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Flood Rescue Efforts Continue in Ukraine After Dam Disaster: Latest News

Rescue workers pressed ahead on Wednesday to evacuate people across an expansive area of southern Ukraine flooded by the destruction of the Kakhovka dam a day earlier, as another humanitarian disaster unfolded along the front lines of the war.

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Ukraine May Have Begun Counteroffensive, U.S. Official Says: Live Updates

Ukrainian forces stepped up their artillery strikes and ground assaults in a flurry of offensive military activity that by Monday was raging along multiple sectors of the front line, American and Russian officials said.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/06/05/world/russia-ukraine-news

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Russia-Ukraine War: Live Updates

HELSINKI, Finland — Speaking from the capital of NATO’s newest member, Finland, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken on Friday said that strengthening Ukraine’s defenses against Russia was a “prerequisite” for diplomacy to end the war in Ukraine and warned against the allure of short-term cease-fires that might play to Moscow’s military advantage.

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Spy Deaths on Boat in Italy Ignite Conspiracy Theories

Four people died when a storm sank a boat in northern Italy. Then it emerged that 21 of those aboard had worked for Israeli or Italian intelligence, igniting a speculative frenzy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/01/world/europe/spy-deaths-boat-italy.html

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Russian Officials Accuse West of Tacit Support for Moscow Drone Attack: Live Updates

A day after blaming Ukraine for a mass drone strike on Moscow, some Russian officials have seized on the aerial assault as an example of what the Kremlin deems a spiraling proxy conflict with NATO.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/05/31/world/russia-ukraine-news

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 Drones Attack Moscow as Kyiv Is Hit Again: Latest Russia-Ukraine News

At least eight drones targeted Moscow early Tuesday, according to the Russian authorities, the first attack to hit civilian areas in the Russian capital and a potent sign that the war is increasingly reaching the heart of Russia.

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Russia Launches a Missile Attack on Kyiv: Live Updates

KYIV, Ukraine — As ballistic missiles exploded in the clear blue skies on Monday, frightened pedestrians hurried to get off the streets of Ukraine’s capital, watching the battle unfold over their heads in a rare daytime missile attack on Kyiv.

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Colombia’s Peace-Whisperer Makes Plenty of Enemies

Leyner Palacios’s push for dialogue, forgiveness and reconciliation has made him the face of peace in Colombia — and subjected him to death threats.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/26/world/americas/colombia-peace-leyner-palacios.html

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Wagner Chief Says His Forces Are Leaving Bakhmut: Russia-Ukraine War Updates

Days after declaring victory in Bakhmut, the Wagner private military company has started to withdraw its fighters from the ruined city in eastern Ukraine and will be replaced by regular Russian troops, the group’s leader, Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, said in a video released on Thursday.

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Russia-Ukraine War Live Updates: Latest on the Attack by Anti-Kremlin Fighters

As attacks by Ukrainian-aligned insurgents in Russian territory stretched into a third day on Wednesday, concerns were rising in Russia that the rare border incursion could create new battlefield problems — and it has increased calls for the military to expend more resources defending against such assaults.