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Russia reinforces Kharkiv to counter Ukraine push
Russia reinforces Kharkiv to counter Ukraine push
by  AFP

Russia said on Friday it was sending reinforcements to the Kharkiv region in eastern Ukraine, where Kyiv's forces have announced major gains as part of a broader counter-offensive. The counter-offensive has shown progress in the south of the country too, particularly in the Kherson region, as well as in Kharkiv and in the industrial Donbas province in the east.

Venezuela, Colombia to reopen land borders, skies
Venezuela, Colombia to reopen land borders, skies
by  AFP

Venezuela and Colombia said Friday they will reopen their shared land border later this month and resume commercial flights after renewing diplomatic ties severed in 2019. The countries' shared 2,000-kilometer (1,200-mile) land border -- the scene of clashes between armed and criminal groups -- was closed from 2019, and reopened in October last year but to pedestrians only.

Russians killed two Zaporizhzhia nuclear staff, abused others: Ukraine
Russians killed two Zaporizhzhia nuclear staff, abused others: Ukraine
by  AFP

Russian forces controlling Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant have killed two staff at the facility and detained and abused dozens of others, the head of Ukraine's nuclear energy agency told AFP on Friday. Kotin also said Ukraine insists that Russia remove military hardware from the plant and that staff from Russian nuclear agency Rosatom also leave the area.

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