Topic: Ukraine/Russia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-02 06:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Russian journalist Vladimir Solovyov has accused Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of betraying the interests of her own voters by following the EU line on Ukraine and Russia in an interview with Il Fatto Quotidiano published on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-02 05:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Russia has emerged as the main supplier of oil to Syria, Reuters reporting shows, despite the new government's alignment with the West and widespread distrust of Moscow over its military support for fallen leader Bashar al-Assad.
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[2026-05-02 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Editorial] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: United States (US) Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has revealed that the Iran War has so far cost the US taxpayers a staggering US$ 25 billion, on top of the US annual defence budget of US$ 900 billion. This is expected to balloon to US$ 1.5 trillion next year, which is more than double the combined defence expenditure of the next two countries on the list – China and Russia, which itself is engaged in a war.
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[2026-05-02 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-05-02 03:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Pavel Talankin, ganador del premio al mejor documental por “Mr. Nobody against Putin”, asiste al Baile de los Gobernadores tras la entrega de los Oscar el 15 de marzo de 2026 en Los Ángeles. (Foto AP/John Locher, archivo)
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[2026-05-02 02:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Taiyo Oil is buying crude from the Sakhalin-2 project in the Russian Far East. © Kyodo
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[2026-05-02 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-02 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: U.S. Navy cadets with the Maine Maritime Academy tour the National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV) State of Maine at the Hanwha Philly Shipyard in Philadelphia, on Aug. 26, 2025. The yard acquired by the South Korean conglomerate in 2024 epitomizes its drive to build ships for the U.S. Navy and expand its global maritime defense presence.
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[2026-05-02 01:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia fired a record number of long-range attack drones at Ukraine in April, AFP analysis of data published by Kyiv's air force showed.
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[2026-05-02 01:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Pavel Talankin, winner of the award for documentary feature film for “Mr. Nobody against Putin,” attends the Governors Ball after the Oscars on March 15, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
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[2026-05-02 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
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[2026-05-02 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
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[2026-05-02 00:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The entire international jury of the Venice Biennale has tendered their resignations amid pressure caused by the Italian cultural exhibition’s decision to allow Russia and Israel to participate.
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[2026-05-02 00:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The entire international jury of the Venice Biennale has tendered their resignations amid pressure caused by the Italian cultural exhibition’s decision to allow Russia and Israel to participate.
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[2026-05-01 23:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KYIV — Ukrainian forces struck an oil terminal in the Russian Black Sea city of Tuapse, Ukraine’s General Staff said on Friday, marking the fourth attack targeting the region's oil infrastructure in just over two weeks.
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[2026-05-01 23:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines is donating 40 generator sets to Ukraine as humanitarian aid as some of the country's infrastructure were damaged in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.
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[2026-05-01 23:45 UTC+10:00] [Oscars 2026] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Agents would not allow Pavel Talankin to carry statuette for Mr Nobody Against Putin on to flight from New York
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[2026-05-01 23:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters put out a fire in a residential building following a Russian drone attack in Mykolayiv, Ukraine, Friday, May 1, 2026. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)
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[2026-05-01 23:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Japan has linked Ukraine’s fate to its own security as it faces China’s growing military power
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[2026-05-01 23:40 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Japan has linked Ukraine’s fate to its own security as it faces China’s growing military power
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[2026-05-01 23:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s dependence on China for sanctioned technology imports has risen to 90%, Bloomberg reported Friday, citing people familiar with official statistics.
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[2026-05-01 23:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Olexandr Mischenko said Ukraine is "not happy" with some countries' move to import crude oil from Russia amid the oil crisis but the Philippines managed to explain its situation.
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[2026-05-01 20:32 UTC+10:00] [EU-Russia relations] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The Venice Biennale’s “cowardly choice” to allow Russia to participate in its 2026 exhibition “continues to harm” the organization, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha said Friday. in a renewed call to ban Moscow’s return to Italy’s most prestigious art exhibition.
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[2026-05-01 20:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: At least eight miners are feared trapped after a coal mine collapsed in the remote Magadan region of Russia’s Far East, an accident officials are blaming on melting permafrost.
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[2026-05-01 20:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Eurovision Song Contest hopefuls - including Austria’s Cosmó, Germany’s Sarah Engels, Ukraine’s Leléka, Estonia’s Vanilla Ninja, and Senhit with Boy George for San Marino - demonstrate their dance moves ahead of the annual event. (May 1)
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[2026-05-01 19:15 UTC+10:00] [Global Risk-Reward Monitor] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-01 18:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the global order is endangered by increasing geopolitical chaos.
