General Staff: Russia has lost 949,800 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
The number includes 1,160 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
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Kyiv’s Special Forces report raid on Russian positions in Kursk Oblast, dispute Moscow’s claim of recapture
“While the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, (Valery) Gerasimov, reports the ‘liberation’ of the Kursk region from Ukraine’s Security and Defense Forces, operators of the 73rd Naval Special Operations Center continue to carry out missions in the area successfully,” the military said.
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‘The Plant Is in Safe Hands’: Russia Rules Out US Control of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant
Earlier this month, Western media reported that a White House proposal for a peaceful settlement of the war would keep the plant in Ukraine but under American control.
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Takeaways from AP’s report on the growing dangers for pregnant women in Gaza’s ruins
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — In the ruins of Gaza, decimated by Israel’s 18-month-old military campaign, thousands of pregnant women are malnourished. Miscarriages are rising. More babies are born prematurely, some dying because wrecked and overwhelmed hospitals can’t care…
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Berlin Voices Doubt Over US Plan for Ukraine
The German defense minister considers Trump’s ‘peace-making’ demands of Ukraine excessive.
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A pregnant woman under Israel’s blockade in Gaza’s ruins fears for her baby
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza City (AP) — Nearly seven months pregnant, Yasmine Siam couldn’t sleep, living in a crowded tent camp in Gaza and shaken often by Israeli bombardment. She couldn’t find proper food and hadn’t eaten meat for more than…
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Former Memphis officers to face second trial in beating death of Tyre Nichols
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Three former Tennessee police officers will face an out-of-town jury when their trial in state court starts Monday on second-degree murder charges in the beating death of Tyre Nichols after a 2023 traffic stop in Memphis.
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Ukraine slates UAH 3B for farmland demining this year
A total of 426 applications for farmland demining under the government compensation facility have already been filed.
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ISW Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 27, 2025
Latest from the Institute for the Study of War.
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How bugs and beet juice could play roles in the race to replace artificial dyes in food
ST. LOUIS (AP) — As pressure grows to get artificial colors out of the U.S. food supply, the shift may well start at Abby Tampow’s laboratory desk.