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North Korea deploys 500 technical and medical troops to Russian-occupied Ukraine

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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican president on Thursday rejected a request from Ukraine's government to arrest Vladimir Putin if the Russian leader defies an international arrest warrant and attends the inauguration of Mexico's next president in October.

Mexico rejects Ukraine's request to arrest Russia's Putin during visit

Many Russians fleeing Ukraine’s surprise incursion are furious at Moscow’s response. Kyiv said it now controls at least 1,000 square kilometers of Russia’s Kursk province and has detained at least 100 Russian soldiers, forcing Moscow to withdraw some troops from Ukraine to counter the offensive. Kursk residents told the Financial Times that authorities failed to coordinate an organized evacuation and blamed Kremlin-backed media and internet blackouts for leaving them in an information vacuum.

Russians criticize Putin after incursion

CBS News

Moscow is scrambling to block a purported major Ukrainian attack on Russian territory. CBS News foreign correspondent Ian Lee has more on the Ukrainian raids, as well as the ongoing unrest in the UK.

Moscow says Ukraine has launched a massive attack into Russian territory

LONDON (Reuters) - Russia and Ukraine should negotiate an end to their conflict to avoid the war spilling over into Belarus, President Alexander Lukashenko, a key ally of Vladimir Putin, said in an interview with Russian state television.

Belarus' Lukashenko urges Russia and Ukraine to end war as Kursk incursion continues

Fox News

The incursions into Russian territory might allow Ukraine to retake some territory as Moscow shifts its forces, but one expert argued the attack could strengthen Putin, too.

Putin under pressure as Ukraine incursion continues, may give Kyiv bargaining chips in peace talks: experts

Stunning new details emerged Friday on the largest prisoner swap since the Cold War, with the Kremlin acknowledging for the first time that some of the Russians held in the West belonged to its security services — and the children of a Russian couple posing as spies only learned their true nationality on the flight to Moscow.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that a detained couple released in Slovenia —Artem and Anna Dultsev— were undercover intelligence officers commonly known as "illegals." Posing as Argentine expats, they used Ljubljana as their base since 2017 to relay Moscow's orders to other sleeper agents...

Spies' children found out they were Russian on flight to Moscow

Insider

The children only learned they were Russian after they boarded the Moscow-bound plane in Ankara, a Kremlin spokesperson said.

Putin greeted children of freed sleeper agents in Spanish as they had only discovered they were Russian on the flight to Moscow, Kremlin says

The entire world, including Ukraine, wants Russia to join global leaders at a planned second peace summit to end the war in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky has told French media including AFP. With Russian forces gaining momentum on the front and aid from allies ebbing or in doubt, Zelensky has...

Ukraine's Zelensky says he wants Russia ‘at the table’ for next peace summit

Business Insider

Ukraine said it provided intelligence to a group of separatists who attacked Russa's Wagner Group mercenaries in Mali, killing many.

Putin's Wagner Group mercenaries got thrashed in the African desert — and Ukraine says it helped

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Ukraine on Friday to boost ties with Kyiv, weeks after a trip to Moscow in which he rebuked Russian President Vladimir Putin over the war with its neighbour.

India's Modi to visit Ukraine on Aug. 23, weeks after rebuking Putin

MOSCOW (AFP) — President Vladimir Putin ordered his army on Monday to "dislodge" Ukrainian troops who have entered Russian territory as authorities said over 120,000 people had been evacuated away from the fighting. Kyiv launched a surprise offensive into Russia's western Kursk region last Tuesday, capturing over two dozen...

Putin orders army to ‘dislodge’ Ukraine as over 120,000 flee border

Ukraine is sending a message to Russian civilians that their president, Vladimir Putin, can't keep them safe.

Ukraine's audacious invasion of Russian territory is a massive blow to Putin's power

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A retired military officer who had been struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) tragically died after jumping from the world’s largest cruise ship last month, authorities confirmed.

Cruise Passenger Who Jumped from World's Largest Ship After Dispute Suffered with PTSD

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reaffirmed a pledge to deepen cooperation with Russia in a message to President Vladimir Putin as Pyongyang marked an anniversary of independence from Japan's colonial rule, KCNA state news agency said on Friday.

North Korea's Kim and Russia's Putin vow deeper ties on Korean liberation day

Business Times

Ukrainian forces have made substantial advances into Russian territory, capturing nearly 390 square miles in the Kursk region. This surprising offensive marks a dramatic shift in strategy for Kyiv and has dealt a considerable blow to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has vowed a "worthy response" to the incursion.

Zelensky Declares War ‘Coming Home’ to Russia as Ukrainian Forces Capture Key Russian Region

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A top Russian official told Ukraine on Tuesday that the longer it waited to enter peace talks, the tougher the terms would be for its people. Moscow has said talks must be based on Ukraine ceding land amounting to a fifth of its territory - much of it seized by Russian forces - and renouncing any prospect of joining the Western-led NATO alliance, terms that Ukraine has dismissed out of hand.

Russia warns Ukraine: peace terms will only get worse

Moscow (AFP) – Russia's prosecutor general on Monday said it had banned a foundation started by US film star George Clooney and his human rights lawyer wife Amal. "The activities of The Clooney Foundation for Justice are declared undesirable on the territory of our country," it said in a statement.

Russia bans Clooney Foundation

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

WashingtonExaminer

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who is one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closest allies, called for peace negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, which he characterized as a “scuffle.” Belarus has remained neutral throughout the war, but it hosts thousands of Russian troops and served as the staging ground for the initial thrust into […]

Key Russian ally calls for peace negotiations in Ukraine: ‘End this scuffle’

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Putin offers to mediate talks between Azerbaijan and Armenia on visit to Baku

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on a visit to Baku Monday that Moscow was still...

Putin offers to mediate talks between Azerbaijan and Armenia on visit to Baku

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