More innocents will die because of the use of these evil weapons of war, which can have the same lingering effect as a land mine.
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Russia targets Ukraine’s port of Odesa and calls it payback for strike on a key bridge to Crimea
The Russian military has sporadically hit Odesa and the neighboring region throughout the war, but Tuesday’s barrage was one of the biggest attacks on the area.
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Key Russian bridge to Crimea is struck again; Moscow blames Ukraine for attack
An attack before dawn damaged part of a bridge linking Russia to Moscow-annexed Crimea that is a key supply route for Kremlin forces in the war with Ukraine.
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Russia halts landmark deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain at time of growing hunger
Russia has halted a breakthrough wartime deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat and high food prices have pushed people into poverty.
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Putin says Russia has ‘sufficient stockpile’ of cluster bombs as Ukraine gets its own supply from U.S.
The Pentagon said Thursday that cluster munitions provided by the United States had arrived in Ukraine.
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The biggest obstacle to Ukraine’s counteroffensive? Minefields.
Areas are between 3 and 10 miles deep in front of the Russians’ main strongholds have been densely mined with antitank and antipersonnel mines and trip wires.
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Thousands of Ukraine civilians are being held in Russian prisons. Russia plans to build many more
Nearby, in the occupied region of Zaporizhzhia, other Ukrainian civilians dug mass graves into the frozen ground for fellow prisoners who had not survived.
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Russia’s threat to pull out of Ukraine grain deal raises fears about global food security
The U.N. and others are striving to keep the fragile deal intact, with Ukraine and Russia both major suppliers of wheat, barley, vegetable oil and other food products that countries in Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia rely on.
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At NATO summit, Biden declares ‘our unity will not falter’ on Ukraine
A joint declaration lays the groundwork for each nation to negotiate agreements to help Ukraine bolster its military over the long term.
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NATO summit reaches agreement on admitting Sweden but faces division over Ukraine
Biden said the United States agrees with a proposal to outline a path for Ukraine’s eventual membership.