Putin orders Russian army to recruit another 137,000 troops after losing an estimated 75,000 since Ukraine invasion began

The Kremlin said on Monday that Russian forces could take full control of major Ukrainian cities and it had sufficient military clout to fulfil all of its aims in Ukraine without any help from China. The United States and its European allies have cast President Vladimir Putin’s invasion as an imperial-style land grab that they
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Russia on Thursday rejected proposals to slash crude output at an OPEC+ meeting, media reported, and asked for more time to assess the impact of a new coronavirus on crude prices. Delegates of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and non-member Russia — together known as OPEC+ — have been in a “joint technical
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the partial withdrawal of Russian troops from Syria, during an unannounced visit there on Monday. Mr Putin was met by Syrian President Bashar Assad as he arrived at the Russian Hmeimim air base, Interfax news agency reports. He had already declared in March 2016 that he was planning to
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Sacked FBI chief James Comey has informed his former colleagues “he will be fine” but will “miss the mission deeply”. In a letter to members of staff he said “working with them had been one of the great joys of my life”. He added: “I have long believed that a president can fire an FBI
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