Topic: Ukraine/Russia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-01 16:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian military plane crashed in annexed Crimea, killing six crew and 23 passengers on board, Russian news agencies reported in the early hours of Wednesday, citing the country’s Defense Ministry.
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[2026-04-01 13:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MOSCOW, Russia — A Russian Antonov-26 military plane crashed while flying over the Crimean peninsula, killing 29 people, the TASS news agency reported Wednesday, quoting Russia's defence ministry.
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[2026-04-01 12:18 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Kyiv urges inquiry after leaked calls appeared to capture Hungarian foreign minister telling Moscow he would try to amend EU sanctions to its liking. What we know on day 1,498
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[2026-04-01 11:44 UTC+10:00] [Crimea] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Technical problems were believed to have caused the crash, a report said, citing an initial assessment
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[2026-04-01 10:09 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Defence ministry says contact was lost with the An-26 military transport aircraft whilst it was on a scheduled flight over the Crimean Peninsula
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[2026-04-01 07:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he will ask US mediators to relay his offer of an Easter truce to Russia, halting attacks on the country’s energy facilities, amid an ongoing deadlock in peace talks.
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[2026-04-01 07:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Ukraine’s delay of an EU inspection of the Druzhba oil pipeline for nearly two weeks is “not smart,” unnamed diplomatic sources have told Euractiv. Kiev had earlier agreed to allow the bloc’s experts to check the conduits for alleged damage.
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[2026-04-01 06:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko arrived in Sri Lanka yesterday (31) for a two-day official visit. Ports and Civil Aviation Deputy Minister Janitha Ruwan Kodituwakku, received him at the Katunayake Airport. Rudenko is expected to take part in the eleventh round of bilateral political consultations between Sri Lanka and Russia.
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[2026-04-01 06:03 UTC+10:00] [Hungary] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: ‘Sinister’ leaked audio appeared to capture Péter Szijjártó telling Moscow he would try to amend EU sanctions list to its liking
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[2026-04-01 05:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Welcome to RT’s live coverage of the US‑Israeli war on Iran and the wider chaos across the Middle East and beyond that the unprovoked attack has caused.
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[2026-04-01 04:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday blasted Hungary for "pleasing" Moscow as Budapest's veto over the EU's lifeline package delays the war-torn country's recovery and preparation for the next winter.
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[2026-04-01 03:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Moscow will not supply oil to countries backing an “anti-market” price cap scheme, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko has said, as demand for crude rises amid the Middle East conflict.
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[2026-04-01 03:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Finnish authorities are investigating a crashed unmanned aircraft spotted on a frozen lake near Russia, the Border Guard told AFP on Tuesday, two days after stray drones crashed in southern Finland.
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[2026-04-01 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Farmers from five Russian regions were in Moscow on Tuesday to demand that President Vladimir Putin halt the mass culling of livestock ordered by authorities.
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[2026-04-01 02:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Authorities in the Ryazan region have ordered businesses to nominate a minimum number of employees for contract military service, marking the latest iteration of government efforts to maintain a steady flow of troops to the front line in eastern Ukraine.
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[2026-04-01 02:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The leaked phone conversation between Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov was insignificant, the EU nation's top diplomat has said.
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[2026-04-01 02:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The leaked phone conversation between Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov was insignificant, the EU nation's top diplomat has said.
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[2026-04-01 01:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: An Iranian strike that reportedly destroyed a depot of Ukrainian anti-drone systems in Dubai served as a “slap in the face” to Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky, a Middle East expert has told RT.
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[2026-04-01 01:02 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ukraine says Russian spy satellite had photographed base before strike, as Moscow accused of helping Tehran
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[2026-04-01 00:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Russia has found itself in the curious position of benefiting from the turmoil hitting its Middle East partner and ally, Iran.
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[2026-03-31 23:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The Kremlin on Tuesday dismissed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s call for an Easter ceasefire, claiming his proposal was vague and fell short of reaching a lasting peace.
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[2026-03-31 23:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Russian-flagged oil tanker Anatoly Kolodki, right, approaches Matanzas, Cuba, Tuesday, March 31, 2026.. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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[2026-03-31 23:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Violent crime committed by active-duty Russian servicemen has surged since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Poland-based news outlet Vot Tak reported, with murders, sexual assaults and robberies rising far faster than the military’s expansion.
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[2026-03-31 22:54 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Telegram is increasingly blocked and mobile internet users face blackouts in effort likened to Iranian shutdowns
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[2026-03-31 22:35 UTC+10:00] [Latest] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Switch to the dark mode that's kinder on your eyes at night time.