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[2026-05-01 18:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ukraine used its latest technology to deepen strikes against Russian oil storage, ports and refineries in the past week, bombing targets in the Urals 1,600 kilometres (990 miles) from its borders and prompting protests about “terrorist attacks” from the Kremlin spokesman.
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[2026-05-01 16:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Russia has continued heavy attacks on Ukraine for the past 24 hours, with several coming overnight on Thursday and in the early hours of Friday. At least one person has been killed and several have been injured.
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[2026-05-01 16:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: In a scene reminiscent of a computer war game, three battle-fatigued soldiers, dressed in white snow camouflage, emerge from a war-torn alley with their hands raised above their heads.
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[2026-05-01 15:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A state funeral was held on Thursday for Mali's former defence minister, General Sadio Camara, a key architect of the military government’s security partnership with Russia.
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[2026-05-01 13:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers discuss a form of cancer endemic to East and Southeast Asia, the impact of the disruption to oil supply on Asian cities, and EU support for Ukraine
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[2026-05-01 13:30 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers discuss a form of cancer endemic to East and Southeast Asia, the impact of the disruption to oil supply on Asian cities, and EU support for Ukraine
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[2026-05-01 11:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MOSCOW, Russia — A Ukrainian drone attack has killed two teenagers on a motorcycle in Russia's Belgorod region, the local governor said early on Friday.
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[2026-05-01 11:10 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Art & design] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Milan: The international jury of the Venice Biennale resigned Thursday, just nine days before the world’s oldest and most important contemporary art fair opens, amid tensions over Russia’s participation and the panel’s decision to bar prizes for countries accused of crimes against humanity.
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[2026-05-01 11:05 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Panama-flagged Panormitis turns away without unloading as Kyiv vows to treat carriers of ‘stolen’ grain the same as Russian oil tankers. What we know on day 1,528
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[2026-05-01 11:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Ukrainian drone strikes hit oil infrastructure across Russia this week, sparking huge fires. (Reuters/Governor of Krasnodar Region Veniamin Kondratyev)
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[2026-05-01 10:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Oscar winner Pavel Talankin was forced to check his golden statuette for his documentary Mr Nobody Against Putin at a New York airport - and now it's missing.
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[2026-05-01 09:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The entire jury of the Venice Biennale has resigned just nine days before the inauguration of the prestigious art event, amid growing tensions over the return of Russia for the first time since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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[2026-05-01 07:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un praised soldiers who blew themselves while fighting against Ukraine up rather than be captured — confirming reports that the Hermit Nation’s soldiers were resorting to suicide bombings while fighting for Russia.
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[2026-05-01 07:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz should focus on resolving the Ukraine conflict and deal with problems at home instead of questioning Washington’s strategy in the war against Iran, US President Donald Trump has said.
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[2026-05-01 06:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Ukraine international Mykhailo Mudryk, one of the most expensive players in world soccer, risks missing the next European Championship if he loses his appeal against a four-year ban in a doping case.
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[2026-05-01 05:30 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The two Presidents discussed the Ukraine conflict and the escalation in the Middle East, according to Yury Ushakov Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with his US counterpart Donald Trump on Wednesday, during which the two discussed issues including the Ukraine conflict and the crisis in the Persian Gulf, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov has said.
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[2026-05-01 04:18 UTC+10:00] [Venice Biennale] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Decision follows backlash from Italian government and European Commission
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[2026-05-01 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An Odesa Jewish elementary school and a Jewish orphanage were severely damaged in Russian bombings on Wednesday night, according to Southern Ukraine and Odesa Chief Rabbi Avraham Wolff and Chabad, leading to the decision to temporarily shutter the school.
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[2026-05-01 03:45 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The entire international jury of the Venice Biennale resigned on Thursday in the latest escalation of a months-long political fight over Russia’s return to the exhibition.
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[2026-05-01 03:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A private security officer stands next to a closed Russia’s pavilion at the 59th Biennale of Arts exhibition in Venice, Italy, Tuesday, April 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File)
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[2026-05-01 02:40 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine War] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-01 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Mali’s Defense Minister Sadio Camara enters a hall for a talk in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 28, 2024. (Maxim Shipenkov/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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[2026-05-01 01:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s annual Victory Day parade on Red Square, which marks the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, will be held without military vehicles for the first time in nearly 20 years this May 9.
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