Oleksii Reznikov’s removal follows a scandal around the defense ministry’s procurement of military jackets.
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Ukraine President Zelensky says defense minister will be replaced this week
The announcement comes as Russia attacked a Ukrainian port on Sunday, a day before key grain deal talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Maine Voices: Calling out activism’s free pass for Russia and China
Demanding an end to war and planetary harm without uniformly protesting all participants is just playing the part of yet another antagonist.
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Ukraine investigates incident that killed 3 pilots while Russia attacks with cruise missiles
Ukraine’s Air Force spokesman Yuri Ihnat told Ukrainian television on Sunday it wasn’t immediately clear how long the probe would take.
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Russia confirms Wagner leader Prigozhin died in a plane crash
Genetic testing on the 10 bodies recovered at the crash site “conform to the manifest ” for the flight, Russian Investigative Committee spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko said.
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Second merchant ship leaves Odesa port following Russia’s exit from grain deal
Although Russian officials insisted there was no link between the span and the decision to exit the deal, they described a missile and drone attack on Odesa the day after Moscow broke off the safe shipping agreement as retribution for the damaged bridge.
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Kremlin denies role in plane crash believed to have killed Russian mercenary leader Prigozhin
Prigozhin, whose brutal fighters were feared in Ukraine, Africa, and Syria, was eulogized Thursday by President Vladimir Putin, even as suspicions grew that the Russian leader was behind the crash that many saw as an assassination.
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Iran and Saudi Arabia among six countries set to join China, Russia in BRICS economic bloc
The bloc’s move to expand shows signs of strengthening a China-Russia coalition as tensions with the West spiral higher.
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Prigozhin’s purported demise seems intended to send a clear message to potential Kremlin foes
While authorities are unlikely to announce the cause of the crash anytime soon, Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane was seen plummeting from a large cloud of smoke, twisting wildly and missing a wing.
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Mercenary leader, Russian mutineer, ‘Putin’s chef’: The many sides of Yevgeny Prigozhin
But when he turned his men toward Moscow 2 months ago, many started wondering just how long he could last after drawing the fury of Russian President Vladimir Putin.