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LONDON (Reuters) - Before the shock death of her husband Alexei in a grim Arctic prison last week, Yulia Navalnaya had always played down the idea she would one day take over as leader of Russia's opposition. But on Monday, she vowed to continue his fight.

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's military said on Monday its troops had taken up new defensive positions in the east after retreating from the captured town of Avdiivka and were repelling Russian attempts to develop the offensive thrust.

Ukraine's military said on Monday its troops had taken up new defensive positions in the east after retreating from the captured town of Avdiivka and were repelling Russian attempts to develop the offensive thrust. Russia took full control of devastated Avdiivka after Kyiv's troops withdrew over the weekend, handing the Kremlin its biggest battlefield advance since capturing the city of Bakhmut in May. Avdiivka's fall was the clearest sign the tide of the war has turned in Russia&...

By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) -Before the shock death of her husband Alexei in a grim Arctic prison last week, Yulia Navalnaya had always played down ...

Ukraine's armed forces must adapt and find innovative ways to fight to achieve victory over Russian invaders, Kyiv's new armed forces chief said on Friday, in his first public remarks since taking command. Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi, previously commander of ground forces, was promoted on Thursday to overall command of Ukraine's 800,000-strong armed forces, the biggest shakeup of top brass since the war began, coming at a challenging time. "Only changes and constant ...

The office of Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said on Friday a plan announced by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a military escalation in Rafah at the southern edge of the Gaza Strip aims to drive Palestinians from their land. The office of Abbas, head of the Palestinian Authority that exerts partial self-rule in the Israeli occupied West Bank, said it holds both the Israeli government and the U.S. administration responsible for the plan's repercussions.

Israeli forces are peeling back Hamas infrastructure in Khan Younis, more than two months after entering the Gaza Strips main southern city, and believe the Palestinian factions Gaza chief is... -February 08, 2024 at 11:52 am EST - MarketScreener

At least 8,000 people were killed by fighting or war-related causes in Russia's months-long conquest of Mariupol, one of the biggest battles of the nearly two-year war between Russia and Ukraine, according to Human Rights Watch. Mariupol became a byword for horror during a nearly three-month-long Russian siege for control of the strategic port city between March and May 2022, with trapped civilians forced to bury their dead by the roadside. The Human Rights Watch assessment, based on sate...

At least 8,000 people were killed by fighting or war-related causes in Russias months-long conquest of Mariupol, one of the biggest battles of the nearly two-year war between Russia and Ukraine,... -February 08, 2024 at 12:18 pm EST - MarketScreener

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has a right to choose who leads Ukraines military and the United States will work effectively with his new military chief, a senior Pentagon official said... -February 08, 2024 at 03:20 pm EST - MarketScreener