New ship. Ukraine’s navy launched the Ada-class anti-submarine corvette in Istanbul on Sunday. It’s the first of two Turkish-made corvettes under a deal signed in 2021. The vessel, which isn’t expected to be in operation until 2024, will likely become the Ukrainian navy’s new flagship, after its previous flagship was scuttled in March to avoid […]
Putin's announcement. Following so-called referendums held earlier this week in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the formal annexation of...
Heading to the polls. Moscow on Friday launched "referendums" in Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine on whether these areas should become part of Russia. Voting...
Fighting in Central Asia. Border clashes erupted again between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan on Friday, two days after fighting was reported along their shared border....
Leaders gather. The heads of state of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization are converging in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, for a two-day summit. The group will discuss...
Difficult discussions. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to withdraw all Russian forces from Ukrainian territory and seek a diplomatic solution...
Shutting down. Ukraine’s Energoatom, which operates the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, said the last working reactor at the facility was shut down and disconnected...
Russian exports. Russian state pipeline operator Transneft says oil deliveries increased to 82 million tons in the first seven months of this year compared...
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