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Zelensky says Ukraine forces recaptured places near Kharkiv • FRANCE 24 English
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday that Kyiv troops have recaptured from Russian forces several settlements in the Kharkiv region in the country's northeast. FRANCE 24's Gulliver Cragg reports from Kramatorsk, Ukraine.
Explosions rock Crimea in suspected Ukrainian attack • FRANCE 24 English
Explosions and fires ripped through an ammunition depot in Russian-occupied Crimea on Tuesday in the second suspected Ukrainian attack on the peninsula in just over a week, forcing the evacuation of more than 3,000 people. Russia blamed the blasts in the...
Crimea explosions: Blasts reported in two Russian-controlled bases • FRANCE 24 English
Huge fireballs erupted at the site in Crimea early on August 16 where ammunition was temporarily being stored and clouds of black smoke billowed into the air, images posted on social media showed.
Large explosions rock Russian military air base in Crimea • FRANCE 24 English
At least one person was killed and several others wounded as powerful explosions rocked a Russian air base in Crimea. Russia’s Defense Ministry denied the base had been shelled and said instead that munitions had blown up there. But Ukrainian social netwo...
Wagner Group in eastern Ukraine: A 'sign' that Russian forces are 'not doing the job' • FRANCE 24
Britain's defence ministry said that private Russian military firm Wagner Group has headed to eastern Ukraine, where "they are expected to deploy more than 1,000 mercenaries, including senior leaders of the organisation, to undertake combat operations" fo...
Battle for Donbass: Ukraine pulls out of Severodonetsk • FRANCE 24 Français.
Ukraine's forces will have to retreat from Severodonetsk, a regional governor said Friday, after weeks of fierce fighting against Russian forces in the battleground eastern city.
Tasty name but no Big Mac: Russia opens rebranded McDonald's restaurants • FRANCE 24 English
The restaurant that launched McDonald's in Russia in 1990, heralding Moscow's opening after decades of Soviet rule, reopened Sunday with a new name and logo in a potent reminder of the upheaval sparked by the conflict in Ukraine.
REPLAY: Lavrov holds press conference in Turkey for talks on unblocking grain exports • FRANCE 24
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held talks on Wednesday in Ankara with Turkish officials on a plan that would allow Ukraine to export its grain through the Black Sea to global markets amid an escalating food crisis. Ukraine is one of the world's l...