Topic: Ukraine/Russia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-14 04:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ukraine and its European allies have hit out at a decision by United States President Donald Trump’s administration to partially roll back sanctions against Russia amid soaring energy prices linked to the Iran war.
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[2026-03-14 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ukraine offers drone expertise to Middle East and US amid aid uncertainty
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[2026-03-14 03:29 UTC+10:00] [Oleksandr Usyk] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Usyk condemns Russia’s return to global sport
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[2026-03-14 03:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ukraine’s boxer Oleksandr Usyk attends a press conference in Wembley stadium in London, Thursday, July 17, 2025, ahead of the boxing fight between Britain’s Daniel Dubois and Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, file)
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[2026-03-14 02:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Income inequality in Russia has reached its highest level in more than a decade, according to an analysis by the independent research group Yesli Byt Tochnim.
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[2026-03-14 01:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PARIS — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that the US 30-day waiver on Russian oil sanctions amid the Iran war is “not the right decision” and won’t help bring a stop to Russia’s more than 4-year-old invasion of Ukraine.
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[2026-03-14 00:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: France’s President Emmanuel Macron, right, welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prior to a meeting at the Elysee Palace, Friday, March 13, 2026, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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[2026-03-13 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russian consumer electronics and appliance retailer M.Video named Vladislav Bakalchuk, the co-founder of Russia’s largest e-commerce platform Wildberries, as its new chief executive on Friday.
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[2026-03-13 22:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Russia is earning nearly $588 million daily from fossil fuel exports in March—a 17 percent increase since February—as the Iran conflict disrupts Gulf oil supplies and drives prices higher, new analysis shows.
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[2026-03-13 21:57 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Foreign Secretary Cooper said Moscow and Tehran ‘benefit together’ from soaring oil prices
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[2026-03-13 21:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo provided by the Myanmar Military True News Information Team, newly commissioned aircraft are seen at an airbase in Meiktila township in Mandalay region, Myanmar, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (The Myanmar Military True News Information Team via AP)
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[2026-03-13 21:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is a "misadventure" whose goals and exit strategy remain unclear, Russia's ambassador to the U.K. told CNBC.
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[2026-03-13 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Justice Department has quietly issued a stunning correction to former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on President Trump and Russia after a years-long legal battle — admitting the infamous “golden showers” footnote contains a critical error.
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[2026-03-13 20:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Sweden’s coast guard said Thursday that it seized a false-flagged ship that is part of Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” of oil tankers, coming days after authorities in the Scandinavian country took control of a cargo ship suspected of transporting stolen grain from Ukraine.
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[2026-03-13 20:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: “Sri Lanka is taking immediate steps to secure fuel supplies from Russia,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism said on Friday (13), as Minister Vijitha Herath held discussions with the Russian Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Levan S. Dzhagaryan, to expedite fuel procurement.
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[2026-03-13 19:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australia should play a lead role in efforts to force Vladimir Putin to face a Nuremberg-style trial to hold him accountable for launching the war in Ukraine, one of the Russian President’s leading antagonists in Europe has argued.
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[2026-03-13 16:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Moscow said Friday that the global energy market "cannot remain stable" without its oil, piling pressure on Washington to lift more sanctions as the Middle East war strangles supplies.
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[2026-03-13 12:29 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Russian negotiator Kirill Dmitriev describes negotiations with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner as ‘productive’. What we know on day 1,479
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[2026-03-13 09:25 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-03-13 08:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Vladimir Zelensky has ordered his advisors to plot out a scenario where elections in Ukraine are suspended and the country commits to years of war, Ukrainskaya Pravda has reported, citing government sources.
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[2026-03-13 08:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Vladimir Zelensky has ordered his advisers to plot out a scenario where elections in Ukraine are suspended and the country commits to years of war, Ukrainskaya Pravda has reported, citing government sources.
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[2026-03-13 06:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Russia was not behind a series of ruptures in underwater cables in the Baltic Sea, Finland’s spy chief has admitted, adding that the assessment is “very broadly” shared within the European intelligence community.
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[2026-03-13 06:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Russia was not behind a series of ruptures in underwater cables in the Baltic Sea, Finland’s spy chief has admitted, adding that the assessment is “very broadly” shared within the European intelligence community.
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[2026-03-13 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Un tren y parte de la infraestructura ferroviaria fueron incendiados en agosto en Letonia por dos personas que actuaban a favor de Rusia, informó el miércoles el Servicio de Seguridad del Estado de Letonia, en el más reciente de una serie de avisos de funcionarios occidentales que afirman que el Kremlin ataca infraestructura crítica en toda Europa.
