Topic: Ukraine/Russia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-30 06:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Moscow is looking to deepen economic cooperation with the Republic of the Congo, as Russia continues efforts to strengthen ties across Africa through trade, investment and debt relief.
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[2026-04-30 05:55 UTC+10:00] [Vladimir Putin] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Russian president welcomed decision to extend Iran ceasefire in what US president said was a ‘very good conversation’
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[2026-04-30 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Energy prices are projected to surge by 24% this year to their highest level since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, as the war in the Middle East sends a severe shock through global commodity markets, according to the World Bank Group’s latest Commodity Markets Outlook. Overall commodity prices are forecast to rise 16% in 2026, driven by soaring energy and fertilizer prices and record-high prices for several key metals.
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[2026-04-30 05:30 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The acting U.S. Ambassador to Kyiv Julie Davis will step down from her post and retire, a U.S. official and the State Department said on Tuesday, amid a lull in U.S.-brokered talks to achieve a ceasefire and end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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[2026-04-30 05:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Russia’s Health Minister Mikhail Murashko and a group of representatives is due to arrive in the country on May 3 for a three-day official visit.
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[2026-04-30 05:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with US counterpart Donald Trump, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said Wednesday, adding the two leaders discussed the Middle East war and Ukraine.
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[2026-04-30 04:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US president says the Russian leader offered help with the issue of Iran’s enriched uranium, and they discussed a ceasefire with Kyiv
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[2026-04-30 04:53 UTC+10:00] [Moscow] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US president says the Russian leader offered help with the issue of Iran’s enriched uranium, and they discussed a ceasefire with Kyiv
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[2026-04-30 04:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Ukraine and Israel traded accusations on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday, with Kyiv accusing Jerusalem of resorting to “Twitter diplomacy.” The exchange followed Ukrainian claims that it had repeatedly urged Israel through diplomatic channels to act against a vessel that recently docked in Haifa, which it alleges is carrying grain taken from Russian-occupied areas.
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[2026-04-30 04:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said Wednesday, adding the two leaders discussed the Middle East war and Ukraine.
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[2026-04-30 03:46 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Accusation vessel contains grain looted from Russian-occupied territories triggers diplomatic spat between both nations
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[2026-04-30 02:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Anastasia Potapova of Russia returns the ball to Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic during the Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Pablo Garcia)
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[2026-04-30 02:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Energy prices are anticipated to surge 24% in 2026, the largest jump since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, as a result of the Iran conflict, the World Bank predicted in the latest Commodity Markets Outlook published on Tuesday.
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[2026-04-30 02:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin spokesperson, said Russia has no plans to leave OPEC+ and praised the group’s role in stabilising energy markets.
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[2026-04-30 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The beginning of fuel loading at the first unit of the Russian-build Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant has paved the way for the start of experimental production of nuclear energy in Bangladesh.
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[2026-04-30 01:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United Kingdom has expelled a Russian diplomat in response to Moscow’s expulsion of a British embassy employee last month after he was accused of spying.
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[2026-04-30 01:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Denis Sassou N’Guesso, President of the Republic of Republic of the Congo, at the Kremlin on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-30 01:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Footage released by Russia’s defense ministry purports to show a helicopter firing rockets during what the ministry claims to be fighting with Tuareg rebels in Mali.
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[2026-04-30 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico will attend Moscow’s Victory Day parade next week, Kremlin foreign policy adviser Yury Ushakov said Wednesday.
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[2026-04-30 00:32 UTC+10:00] [Royal Navy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Royal Navy chief says unified naval force will deter future Russian threats from the ‘open sea border’ to the north
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[2026-04-30 00:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Car passes the building of the Federal Security Service (FSB, Soviet KGB successor) in Lubyanskaya Square in Moscow, Russia, on Monday, July 24, 2017. (AP Photo, File)
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[2026-04-30 00:10 UTC+10:00] [Cargo] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: KYIV — Ukraine on Wednesday officially requested Israel seize the Panormitis cargo vessel, which is sailing under a Panamanian flag and currently on its way to the port of Haifa.
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[2026-04-29 23:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court, has received Dmitry Patrushev, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi.
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[2026-04-29 23:51 UTC+10:00] [Companies] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Politico
Snippet: KYIV — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Tuesday Ukraine will officially allow the export of surplus, domestically made weapons during wartime.
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[2026-04-29 23:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A dispute between Ukraine and Israel deepened on Wednesday, after Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar criticised Kyiv's handling of an official complaint over the purchase of grain from Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory.
