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Russia put out an unusual propaganda video of a 'captured' US-made armored vehicle flying American and Russian flags in Ukraine
Business Insider
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August 18, 2025
Russian state-run media has released a video of troops driving a captured US-made armored vehicle in Ukraine — flying both Russian and American flags in an unusual bit of propaganda. The footage, published Monday by RT, shows what appears to be a...
Russian PM on official visit to Kyrgyzstan, one of Moscow’s “closest partners”
BNE Intellinews
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Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin arrived in Kyrgyzstan on August 14 for an official visit aimed at strengthening economic and political ties between Russia and the small Central Asian country. Mishustin attended an economic forum in resort...
Russian attacks on Ukraine kill 10
BDNews24
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Russian attacks on major Ukrainian cities killed at least 10 peopleon Monday, hours before President Volodymyr Zelensky was expected to press his case in Washington against aquick dealto end Moscow's war. An entire family including a toddler and...
Russia Seeks Return of 31 Kursk Residents Held in Ukraine
The Moscow Times
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August 18, 2025
Russia and Ukraine have exchanged a list of 31 civilians held by each side for a potential swap, Russia’s Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova said on Monday. Moskalkova claimed Ukraine continues to hold 31 residents of Russia’s...
Russia announces foiling Ukrainian attacks on Crimean bridge, nuclear power plant, damage to Druzhba Pipeline
Yemen News Agency SABA
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Russia announces foiling Ukrainian attacks on Crimean bridge, nuclear power plant, damage to Druzhba Pipeline Moscow - Saba: The Russian Federal Security Service announced on Monday that it had thwarted a Ukrainian car bomb attack targeting the...
Russia's FSB foils Ukrainian 'terrorist attack' on Crimean bridge
Al Mayadeen
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August 18, 2025
Russia’s Federal Security Service say the driver of the explosive-laden vehicle was supposed to become an "unwitting suicide bomber." Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced on August 18 that it had prevented a terrorist attack plotted...
Russia pounds Ukraine, kills more civilians before White House meeting
St. Kitts Gazette
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August 18, 2025
Russian attacks on major Ukrainian cities have killed at least 12 people as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits Washington, DC, supported by European leaders, for high-stakes peace talks with United States President Donald Trump that could...
Russian strikes on Ukraine continue ahead of Trump-Zelenskyy meeting
CBS News
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Russian attacks on Ukraine continued ahead of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's meeting with President Trump in Washington on Monday. An overnight wave of air strikes hit cities around the country, including Kyiv, Kharkiv, Donetsk,...
Russia: Putin Tightens Terms For Sakhalin-1 Foreign Investors
Energy Intelligence
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August 18, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin has amended the rules for foreign participants in the Sakhalin-1 development in Russia's Far East, tightening the terms for international investors in the project, including Japanese consortium Sodeco and India's...
Russian strategic bombers fly over Barents Sea: Defense Ministry
Xinhua News Agency
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MOSCOW, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers carried out a planned flight over the neutral waters of the Barents Sea on Monday, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The bombers were accompanied by the Russian navy's Su-33 fighter...
Russian attacks kill 14 in Ukraine ahead of Trump-Zelensky talks
Antelope County News - Nebraska
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Russian attacks, including on an apartment block in Kharkiv city, killed 14 people across Ukraine, authorities said Monday, ahead of talks in Washington between President Volodymyr Zelensky and US leader Donald Trump. The early-morning drone...
Russia denounces UK's NATO troop deployment in Ukraine remarks
Sabah
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August 18, 2025
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said it does not see the deployment of NATO troops in Ukraine as a viable solution to the conflict and condemned recent U.K. statements on the issue as provocative. "At a time when there is a genuine push for a...
Russia to send 75 mice into space aboard 'miniature hotel'
The National News
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Russia is preparing to launch 75 mice and 1,000 fruit flies into space as part of a month-long mission that will show how cosmic radiation affects living organisms. The research by Roscosmos, Russia’s space agency, and the Institute of Biomedical...
Russia rejects NATO troop deployment in Ukraine
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
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Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Moscow does not consider the deployment of NATO forces in Ukraine a practical solution to the conflict, describing Britain’s recent statements on the matter as provocative. The ministry added: “At a time when genuine...
Russia-US summit: Redrawing the map, security guarantees, and natural resources discussed on Friday
RTL Today
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August 18, 2025
After the summit hosted by the US and Russia's presidents on Friday, all attention has now been devoted to the talks on Monday morning including Donald Trump, President Zelensky, and several NATO leaders. On Monday evening, the US President is...
Russia’s Pro-War Bloggers See ‘Humiliation’ in Putin-Trump Summit
The Moscow Times
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August 18, 2025
Talks between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Alaska sparked unease among Russia’s most outspoken pro-war bloggers, many of whom fear that the Kremlin could agree to end hostilies without achieving its stated goals in Ukraine. A sprawling...
Russian gasoline prices hit record highs after drone strikes shut refineries
The Kyiv Independent
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August 18, 2025
Wholesale gasoline prices in Russia surged to "historic highs" after a wave of drone strikes forced at least three major refineries to halt production, the Moscow Times reported on Aug. 18. Russia, one of the world's largest energy producers,...
Russian Drone Strike On Kharkiv Kills Seven Civilians, Including Children
StratNews Global
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August 18, 2025
Home Russia Russian Drone Strike On Kharkiv Kills Seven Civilians, Including Children The drone attack came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was preparing for talks with Donald Trump in Washington later on Monday. Ukrainian authorities...
Russia pounds Ukraine as Zelenskyy, Europe backers prepare to meet with Trump
Stars and Stripes - Washington D.C
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President Donald Trump welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 15, 2025 (Benjamin Applebaum/Department of Defense) Russia renewed its missile attacks against Ukraine overnight as...
Russian 'trophy' tank flies American flag as it attacks Ukraine
Raw Story
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August 18, 2025
In the wake of President Donald Trump's summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin in Alaska, Kremlin propagandists are going wild with a new video intended to humiliate Trump, The Daily Beast reported on Monday. In the video, broadcast by the Russian...