Topic: Ukraine/Russia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-17 11:48 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: No more Kenyans to be enlisted by Moscow; Starmer warns against fossil fuel ‘windfall for Putin’ during war on Iran. What we know on day 1,483
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[2026-03-17 11:39 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspected a memorial museum under construction to commemorate North Korean troops dispatched to support Russia in its war with Ukraine, state media said Tuesday, with the museum expected to open as early as next month.
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[2026-03-17 10:15 UTC+10:00] [actor] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: At a viewing of his paintings at the University of Hong Kong, the actor talks about his art and about bringing Hong Kong filmmakers to America
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[2026-03-17 05:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Dmitry Trenin, a research professor at the Higher School of Economics and a lead research fellow at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations. He is also a member of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC).
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[2026-03-17 05:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Dmitry Trenin, a research professor at the Higher School of Economics and a lead research fellow at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations. He is also a member of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC).
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[2026-03-17 05:26 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: As the war in Iran enters its third week, one major beneficiary has emerged.It's not US President Donald Trump, who is facing meagre-at-best support for the conflict at home, and who repeatedly claims the war is "won" while at the same time asking allies and even China to help get crucial commodities moving.It's not Iran, which has launched hundreds of missiles and thousands of drones to cause global economic chaos but has had its supreme leader assassinated, other senior officials
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[2026-03-17 05:24 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘We cannot allow the war in the Gulf to turn into a windfall for Putin,’ Starmer said ahead of Tuesday’s meeting in London
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[2026-03-17 04:32 UTC+10:00] [Volodymyr Zelensky] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Penn, a vocal advocate for Ukraine who has visited the country several times, co-directed a 2023 documentary about the Ukrainian president
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[2026-03-17 04:14 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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[2026-03-17 04:14 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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[2026-03-17 03:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russians’ psychological well-being has worsened as financial anxiety grows and hopes for a quick end to the war in Ukraine fade, according to a February survey by the Russian Academy of Sciences’ (RAS) Institute of Psychology.
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[2026-03-17 03:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Mar 16, 2026 - 07:11 pm Russia finished third in the medal standings at the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Italy after its athletes won eight gold medals, along with one silver and three bronze. A total of six Russian athletes competed at the Milan-Cortina Games, taking part under their national flag and anthem for the first time since 2014, when Russia was barred from international competition over a doping scandal.
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[2026-03-17 03:05 UTC+10:00] [Oscars 2026] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The One Battle After Another star’s failure to collect his best supporting actor award – because he was visiting Ukraine – only serves to burnish his reputation
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[2026-03-17 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: In the first year of Russia’s full‑scale invasion, I argued that the under‑noticed defence inventories of the so‑called Global South still held Soviet‑legacy systems and calibres that could be repurposed for Ukraine’s immediate defence - less a grand strategy than a stopgap for force generation while western industry caught up.
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[2026-03-17 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KYIV, Ukraine — Sean Penn, who won an Oscar for best supporting actor for "One Battle After Another" on Sunday, is in Ukraine to show support to the war-torn country.
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[2026-03-17 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Kenya says Russia has agreed to stop accepting Kenyan nationals into its military after concerns that hundreds of citizens had been drawn into the war in Ukraine.
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[2026-03-17 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Hungary will continue to oppose an EU bailout for Ukraine until Kiev resumes Russian oil supplies through the Druzhba pipeline, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Monday in Brussels.
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[2026-03-17 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Hungary will continue to oppose an EU bailout for Ukraine until Kiev resumes Russian oil supplies through the Druzhba pipeline, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Monday in Brussels.
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[2026-03-17 01:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Let’s say you decided to become a writer or musician in Russia in 2026. If you hope that your book or album will be accepted by a publisher or label for release, distribution and promotion, the result of your creative work must meet certain criteria.
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[2026-03-17 01:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Hungary is set to sign a deal with neighboring Slovakia on building a new bilateral oil pipeline, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has announced. Budapest and Bratislava have been caught in an escalating feud with Ukraine and the EU over Russian oil deliveries being blocked by Kiev.
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[2026-03-17 01:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Hungary is set to sign a deal with neighboring Slovakia on building a new bilateral oil pipeline, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has announced. Budapest and Bratislava have been caught in an escalating feud with Ukraine and the EU over Russian oil deliveries being blocked by Kiev.
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[2026-03-17 01:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia has agreed to stop recruiting Kenyan citizens to fight with its army in Ukraine, Kenya’s foreign minister said Monday after talks with his Russian counterpart in Moscow.
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[2026-03-17 01:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Russia has agreed to stop recruiting Kenyan citizens to fight with its army in Ukraine, Kenya’s foreign minister has said.
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[2026-03-17 00:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: People across Russia began reporting problems accessing Telegram over the weekend, raising speculation among tech industry experts that the government may have already moved to block the messaging app ahead of an anticipated crackdown next month.
