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30 Aug

Kremlin says ‘deliberate wrongdoing’ is a possible cause of the plane crash that killed Wagner chief

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MOSCOW (AP) — “Deliberate wrongdoing” is among the possible causes of the plane crash that killed Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin last week, the Kremlin's spokesperson said Wednesday.Speaking to reporters during his daily conference call, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that “different versions” of what happened exist and “are being considered” by Russian investigators, including, “let's put this way, deliberate wrongdoing.”A business jet carrying Prigozhin, the founder and leader of the private military force Wagner, and his top lieutenants crashed halfway between Moscow and St. Petersburg a week ago, killing all seven passengers and three crew members.The Interstate Aviation Committee, the Moscow-headquartered body that oversees civil…

24 Aug

Amsterdam commemorates Ukrainian Independence Day as war with Russia continues

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AMSTERDAM — The Ukrainian flag was raised on the grounds at Amsterdam City Hall on Thursday to commemorate the 32nd anniversary of the nation’s independence observed for the second straight year since the country was invaded by Russia. “Especially this year it’s very meaningful since there is a war going on,” said Nataliya Salada, who moved to the United States from Ukraine in 2015. Nataliya Salada was among the roughly two dozen members of the local Ukrainian community gathered on the nation’s Independence Day for the ceremonial flag raising at City Hall. She was joined by her parents and daughters,…

18 Aug

Ukraine will get F-16 fighter jets from the Dutch and Danes after the U.S. agrees to allow transfers

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United States has given its approval for the Netherlands and Denmark to deliver F-16s to Ukraine, officials in Washington and Europe said Friday, in a major gain for Kyiv, even though the fighter jets are unlikely to affect the war any time soon. It was not immediately clear when the first F-16s might enter the conflict, but Ukrainian pilots will first have to undertake at least six months of training on the aircraft, according to officials. Ukraine has long pleaded for the sophisticated fighter to give it a combat edge. It recently launched a…

10 Aug

Biden asks Congress for $40B to support Ukraine, replenish US disaster aid, bolster border

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By Lisa Mascaro and Colleen Long/The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday asked Congress to provide more than $13 billion in emergency defense aid to Ukraine and an additional $8 billion for humanitarian support through the end of the year, another massive infusion of cash as the Russian invasion wears on and Ukraine pushes a counteroffensive against the Kremlin's deeply entrenched forces. The package includes $12 billion to replenish U.S. federal disaster funds at home after a deadly climate season of heat and storms, and funds to bolster the enforcement at the Southern border with Mexico,…

08 Aug

Ukraine accuses Russia of targeting rescue workers with consecutive missile strikes

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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials on Tuesday accused the Kremlin’s forces of targeting rescue workers by hitting residential buildings with two consecutive missiles — the first one to draw crews to the scene and the second one to wound or kill them.The strikes Monday evening in the downtown district of the city of Pokrovsk killed at least seven people, including an emergency official, and wounded more than 80 others, most of them police officers, emergency workers and soldiers who rushed to assist residents, Ukrainian officials said.The Russian missiles slammed into the center of Pokrovsk in the eastern Donetsk region,…