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1 week ago | 
kyivindependent.com | Kateryna Denisova
The two Chinese nationals captured when fighting for Russia claimed they weren’t sent to the war by the Chinese government, and described their hardships in the Russian ranks. One of the captives, Wang Guangjun, said he was targeted by Russian "chemical weapons" right after he was taken captive by a Ukrainian soldier, he told reporters at a press conference in Kyiv on April 14. "I was losing my strength and fainting...
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Kateryna Denisova
The two Chinese nationals captured when fighting for Russia claimed they weren’t sent to the war by the Chinese government, and described their hardships in the Russian ranks. One of the captives, Wang Guangjun, said he was targeted by Russian "chemical weapons" right after he was taken captive by a Ukrainian soldier, he told reporters at a press conference in Kyiv on April 14. "I was losing my strength and fainting...
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1 week ago | 
kyivindependent.com | Kateryna Denisova
President Volodymyr Zelensky signed decrees imposing new sanctions on pro-Kremlin propagandists and the Russian shadow fleet on April 11. The decrees put into effect a decision made earlier by Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council. Zelensky teased the sanctions announcement in his evening address on April 10. The sanctions lists include 71 people and 18 outlets spreading Russian propaganda.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Kateryna Denisova
President Volodymyr Zelensky signed decrees imposing new sanctions on pro-Kremlin propagandists and the Russian shadow fleet on April 11. The decrees put into effect a decision made earlier by Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council. Zelensky teased the sanctions announcement in his evening address on April 10. The sanctions lists include 71 people and 18 outlets spreading Russian propaganda.
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1 week ago | 
kyivindependent.com | Kateryna Denisova
The Estonian Navy detained an oil tanker belonging to Russia's so-called shadow fleet in the Gulf of Finland on April 11, the Estonian media outlet ERR reported, citing Estonian Navy Commander Cdre Ivo Värk. The vessel, called Kiwala, was detained off the Estonian coast between the island of Aegna and the port of Muuga, east of Tallinn, while en route to the Russian port of Ust-Luga. Previously, the tanker was sanctioned by the EU, the U.K., Canada, and Switzerland.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Kateryna Denisova
The Estonian Navy detained an oil tanker belonging to Russia's so-called shadow fleet in the Gulf of Finland on April 11, the Estonian media outlet ERR reported, citing Estonian Navy Commander Cdre Ivo Värk. The vessel, called Kiwala, was detained off the Estonian coast between the island of Aegna and the port of Muuga, east of Tallinn, while en route to the Russian port of Ust-Luga. Previously, the tanker was sanctioned by the EU, the U.K., Canada, and Switzerland.
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1 week ago | 
kyivindependent.com | Kateryna Denisova
At least "several hundred" Chinese citizens are fighting on Russia's side in the war against Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on April 11. The alleged number of Chinese nationals joining Russian forces has increased since Zelensky’s previous statement. On April 9, he said that 155 Chinese citizens were fighting for Moscow on Ukrainian territory. Earlier this week, Kyiv captured two Chinese nationals fighting for Russia in Donetsk Oblast.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Kateryna Denisova
At least "several hundred" Chinese citizens are fighting on Russia's side in the war against Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on April 11. The alleged number of Chinese nationals joining Russian forces has increased since Zelensky’s previous statement. On April 9, he said that 155 Chinese citizens were fighting for Moscow on Ukrainian territory. Earlier this week, Kyiv captured two Chinese nationals fighting for Russia in Donetsk Oblast.
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1 week ago | 
kyivindependent.com | Kateryna Denisova
U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on the Truth Social platform on April 11 that Russia "has to get moving" to end its war against Ukraine. "Russia has to get moving. Too many people are dying, thousands a week, in a terrible and senseless war — a war that should have never happened, and wouldn’t have happened, if I were president," Trump said. Despite repeated threats, the Trump administration has not yet imposed any major sanctions on Russia.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Kateryna Denisova
U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on the Truth Social platform on April 11 that Russia "has to get moving" to end its war against Ukraine. "Russia has to get moving. Too many people are dying, thousands a week, in a terrible and senseless war — a war that should have never happened, and wouldn’t have happened, if I were president," Trump said. Despite repeated threats, the Trump administration has not yet imposed any major sanctions on Russia.
