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President Putin says Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.

His appeal comes as the war in Ukraine is expected to overshadow the talks on Thursday.

Russia and China refused to condemn Moscow's invasion at a meeting of finance ministers in India.

António Guterres calls Russia's invasion an "affront" to the world's collective conscience.

Poland has welcomed millions of Ukrainians fleeing Russia's war, but many want their old lives back.

Yevgeniy Prigozhin, head of the Kremlin-linked Wagner group, says he is behind the Internet Research Agency, which interferes in elections.

Medications are not subject to sanctions levied in response to the Kremlin's war in Ukraine, but supplies of the erectile dysfunction remedy have been disrupted.

Two camps in Crimea and Chechnya appear to subject children to military education, teaching them about firearms and military vehicles, researchers said.

Ukraine's top general initially said the missiles flew over Moldova and Romania, but Bucharest denied any violation of its airspace.

The director of Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery was replaced by a daughter of an ex-senior security official after a complaint that exhibits were not 'in line' with national values

Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX’s chief operating officer, said the company's Starlink satellite internet service for Ukraine was “never intended to be weaponized.”

Dutch investigators said the Russian president likely decided to send an anti-aircraft missile system to the pro-Russian separatists who shot down Malaysian Airlines Flight 17

This is Zelensky's first visit to the U.K. since the war began a year ago but he did address Parliament virtually last year and received a standing ovation.

U.S. sailors have recovered substantial remnants of the Chinese surveillance balloon that was shot down over the Atlantic, providing the closest glimpse yet of the craft.

As Kyiv pursues an anti-corruption campaign that has led to dismissals and resignations, President Vladimir Putin signed a law to suspend public disclosure rules

The changes come amid a broader effort by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to reassure Western allies.

Pete Reed, 33, served as a Marine Corps infantryman in Afghanistan, and then went to work saving lives in Iraq and Ukraine.

Ukraine will receive ground-launched, small diameter bombs, which have a range of roughly 95 miles.

The premises of a billionaire oligarch and a former interior minister were searched while several high ranking officials in the Defense Ministry were put under investigation.

The State Department said Moscow refuses to facilitate inspections as required by New START, the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the powers.

Human Rights Watch said Russian use of the mines doesn't absolve Ukraine of its responsibilities under international law.

Olympics chiefs say Russian and Belarusian athletes could compete as neutrals, but Ukraine opposes the move.

Pushing its illegal annexation claims, Russia said it would move the clocks an hour ahead in occupied areas of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia

The decision puts a spotlight on how Ukrainians are mourning not just the loss of life but also the loss of cultural heritage across their country.

Washington is expected to announce plans to deliver M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, and Germany said it will send some of its Leopard 2 tanks to the battlefield.

Officials in the president's office and defense ministry lost their jobs as Kyiv moved to zero tolerance for corruption that could shake the confidence of Western supporters

Turkey has raised new objections to Sweden joining the military alliance after some anti-Turkish protests in Stockholm, including one where a Quran was burned.

The German-made battle tank may be a highly prized piece of military technology, but the logistic networks that could support it may be even more important.

Poland has said it will ask Germany for permission to send its Leopard tanks to Ukraine.

As defense ministers meet to discuss support for Ukraine, Germany is still refusing to allow its Leopard battle tanks to be used by Kyiv.

Foreign military ships can legally enter the U.S. exclusive economic zone. But the Pentagon said it is “precarious timing" for a Russian vessel to be there.

The Pentagon is expected to provide, for the first time, Stryker fighting vehicles, in anticipation of a coming offensive.

The minster, Denis Monastyrsky, and other top officials were flying on the helicopter operated by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. At least 15 people were killed.

Thousands of Russians fled to Kazakhstan to avoid being sent to fight in Ukraine, but tighter visa rules will make it harder to enter and remain in the country.

Andrey Medvedev left the mercenary Wagner Group after witnessing its killing of the group's deserters during the Ukraine war, according to a Russian human rights group.

Ukrainian soldiers are training with the U.S. Army in Germany to learn how to combine the effects of numerous weapons.

Criticism has mounted that Christine Lambrecht is not fit to lead the country’s war response.

The training begins in Germany as the United States and its allies lock in an ever-growing list of weapons they will provide Ukraine.

Ukrainian officials disputed Russia's assertions and said the fight for the small salt mining city, in the eastern Donetsk region, was still underway.

More than half of 366 recent sightings of “unidentified aerial phenomena” appeared to be balloons, drones or common trash, a new report says.

Taylor Dudley was released at a border crossing with Poland. It appears he was not part of a prisoner swap.

Warsaw wants the German-made tanks to be part of a broader aid package backed by an international coalition, Polish President Andrzej Duda said in Ukraine.

Moscow said its forces had seized the town of Soledar in Donetsk region, a gateway to the city of Bakhmut, where bloody fighting has raged for months. Kyiv denied Russia’s claim.

The Patriot missile defense training is expected to take several months, and will occur at least in part at Fort Sill.

Ukraine rejected the temporary truce and called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war by withdrawing his invading forces from occupied territories

At least 63 Russian soldiers were killed in a massive missile in eastern Ukraine, Moscow said, in what could be one of the deadliest attacks yet on Russian forces.