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[2026-03-17 00:30 UTC+10:00] [Wang Ting-yu] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Expensive missiles cannot stop large waves of rockets and drones in an armed conflict, officials on the self-ruled island warn
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[2026-03-17 00:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has ridiculed an initiative launched by Kiev’s EU backers to restart Russian oil flows through the Druzhba pipeline, calling it “blackmail.”
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[2026-03-17 00:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has ridiculed an initiative launched by Kiev’s EU backers to restart Russian oil flows through the Druzhba pipeline, calling it “blackmail.”
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[2026-03-16 23:54 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Prosecutors say Martin Ryan passed on secrets about Azerbaijan, as well as Russian and Chinese firms, to the French security service
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[2026-03-16 21:42 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: North Korea is estimated to have earned up to $14.4 billion from its troop deployment to the Russia-Ukraine war and arms exports to Russia, a report showed Monday.
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[2026-03-16 21:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Kharkiv, Ukraine – Maksym Trystapshon takes the subway to work. But the school head teacher and English teacher from Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city that sits only 40km (25 miles) from the Russian border, does not need to leave the subway station to see his students.
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[2026-03-16 20:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Ukraine this weekend launched one of its largest waves of drone attacks on Moscow since the start of the war, with city authorities saying that air defense systems destroyed at least 250 drones bound for the capital.
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[2026-03-16 19:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El presidente de Kazajistán, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, se dirige a la sesión plenaria del Foro de Cooperación Interregional de Rusia-Kazajistán en Uralsk, Kazajistán, por videoconferencia durante una reunión con el presidente de Rusia, Vladímir Putin, en el Gran Palacio del Kremlin en Moscú, el miércoles 12 de noviembre de 2025. (AP Foto/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Archivo)
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[2026-03-16 19:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev addresses the plenary session of the Russia–Kazakhstan Interregional Cooperation Forum in Uralsk, Kazakhstan, via videoconference during a meeting with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
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[2026-03-16 18:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: "A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma." That was how Winston Churchill famously described Russia (the Soviet Union as it then was), back in 1939.
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[2026-03-16 18:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky will never restore oil flows through the Druzhba pipeline, which serves as the key artery for delivering Russian oil to Slovakia and Hungary, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said.
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[2026-03-16 18:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky will never restore oil flows through the Druzhba pipeline, which serves as the key artery for delivering Russian oil to Slovakia and Hungary, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said.
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[2026-03-16 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Documentary films] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Haitian director was given unprecedented access to George Orwell’s archives – and found a fellow crusader for truth. His extraordinary new film highlights the sinister links between Big Brother, Trump and Putin
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[2026-03-16 15:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has accused Brussels of dragging the EU into a direct war with Russia through potential troop deployments to Ukraine.
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[2026-03-16 15:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has accused Brussels of dragging the EU into a direct war with Russia through potential troop deployments to Ukraine.
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[2026-03-16 13:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Sean Penn wasn’t in Hollywood when his name was read as the best supporting actor winner at the 2026 Oscars because he was reportedly in Ukraine.
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[2026-03-16 12:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LOS ÁNGELES (AP) — “Mr. Nobody contra Putin” ganó el Oscar al mejor largometraje documental.
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[2026-03-16 12:32 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Foreign countries and firms should not be able to bypass the government, Zelenskyy says. What we know on day 1,482
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[2026-03-16 12:28 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) -- A closing ceremony boycotted by Ukraine signaled the end of the Milan Cortina Winter Paralympics on Sunday, hours after the US Para ice hockey team won the final gold medal of the Games that were marked by the return of the Russian flag and national anthem to the global sports stage.
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[2026-03-16 12:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Mr. Nobody Against Putin” has won the Oscar for best documentary feature.
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[2026-03-16 11:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin. In recent weeks, the Kremlin has moved to block Telegram and WhatsApp. Source: Getty / Contributor
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[2026-03-16 08:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Athletes march carrying the Russian flag during the closing ceremony at the 2026 Winter Paralympics, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, March 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
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[2026-03-16 07:59 UTC+10:00] [Winter Paralympics 2026] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Russia’s involvement meant politics could not be avoided at a Paralympics more competitive than ever
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[2026-03-16 07:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ukraine wants money and technology as payback after sending specialists to the Middle East to help down Iranian drones during the ongoing Israel-United States war with Iran.
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[2026-03-16 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Andrew Parsons, President of the International Paralympic Committee, speaks during the opening ceremony at the 2026 Winter Paralympics, in Verona, Italy, Friday, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
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[2026-03-16 01:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Russian cross-country skier Anastasia Bagiyan has won gold in the 20 km individual start race for visually impaired athletes at the 2026 Winter Paralympics, becoming a three-time champion at the Games in Italy.
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