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Finland's leaders in favour of applying for NATO membership

Thursday, 12 May 2022, 09:41 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Finland's president and prime minister said Thursday they’re in favor of applying for NATO membership, paving the way for the alliance to expand amid Russia’s war in Ukraine. The...

Live updates: Top Russia official warns of war with NATO

Thursday, 12 May 2022, 06:16 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine — An adviser to the Mariupol mayor said Wednesday that Russian forces have blocked all evacuation routes out of the city. The adviser, Petro Andriushchenko, said there were...

Ukraine offers to swap prisoners for hurt Mariupol fighters

Thursday, 12 May 2022, 06:13 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Ukraine offered to release Russian prisoners of war in exchange for the safe evacuation of the badly injured fighters trapped inside a steel mill in the ruined city of Mariupol, as Kyiv began...

Al Jazeera reporter killed during Israeli raid in West Bank

Wednesday, 11 May 2022, 11:53 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

A female journalist for Al Jazeera was shot and killed while covering an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin early Wednesday. The broadcaster and a reporter who was wounded in the...

Ukrainians make gains in east, hold on at Mariupol mill

Wednesday, 11 May 2022, 06:12 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv's military has made small gains in the east, pushing Russian forces out of four villages near Kharkiv, as his country's foreign minister suggested...

Updates: Ukrainian fighters still defending Mariupol

Tuesday, 10 May 2022, 06:51 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

One of the Ukrainian fighters holding out in the Mariupol steelworks said Monday they were still defending the city. Valeri Paditel, who heads the border guards in the Donetsk region, said the...

As Putin marks Victory Day, his troops make little war gains

Tuesday, 10 May 2022, 06:48 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin marked his country’s biggest patriotic holiday Monday without a major new battlefield success in Ukraine to boast of, as the war ground on through its 11th week...

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