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Russia-Ukraine War News: Live Updates

Ukraine is bracing for a potential surge of Russian attacks timed to the anniversary of the war on Friday, with officials urging schools to hold classes remotely and calling for people to avoid large crowds.

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Russia-Ukraine War News: Latest Updates

President Vladimir V. Putin warmly welcomed China’s top diplomat to Moscow on Wednesday, reinforcing his ties with a powerful ally before exhorting a large rally of pro-war Russians to remain united in what he called an existential struggle with the West. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/02/22/world/russia-ukraine-biden-news

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Biden Says Support for Ukraine ‘Will Not Waver' Hours After Putin’s Defiant Speech: Live Updates

President Biden vowed on Tuesday that the United States would be steadfast in its support of Ukraine, describing the American commitment to NATO and Ukraine as a battle for freedom against autocracy in a speech delivered hours after a brief but dramatic visit to wartime Kyiv.

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Russia-Ukraine War News: Live Updates

KYIV, Ukraine — President Biden made a surprise, hourslong visit to Kyiv on Monday, pledging the United States’ “unwavering commitment” to supporting Ukraine in a dramatic show of resolve almost one year into Russia’s full-scale invasion.

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Ukraine Live Updates: Zelensky Addresses Munich Security Conference

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine compared his country’s fight against Russia to the biblical battle of David and Goliath, telling dozens of Western officials gathered in Munich for a security conference on Friday that Western weapons would be the key to defeating “the Russian Goliath.”

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Russia Attacks Ukraine Infrastructure: Latest Updates

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia unleashed another missile bombardment on cities across Ukraine before dawn on Thursday, killing at least one person and hitting critical infrastructure, hours after several Russian balloons that Ukrainian officials called a distraction tactic were detected floating toward Kyiv from the north.

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Earthquake in Turkey and Syria: Latest Updates

Thousands of Syrian refugees who had fled to Turkey amid the war and destruction in their own country, but who then found themselves amid the rubble of last week’s magnitude-7.8 earthquake, were lined up at border crossings on Wednesday to return to their homeland, even if only temporarily.

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Earthquake in Turkey and Syria: News Updates

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China’s Top Airship Scientist Promoted Program to Watch the World from Above

In 2019, years before a hulking high-altitude Chinese balloon floated across the United States and caused widespread alarm, one of China’s top aeronautics scientists made a proud announcement that received little attention back then: His team had launched an airship more than 60,000 feet into the air and sent it sailing around most of the globe, including across North America.

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Turkey-Syria Quake: Death Toll Surpasses 21,000

Only a trickle of humanitarian aid has reached the devastated parts of Syria so far because 12 years of civil war have left the country carved up into different zones of control that impede relief deliveries.