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[2026-03-13 05:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Foreign Affairs
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[2026-03-13 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Fyodor Lukyanov, the editor-in-chief of Russia in Global Affairs, chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, and research director of the Valdai International Discussion Club.
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[2026-03-13 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Fyodor Lukyanov, the editor-in-chief of Russia in Global Affairs, chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, and research director of the Valdai International Discussion Club.
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[2026-03-13 05:10 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Pilots reportedly adopting Russian tactics as statement in name of new Iranian supreme leader vows continued attacks on US bases
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[2026-03-13 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The second Trump administration’s surge of interventionism has sent shockwaves across the globe. To Moscow, watching from the sidelines, this is long-awaited confirmation that the era of multilateralism has ended, replaced by the unapologetic return of Great Power politics.
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[2026-03-13 03:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: In late February, Russia’s Justice Ministry announced fresh additions to its extensive list of “foreign agents” — a label that authorities use to target individuals and organizations seen as enemies of the state.
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[2026-03-13 03:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: In late February, Russia’s Justice Ministry announced fresh additions to its extensive list of “foreign agents” — a label that authorities use to target individuals and organizations seen as enemies of the state.
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[2026-03-13 03:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Moscow on Thursday convicted 19 people of involvement in the 2024 shooting rampage at a Moscow concert hall that killed 149 people and wounded over 600 in one of the deadliest attacks in the capital in years.
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[2026-03-13 03:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Italian defense firm Leonardo said it is "positioned on a path of strong growth" on Thursday, as European defense companies stand to gain business from the war in Iran, as they have been boosted by the war in Ukraine.
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[2026-03-13 02:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s prison service is grappling with a deepening staffing shortage, with tens of thousands of positions unfilled last year, highlighting mounting personnel problems across the country’s law enforcement agencies as the war in Ukraine stretches into its fifth year.
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[2026-03-13 02:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, leads a meeting with top security and defense officials at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside of Moscow, Aug. 12, 2024. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
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[2026-03-13 02:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine is awaiting White House approval for a major drone production agreement proposed by Kyiv last year, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday, as countries scramble to modernize their air defenses after the Iran war exposed shortcomings.
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[2026-03-13 01:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Names marked with an asterisk have been changed to protect identities.
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[2026-03-13 01:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: China consumes around 90% of Iran’s oil exports, so could be forced to rely on alternative suppliers – particularly Russia
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[2026-03-13 00:43 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Kremlin appearing to ramp up control over internet, as it tests new ‘whitelist’ restrictions and pushes people to state-owned app
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[2026-03-12 23:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivers a speech during the first plenary sitting of the spring session of parliament in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. Behind the premier is Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament Laszlo Kover. (Zoltan Mathe/MTI via AP)
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[2026-03-12 23:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: A liquor distillery in the Kaluga region is seeking to sell Trump-branded premium vodka and gin as part of a legal challenge to the trademark’s protection in Russia’s intellectual property court.
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[2026-03-12 22:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: President Vladimir Putin’s economic envoy met with White House officials in Florida on Wednesday, marking the first talks between the two countries since the war in the Middle East put a pause on Ukraine peace negotiations.
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[2026-03-12 22:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Russia on Thursday called on Israel and the United States to end their attacks on Iran and come to the negotiating table.
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[2026-03-12 22:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A volunteer holds the Ukrainian flag to take part in the opening ceremony at the 2026 Winter Paralympics, in Verona, Italy, Friday, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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[2026-03-12 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom will stay in Iran despite the conflict in the Middle East and is committed to its agreement to build two more units at the Bushehr nuclear plant, its head Alexei Likhachev said on Thursday.
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[2026-03-12 21:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: An instructor from the Ukrainian company General Cherry demonstrates the operation of an anti-air interceptor drone designed to destroy Russian attack drones in Kyiv region, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
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[2026-03-12 21:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).
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[2026-03-12 20:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Men tried on the charges of involvement in a terror attack at the Crocus City Hall in March 2024 listen to the verdict in a glass cage at the Second Western District Military Court in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
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[2026-03-12 19:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has responded to threats against his family made by a retired Ukrainian general.
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[2026-03-12 19:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A former Ukrainian Secret Service (SBU) general and MP has issued an open public threat against the family of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, days after Vladimir Zelensky suggested his military could be despatched to speak with him “in its own language.”
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