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping, seeking to strengthen ties as the Ukraine war deepens his international isolation.

Ukrainian officials said dozens of missiles were launched in Kyiv, Odessa, Kharkiv and Lviv. At least three people were hospitalized in the capital.

Here are 5 key takeaways on how Ukraine’s counteroffensives in Kharkiv and Kherson reshaped the war and shocked Putin.

The Russian military claimed Monday to have shot down a Ukrainian drone approaching the Engles airfield deep inside Russian territory.

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The head of the Jacksonville Sister Cities Association told News4JAX Tuesday that even though the partnership between the cities of Jacksonville, Florida and Murmansk, Russia has been ‘dormant’ since 2017, the preservation of their ‘sister city’ should be upheld.

Oil companies are making huge amounts of cash right now and not spending a lot, Joe Krier, a Financial Analyst for IIWII Trading, told News4JAX.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration is aiming to lead the international bloc opposed to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine into a broader coalition to counter what it sees as a more serious, long-term threat to global order from China.

As the war between Russia and Ukraine shows no signs of slowing down, Ukrainians across their country to to heal as the bury the dead and salvage what is left of villages, towns and cities that have been destroyed by Russians.

Russian forces pounded targets across Ukraine, taking aim at supply lines for foreign weapons in the west and intensifying an offensive in the east, as the European Union moved Wednesday to further punish Moscow for the war with a proposed ban on oil imports.

Heavy fighting has taken place in the regions of Donetsk and Lukansk, with attacks taking place in cities such as Avdiivka, Popasna, Krasnohorivka and Mariinka.

The war in Ukraine is far from over after Russian has been sending over more reinforcements.

Russia’s Defense Ministry promised Friday to ramp up missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital in response to Ukraine’s alleged aggression on Russian territory, an ominous warning that followed Moscow’s stinging symbolic loss of its navy’s flagship in the Black Sea.

Refugees continue to pour into other countries such as Poland and England, with an estimated four million Ukrainian refugees leaving the country.

While there are many efforts to have the war in Ukraine to end, there is still violence happening every day.

After weeks of buildup, Russia began a full-scale invasion of Ukraine earlier this week, invading the country from the north, east and south, launching airstrikes on cities and military bases.

Russian attacks on Ukraine began at 9:30 p.m. our time Wednesday night.

President Biden delivers remarks on ending the war in Afghanistan.

Another deadly day in Afghanistan as a U.S. drone strike hits an Islamic State transport killing several suspected suicide bombers.

DUBAI Kuwait's 91-year-old ruler underwent a surgery that required the oil-rich nation's crown prince to be temporarily empowered to serve in his place, according to a ministerial decree seen Sunday. Kuwait has yet to elaborate what required Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah to seek a previously unannounced medical treatment on Saturday. However, Sheikh Sabah's sudden surgery could inspire a renewed power struggle within Kuwait's ruling family. The state-run KUNA news agency had described Sheikh Sabah's hospitalization Saturday as medical checks, citing a statement from the country's royal court. Sheikh Sabah, a widely beloved ruler in this OPEC-member nation, took power in 2006 just nine days into the rule of the ailing Sheikh Saad Al Abdullah Al Sabah.

New York Mets starting pitcher Jacob deGrom throws during a simulated game at a baseball workout at Citi Field, Sunday, July 5, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

New York Mets starting pitcher Jacob deGrom throws during a simulated game at a baseball workout at Citi Field, Sunday, July 5, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)NEW YORK The New York Mets will host the crosstown Yankees on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 next season, according to a person familiar with the decision. The clubs will play at Citi Field in a game sure to be full of emotions for the city that's also reported over 18,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths this year. I cant imagine how powerful and how emotional of an event that could be," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. It'll be a homecoming of sorts for former Yankees manager Joe Girardi, who was hired as Phillies manager over the offseason.

But activists have begun circulating more detailed photos again online after the U.S. imposed its new sanctions, named the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act, after the photographer. The sanctions bar anyone around the world from doing business with Assads government or officials, and among its provisions it demands Syria release detainees and allow inspections of its prisons. Between 30 to 50 prisoners died every day at the facility where he was held, known as Branch 15, he said. Alshogres testimony about Lebanese prisoners still alive further fueled their families demands for information. Ali Aboudehn, who spent years imprisoned in Syria and now heads the Association of Lebanese Prisoners in Syrian Jails, said his group and other activists have documented 622 Lebanese prisoners held in Syria.

PARIS The Paris appeals court on Friday upheld a decision to end a years-long investigation into the plane crash that sparked Rwandas 1994 genocide, citing lack of sufficient evidence. Lawyers for the families can further appeal the ruling to Frances highest court, the Court of Cassation. The 1994 plane crash killed Rwandas then-President Juvenal Habyarimana, an ethnic Hutu. The plane had a French crew, and Rwanda has long accused France of complicity in the genocide, which France denies. Fridays ruling came as one of the most wanted fugitives in Rwandas genocide, who was arrested in May outside Paris, is awaiting a decision on extradition.