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Beyond Ukraine, Putin wants Poland on the agenda in talks with Trump, Tusk says
Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to broaden the scope of upcoming talks with the U.S. beyond the war in Ukraine, Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.
Tusk told reporters that Moscow intends to raise the reduction of NATO troop presence in Europe, including in Poland, during planned U.S.-Russia talks in Alaska. He said European leaders have coordinated a common position ahead of the meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, reports Ukrinform.
Tusk said the West will not allow …
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Belarusian plant supplying capacitors for Russian long-range missiles remains off EU and U.S. sanctions lists
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine through March 2025, the Vitebsk Radio Components Plant “Monolit” supplied the Russian company Spets-Elektronkomplekt with capacitors and other parts for military equipment worth more than $40 million. The plant has been under Ukrainian sanctions since May 2023 but has yet to appear on EU or U.S. sanctions lists, according to a joint investigation by Slidstvo.Info, Radio Svaboda’s Belarus Service and the Belarusian Investigative Center.
Reporters …
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Lavrov to accompany Putin for talks with Trump in Alaska
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will accompany President Vladimir Putin to Alaska for a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, Alexey Fadeev, deputy director of the Information and Press Department at Russia’s Foreign Ministry, said at a press briefing.
“We believe this meeting should allow the leaders to focus on discussing all issues, from the Ukraine crisis to obstacles to the normal functioning of the bilateral dialogue, which is of critical importance for ensuring international …
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Ukrainian drones strike Russia’s Volgograd, igniting fires and causing oil spill at LUKOIL refinery
Ukraine launched a mass drone attack on Russia’s Volgograd region overnight on August 14, with an oil refinery in Volgograd among the targets. The strike triggered a spill of petroleum products and ignited fires.
The facility hit was likely the LUKOIL-Volgogradneftepererabotka refinery, where explosions were heard amid the drone attack, Russian outlet Astra reported.
The overnight assault on the Volgograd region began late on August 13. Around 23:00, Russia’s aviation regulator Rosaviatsia …
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Putin consults Kim Jong Un ahead of Alaska summit with Trump
Russian president Vladimir Putin is preparing to fly to Alaska for a meeting with Donald Trump and is calling allies ahead of the Aug. 15 summit. The Kremlin reported he spoke with Kim Jong Un.
According to the Kremlin, Putin thanked his counterpart for “support during the liberation of the territory of the Kursk region,” praised “the courage and heroism of DPRK fighters,” and shared with Kim “information in the context of the upcoming talks with Trump.”
The Kremlin press service noted that …