August 24, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
By Jessie Yeung, Kathleen Magramo, Josh Berlinger, Aditi Sangal and Adrienne Vogt, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
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By Jessie Yeung, Kathleen Magramo, Josh Berlinger, Aditi Sangal and Adrienne Vogt, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
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By Elaine Hulbert, Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, CNN Voters in the oil-rich African nation of Angola will go to the polls on Wednesday to decide who will lead the country — the party that has been in power for nearly five decades, or an opposition promising a fresh start especially for disaffected youth. President João
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By Tara John and Yulia Kesaieva, CNN Ukraine’s Independence Day, which on Wednesday marked the 31st anniversary of when the country voted to break with the Soviet Union, has been a more somber affair this year, with officials attending memorials. The day was darkened by a missile strike on an eastern Ukrainian train station which
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By Chelsea Lee and Tara John, CNN A total of 1,295 people arrived in the United Kingdom after crossing the English Channel by boat Monday — the highest daily total of migrants registered since records began in 2018, according to PA Media. Twenty-seven boats made the journey, according to the UK’s Ministry of Defense. As
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By Nimi Princewill, CNN The father of a Kenyan woman who drowned in a swimming pool in Canada while livestreaming on Facebook has spoken of his family’s loss. Hellen Wendy Nyabuto could be seen in a video struggling to stay afloat after diving into the deep end of the pool last week. The 23-year-old health
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By Brad Lendon and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN The US government is urging Americans in Ukraine to leave the country immediately, warning that Russia is stepping up efforts to launch attacks on civilian infrastructure and government facilities ahead of Ukrainian independence day. Wednesday’s anniversary — which commemorates 31 years since Ukraine broke its ties with the
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By Rhea Mogul, Jack Guy, Adrienne Vogt and Aditi Sangal, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
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By Tara John and Maria Kostenko, CNN The new school year is a day of celebration in Ukraine, where children dress up and give bouquets of flowers to their teachers. But Russia’s invasion has cast a shadow on the happy day. Now educational facilities across the country are racing to build bunkers and bomb shelters
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By Brad Lendon and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN The US government is urging Americans in Ukraine to leave the country immediately, warning that Russia is stepping up efforts to launch attacks on civilian infrastructure and government facilities ahead of Ukrainian independence day. Wednesday’s anniversary — which commemorates 31 years since Ukraine broke its ties with the
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By Matthew Chance, Rob Picheta and Katharina Krebs, CNN The Kremlin’s justification for invading Ukraine “is a lie,” a Russian paratrooper who previously publicly condemned his country’s war in Ukraine has told CNN. Two weeks ago, Pavel Filatyev spoke out against the conflict in a 141-page-long testimony posted to his VKontakte social media page, then
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By Adam Pourahmadi, CNN The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has again called on Iran to explain why traces of enriched uranium were found at previously undeclared nuclear research sites three years ago. “Give us the necessary answers, people and places so we can clarify the many things needed for clarification,” said
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By Tim Lister, Uliana Pavlova and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Russia has blamed Ukrainian special services for the murder of Darya Dugina, a Russian political commentator and the daughter of prominent ultranationalist ideologue Alexander Dugin, according to Russian state news agency TASS. “The murder of journalist Darya Dugina has been solved, it was prepared by the
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By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Women across the world are posting videos on social media of themselves dancing, after criticism was leveled at Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin for leaked footage that showed her partying with friends. The video clips, which appeared last week, showed the 36-year-old leader dancing with friends in a private setting.
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By Tara John and Maria Kostenko, CNN The new school year is a day of celebration in Ukraine, where children dress up and give bouquets of flowers to their teachers. But Russia’s invasion has cast a shadow on the happy day. Now educational facilities across the country are racing to build bunkers and bomb shelters
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By Tim Lister and Jack Guy, CNN Events to mark Ukraine’s Independence Day on Wednesday have been banned in the country’s capital, Kyiv, and second-largest city, Kharkiv, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other officials warn that Russia may carry out missile strikes. Zelensky said on Saturday that Russia might be planning “particularly ugly” attacks
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By Bethlehem Feleke and Larry Madowo, CNN Presidential candidate Raila Odinga has formally filed a petition challenging the election results in Kenya’s Supreme Court on Monday, according to one of Odinga’s lawyers, Daniel Maanzo. The petition was filed online Monday morning with a physical copy expected to arrive at the court’s registry in Nairobi before
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By Aditi Sangal, Rhea Mogul, Eliza Mackintosh and Jack Guy, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
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By Aditi Sangal, Rhea Mogul, Eliza Mackintosh and Jack Guy, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
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By Aditi Sangal, Heather Chen, Lauren Said-Moorhouse, Hannah Strange and Adrienne Vogt, CNN The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
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By Tim Lister, Uliana Pavlova and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Russia has blamed Ukrainian special services for the murder of Darya Dugina, a Russian political commentator and the daughter of prominent ultranationalist ideologue Alexander Dugin, according to Russian state news agency TASS. “The murder of journalist Darya Dugina has been solved, it was prepared by the
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