Ukraine is aiming to launch a 'big bang' style counter-offensive in order to break stalemated war, says military expert

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Ukrainian artillery firing on Russian positions
Ukrainian artillery teams fire toward Russian positions in Bakhmut.

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Alleged former Wagner fighters claim they killed young children in Ukraine

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A former Russian criminal prisoner who was fighting with Wagner in an interrogation room after being captured by Ukrainian soldiers near Bakhmut on March 12, 2023.

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70-year-old Russian woman who called President Zelenskyy a 'handsome young man' fined for 'discrediting' Russian military, says human rights group

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks as he and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson give a press conference on August 24, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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Russia is landing new buyers for its sanctioned diesel all over the world and Brazil's taking advantage of the steep discounts.

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Welcome to the weekend. I'm Phil Rosen. Today we're talking energy — and I'm sharing a conversation with a leading expert on Russian diesel flows.

Russian jets are dropping bombs rejigged with guidance systems that are delivering 'devastating hits' upon Ukrainian lines, report says

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A member of the Ukrainian White Angels Special Police Team walks looks at the debris of a residential building, destroyed following an air strike in the frontline town of Avdiivka, Donetsk region amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
A member of the Ukrainian White Angels Special Police Team walks looks at the debris of a residential building, destroyed following an air strike in the frontline town of Avdiivka, Donetsk region on April 10, 2023, amid

Russia minted 22 new billionaires last year, even as the West slapped sanctions on the country to try to cripple it financially

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Russian billionaires and businessmen Andrei Melnichenko (L) and Alexei Mordashov attend the congress of Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) on March 16, 2023 in Moscow, Russia.
Russian billionaires and businessmen Andrei Melnichenko (left) and Alexei Mordashov saw gains in their wealth in the last year.

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Russia is telling its guys to be 'a real man' and sign up as contract soldiers — as its death toll in Ukraine reaches up to 60,000

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Russian Foreign Ministry building is seen behind a social advertisement billboard showing Z letters .
Russian Foreign Ministry building is seen behind a social advertisement billboard showing Z letters .

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A Russian warplane bombed one of Russia's own border cities, adding to the country's stack of embarrassing wartime blunders

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The Sukhoi Su-34 jet fighter-bomber of Russian Air Force.
The Sukhoi Su-34 jet fighter-bomber of Russian Air Force.

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A full phaseout of Russian liquefied natural gas is possible for some EU states, energy commissioner says

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LNG (liquefied natural gas) tanker 'Golar Igloo' arrives in the port of Eemshaven, north of Groningen, on September 4, 2022.
The 'Golar Igloo' natural gas tanker arrived in the Netherlands on September 4.

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Germany looks to cut its reliance on China with a new $2.2 billion commodities fund

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Nord Stream 1 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (R) stands next to Christian Bruch, President and CEO of Siemens Energy, in front of a turbine of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline as Scholz gives a statement during a visit on August 3, 2022 at the plant of Siemens Energy in Muelheim an der Ruhr, western Germany.

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