At least one child was among the dead Saturday, local leader Leonid Pasechnik wrote in a statement on Telegram.
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European Union overcomes threat of Hungary veto to seal $54 billion aid package for Ukraine
Apart from supporting the economy and paying for rebuilding, the aid package is also aimed at setting Ukraine up for future EU membership.
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Deal on Ukraine aid and border security stalls in Congress as Ukraine runs short of weapons
Senate negotiators face a daunting task in convincing Republicans to defy Donald Trump’s wishes and embrace the deal, which includes border policy changes that Republicans sought.
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Another View: Seizing Russian assets won’t save Ukraine
Confiscating sovereign assets now could end up making the Ukrainian predicament even worse.
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Russia projects confidence as it pursues alliances to undermine West
Officials in Moscow point to growing trade with China, military cooperation with Iran, diplomatic outreach in the Arab world, and the expansion of the BRICS grouping of major emerging economies.
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Ukraine says it has no evidence for Russia’s claim that dozens of POWs died in shot down plane
Kyiv has neither confirmed nor denied that its forces downed a Russian military transport plane that day, and Russia’s claim that the crash killed Ukrainian POWs could not be independently verified.
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Putin blames Ukraine for crash of POW’s plane and pledges to make investigation public
Authorities in the Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, said all 74 people on the plane, including 6 crew members and 3 Russian servicemen, were killed when the aircraft crashed in a huge ball of flames.
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Collins, King optimistic Senate will pass border deal over Trump opposition
Sen. Susan Collins believes the pressure to reach an agreement is going to be greater than the former president’s effort to derail a deal so he can campaign on immigration.
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Senate deal on border and Ukraine at risk of collapse as Trump pushes stronger measures
Senate negotiators have been striving for weeks to finish a carefully negotiated compromise on border and immigration policy that is meant to tamp down the number of migrants who come to the U.S. border with Mexico.
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Russia accuses Kyiv of downing military plane, killing all 74 aboard, including POWs
A U.S. official said it’s not clear that there were actually Ukrainian POWs aboard the aircraft that crashed.