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[2026-04-29 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Tuareg rebels in Mali want Russian forces to leave the country, a spokesman for the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) coalition told AFP on Wednesday, coming after Al-Qaeda-linked militants and armed separatists launched a major offensive over the weekend.
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[2026-04-29 23:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LONDON (AP) — A British court was told Wednesday how three men from Ukraine and Romania were offered payment by a Russian-speaking contact online to set fires against two houses and a car linked to Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
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[2026-04-29 23:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The Kremlin said Wednesday it hopes the departure of the United Arab Emirates from OPEC and the expanded OPEC+ alliance will not lead to the collapse of the oil cartel.
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[2026-04-29 23:03 UTC+10:00] [Baltics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — The U.K. and its northern allies have pledged to develop a new naval partnership aimed at repelling Russian advances in the High North.
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[2026-04-29 23:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Russia's Victory Day parade in Moscow on 9 May will be scaled back this year because of a "terrorist threat" from Ukraine, the Kremlin has said.
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[2026-04-29 22:33 UTC+10:00] [European Union] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: On the Middle East, von der Leyen says that the EU “want the ceasefires in Iran and Lebanon to hold,” with urgent need to “re-establish peace and stability through diplomatic means.”
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[2026-04-29 22:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ukrainian regional government officials say Russian attacks across Ukraine have killed at least three people and injured 17 during stalled United States-led talks to end the war in Ukraine.
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[2026-04-29 22:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Days after armed groups launched large-scale attacks on Malian Armed Forces’ bases, military ruler Assimi Goita on Tuesday said the situation was “under control”, with Russian security forces providing air support to prevent rebels from capturing key positions, including the presidential palace in capital Bamako.
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[2026-04-29 21:34 UTC+10:00] [North Korea] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Leader mentions for first time lengths to which troops go to avoid falling into enemy hands while fighting for Russia
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[2026-04-29 21:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US’s acting ambassador to Ukraine, Julie Davis, is set to leave her post in the coming weeks due to disagreements with President Donald Trump, the Financial Times reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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[2026-04-29 20:39 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Annual event at Red Square will feature no armoured vehicles or missile systems for first time in two decades
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[2026-04-29 20:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Services on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, rescue workers put out a fire of a residential building destroyed by a Russian drone strike on Odesa region, Ukraine. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)
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[2026-04-29 20:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Submitted by Julianne Geiger of OilPrice.com
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[2026-04-29 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Keir Starmer's decision last month to let the British military board ships of Russia’s so‑called "shadow fleet" has had no clear impact on the number passing through UK waters, a Reuters analysis shows.
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[2026-04-29 20:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: German authorities have arrested a Kazakh man in Berlin on suspicion of spying for Russia, according to the German Federal Prosecutor’s Office.
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[2026-04-29 19:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a press conference after the EU Summit in Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, April 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
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[2026-04-29 19:54 UTC+10:00] [Air defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: KYIV — The Kremlin's annual May 9 military parade, celebrating victory in World War II, will not feature tanks, artillery or missile systems as Russia's armed forces struggle to push through defensive fortifications in eastern Ukraine.
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[2026-04-29 19:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BERLIN (AP) — German police arrested a Kazakh national suspected of passing information about possible targets for sabotage and Germany’s defense industry to Russia’s intelligence service, prosecutors said Wednesday.
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[2026-04-29 19:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: To many Ukrainians and Europeans, the European Union’s unlocking of a 90bn-euro ($105bn) loan to Ukraine on April 23 was a bittersweet victory because it came with a multibillion-dollar gift to Russia.
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[2026-04-29 19:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US must expand its support for Ukraine if it wants to preserve its status as a global superpower, Republican Senator Mitch McConnell has claimed.
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[2026-04-29 19:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US must expand its support for Ukraine if it wants to preserve its status as a global superpower, Republican Senator Mitch McConnell has claimed.
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[2026-04-29 19:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The skies of Russia’s Perm region were engulfed with black smoke on Wednesday morning after Ukrainian drones attacked an industrial facility, which Ukrainian media identified as oil pipeline infrastructure.
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[2026-04-29 18:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Troops attend a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
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[2026-04-29 18:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: As Israel grapples with Hezbollah attack drones along the border with Lebanon, Ukrainian interceptor drones have been able to neutralize 33,000 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of various types in the month of March alone, according to Ukraine’s Defense Ministry.
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[2026-04-29 17:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Mrigakshi Dixit via Interesting Engineering,
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