Inside a small community center on the outskirts of this city in eastern Ukraine, just 20 kilometers from the front lines of Kyiv's simmering conflict with Moscow-backed separatists, residents gather to learn the basics of first aid and prepare for the possibility of full-scale war with Russia.
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The United States formally blacklisted more than a dozen Russian ships involved in the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, days after exempting the pipeline's Russian operator and CEO.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Reykjavik, Iceland, for talks on climate change and to take part in an Arctic Council ministerial meeting.
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Russian intelligence services have spied on and filmed Jehovah's Witnesses in a bathhouse, in the latest example of persecution against the outlawed Christian group.
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Israel is preparing ground forces along the Gaza border for a possible invasion of the Palestinian enclave as Hamas launched more rockets at Israeli neighborhoods Thursday.
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The Ukrainian Prosecutor-General's Office has asked a Kyiv court to set bail at more than 300 million hryvnyas ($10.8 million) for Kremlin-friendly tycoon and politician Viktor Medvedchuk, who along with another pro-Russian lawmaker is under suspicion of treason.
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President Joe Biden is the first president since the Cold War to begin his term not seeking closer relations with Russia; there will be no “reset.”
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On March 20, 2012, a decree signed by Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov was published by the Russian government. The decree set out a system of payments to military servicemen “for special achievements in the service.”
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A deadline for Russia to allow 20 Czechs to return to work at the country's embassy in Moscow has passed, setting the stage for the possible announcement of a mass expulsion of Russians from their diplomatic mission in Prague.
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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has called for a new round of economic sanctions on Moscow to make it clear that there will be “dire consequences” if it continues its buildup of Russian troops near the border with Ukraine and in Crimea.
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