The permission was needed because Germany used to own the Soviet-designed MiG 29 planes, which were part of communist East Germany’s military fleet.
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Ukraine’s outrage grows over video seeming to show beheading
A Russian defense official claimed that fighters from Russia’s paramilitary Wagner group have seized 3 districts of Bakhmut, the embattled city that for months has been the focus of Moscow’s grinding campaign in the east.
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Russian forces in Crimea brace for possible Ukraine assault
The Moscow-appointed leader of Crimea says the region is on guard for what may be an impending Ukrainian counteroffensive.
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Egypt secretly planned to supply rockets to Russia, leaked U.S. document says
President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi in February planned to produce 40,000 rockets for Russia and instructed officials to keep production and shipment secret ‘to avoid problems with the West.’
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Ukraine, Russia send home around 200 troops in prisoner swap
The Ukrainian president’s chief of staff said that the latest of the sporadic prisoner swaps in the war that started in February 2022 was ‘not an easy one.’
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U.S. finds WSJ reporter in Russia is wrongfully detained
Russian authorities arrested Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, a Bowdoin College graduate, in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on March 29.
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Ukrainians celebrate Palm Sunday in church marred by dispute
Dozens of worshippers filled the grand Refectory Church of Anthony and Theodosius located inside the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastic complex. Many more waited outside in the sprawling courtyard and observed the service there.
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Ukraine attacks continue amid Easter pleas for peace
The city remained under attack later Sunday as Russian forces targeted residential areas with multiple rocket launchers, Kharkiv governor Oleh Syniehubov said.
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Leaked documents warn of weaknesses in Ukraine’s defenses
A senior Ukrainian official on Saturday said the leaks had angered Kyiv’s military and political leaders, who have sought to conceal vulnerabilities related to ammunition shortages and other battlefield data from the Kremlin throughout the war.
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Pope at Easter: Pray for Ukrainian, Russian people, refugees
Since Russia invaded neighboring Ukraine in February 2022, Francis has repeatedly called for the fighting to end and sought prayers for the “martyred” Ukrainian people.