?half of Ukraine’s se?cret ser?vices.
The Krem?lin has cel?e?brat?ed the grid?lock, say?ing it hopes US law?mak?ers will keep ax?ing Biden’s aid plan.
As the war en?ters its 652nd day, these are the main de?vel?op?ments.
Il?lia Kyva, de?clared a trai?tor by Ukraine, has been shot dead in a park in the Odintso?vo re?gion south?west of Moscow.
Ath?letes from both coun?tries may be al?lowed to com?pete at the Paris 2024 Games un?der a neu?tral flag.
As the war en?ters its 651st day, these are the main de?vel?op?ments.
Talks ex?pect?ed to fo?cus on Is?rael-Hamas war in Gaza and oil mar?ket co?op?er?a?tion, says Krem?lin spokesper?son.
A top White House of?fi?cial warns that Wash?ing?ton is ‘out of mon?ey’ for Ukraine as winds ap?pear to be chang?ing in Eu?rope.
The gov?er?nor of Rus?sia’s Voronezh re?gion says Vladimir Zavad?sky died at a com?bat post in the ‘spe?cial op?er?a?tion zone’.
Con?cern is grow?ing over Ukraine’s abil?i?ty to con?tin?ue de?fence against Rus?sia should de?lays of West?ern funds per?sist.
