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Kyiv says it creates 'buffer zone' in Kursk region, plans evacuation corridors

NATO air base in Geilenkirchen sealed off due to suspected sabotage, military says

Ukraine's troops still advancing in Russia's Kursk region, Zelenskiy says

Biden calls Ukraine incursion 'a real dilemma for Putin'

Ukraine's presidential aide: to attend peace summit, Russia must be forced

Ukraine receives 4.2 billion euros from EU, prime minister says

Zelenskiy says: Russia must be forced to make peace if Putin wants to fight

Ukraine says Russia tries to accuse it of false war crimes in Kursk

Putin to hold talks with Palestinian president Abbas on Tuesday, says TASS

Belarus boosts troops at border, summons diplomat after accusing Ukraine of airspace violation

US to send Stinger missiles, ammunition to Ukraine in new $125 million package

Ukraine raids Russian forces on occupied Kinburn Spit, Kyiv says

UN says July was deadliest month for Ukraine's civilians since 2022

North Korean delegation to attend Russian military forum in August

Moscow court upholds arrest of Yulia Navalnaya in absentia

U.S.-Russian citizen Ksenia Karelina pleads guilty to treason, state media says

Putin says Ukrainian attack on Kursk is a major provocation

Russia warns Ukraine: peace terms will only get worse

Russian military chief Gerasimov inspects forces in Ukraine

Ukrainian military says it sank Russian submarine, damaged anti-aircraft missile system

Released prisoner accuses Russia of psychological torture

Released Russian prisoners vow to continue political activity abroad

Released prisoner Yashin: told would end like Navalny if returned

Plane carrying detainees released by Russia lands in US

Harris to return to Washington to welcome Americans freed in prisoner swap, says source

Factbox-Prisoners freed under major international exchange

Canadian warship passes through Taiwan Strait, drawing China's ire

Moldova detains two officials in treason, conspiracy case

Russian court extends pre-trial custody of French national Vinatier until Sept. 5

Russian-UK dissident Kara-Murza disappears from jail in latest sign a prisoner swap with West may be close

Aim to get pardoned German back from Belarus quickly, says Berlin

Ukraine says it struck weapons facility in Russia's Kursk region

Russia says the Middle East is teetering on the brink of war

Indonesia's president-elect and defence minister visit Moscow, Russian news agencies report

Belarusian president pardons German on death row

Kremlin declines to comment on possible prisoner swap involving WSJ reporter Gershkovich

Belarus president pardons German on death row, state news agency reports

Al Qaeda branch says it killed 50 Russian mercenaries, 10 Malian soldiers in Mali

Italy's Meloni: China's support of Russian war effort source of 'great friction'