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[2026-03-31 21:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ukrainian drones have struck Russia’s Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga for the fifth time in 10 days, as Kyiv continues to step up attacks on Russia’s oil export infrastructure.
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[2026-03-31 21:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s Digital Development Minister Maksut Shadayev said Monday that the government will begin cracking down on the use of virtual private networks, or VPNs, a common tool that Russians have increasingly turned to in recent years to get around internet surveillance and censorship.
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[2026-03-31 21:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s Digital Development Minister Maksut Shadayev said Monday that the government will begin cracking down on the use of virtual private networks, or VPNs, a common tool that Russians have increasingly turned to in recent years to get around internet surveillance and censorship.
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[2026-03-31 21:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Russian president Vladimir Putin and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi discussed the war in the Middle East by phone on Tuesday, Russia's Tass state news agency reported.
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[2026-03-31 20:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A damaged window and facade is seen after an unknown perpetrator threw several Molotov cocktails at a Russian center in Prague, Czech Republic, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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[2026-03-31 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Classical music] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The 19th composer John Field was the first to name his gentle and delicate piano pieces ‘nocturnes’. The word – and the genre of ‘sleep music’ – it presaged, is ubiquitous today
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[2026-03-31 19:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Ukrainian drones have attacked and damaged infrastructure at the Baltic sea port of Ust-Luga in northwestern Russia for at least the fourth time in a week, the local governor said Tuesday morning.
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[2026-03-31 19:01 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Delegation marks four years since liberation of town as EU focus returns to Ukraine amid Iran war fallout
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[2026-03-31 18:40 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-31 18:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Press Office, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas, centre right, and Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha walk at a railway station in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Press Office via AP)
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[2026-03-31 18:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama warned Tuesday that violence only results in more conflict, urging peace as conflict rages in the Middle East and Ukraine.
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[2026-03-31 17:24 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea sought to persuade Russia to scrap its treaty with North Korea in the mid-1990s, declassified documents showed Tuesday, drawing a contrast to the countries' current relations as Moscow closely aligns with Pyongyang.
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[2026-03-31 15:44 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: As Australia braces for fuel shortages and the world confronts the economic fallout from the US-Israeli war on Iran that could trigger a global recession, one country is reaping the spoils: Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
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[2026-03-31 15:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party Dmitry Medvedev, right, and Chairman of Mongolian People’s Party and Chairman of the State Great Khural Nyam-Osoryn Uchral pose for a photo during their meeting at the Gorki state residence outside Moscow, on Feb. 10, 2026. (Ekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik Pool Photo via AP, File)
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[2026-03-31 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Viktor Orbán] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In Hungary, the Iran war is exposing tensions. Voters may decide on 12 April that the prime minister’s geopolitical contortions are a liability
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[2026-03-31 14:56 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine War] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-31 13:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A sign announcing ‘Diesel fuel has run out’ is displayed on a gas staton, in Prajuab Kirikhan, Thailand, Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Grant Peck, file)
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[2026-03-31 12:32 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: President says he is open to scaling back strikes on oil and wider energy industry if Moscow reciprocates. What we know on day 1,496
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[2026-03-31 08:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Kazem Jalali, Iran’s ambassador to Russia, has said that as of now Iran “doesn’t need any negotiations,” but remains a “rational player” that is “not looking for war.” Speaking on RT’s ‘Sanchez Effect’, he said that Tehran has “never denied peace talks,” but insisted there must be “proper conditions” before any dialogue can begin.
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[2026-03-31 07:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KYIV — Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday rejected reports that the government may suspend the payment of salaries for soldiers and state workers because of a blocked European Union loan.
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[2026-03-31 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: For Buddhapriya Ramanayake , the journey to Russia was not merely a passage across continents but it was a crossing into possibility where ambition is heavier than their luggage.
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[2026-03-31 06:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Matthieu Buge, who has worked on Russia for the magazine l’Histoire, the Russian film magazine Séance, and as a columnist for Le Courrier de Russie. He is the author of the book Le Cauchemar russe (‘The Russian Nightmare’)
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[2026-03-31 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko will arrive in Sri Lanka today (31) for two-day official visit.
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[2026-03-31 06:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KYIV — Ukraine on Monday signed a 10-year defence agreement with Bulgaria, a major arms manufacturer, covering production of drones and other weapons, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced.
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[2026-03-31 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: The tankers passing through Hormuz carry more than oil. They reflect how the Iran/China relationship is shaped by necessity, maintained through adaptation, and now tested under strain. (Reuters: Tingshu Wang)
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