Topic: Ukraine/Russia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-27 08:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Britain and France would be “playing with fire” if they supply Ukraine with nuclear components or weapons, risking a major escalation, former US judge Andrew Napolitano has said.
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[2026-02-27 07:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US Secretary of State says US and China now have ‘strategic stability’ in their long-fractious relationship as crucial Trump-Xi summit nears
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[2026-02-27 07:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A Kenyan man has been charged with human trafficking for allegedly recruiting people to fight for the Russian army in Ukraine.
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[2026-02-27 07:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: There is a chilling but uncanny resemblance in the way that US President Donald Trump is preparing to attack Iran, and the way that Russian President Vladimir Putin prepared to invade Ukraine.
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[2026-02-27 06:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Three military cycling teams from the United Arab Emirates, India and Russia are set to compete in the 27th Air Force Cycling Tour, which begins today (27) and concludes on March 1. The event is organized to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the Sri Lanka Air Force.
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[2026-02-27 06:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: An alleged Franco-British plot to secretly provide Ukraine with nuclear materials or a warhead shows just how desperate European NATO member states are to “maintain relevance,” RT contributor Thomas Penn has said.
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[2026-02-27 05:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Ukraine saw renewed overnight Russian strikes as drones and missiles hit the eastern region of Kharkiv, injuring at least 14 people, including a seven year old boy, according to regional authorities. Residential districts were targeted across several parts of the city, damaging apartment buildings and local infrastructure while emergency crews responded to fires and debris.
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[2026-02-27 03:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia has planned or carried out at least 151 hostile operations in Europe since invading Ukraine in February 2022, according to a report by the Netherlands-based International Center for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT) this week.
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[2026-02-27 03:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia plans to block Telegram this spring amid government calls to tighten media controls over claims the messaging app serves as a haven to criminals and is being used by foreign intelligence services as a tool of “hybrid warfare” against the country, Russian media reported Thursday, citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter.
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[2026-02-27 03:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Russia sends migrants to Europe through secret tunnels originating in Belarus, possibly built by Hamas or Hezbollah, the Telegraph reported on Wednesday.
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[2026-02-27 03:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WHEN Russian forces stormed into Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, Moscow’s strongman Vladimir Putin was supremely confident the “military operation” would be over in a matter of days.
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[2026-02-27 02:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AP News
Snippet: South African men who were allegedly tricked into fighting for Russia in the war in Ukraine are escorted by police officers as they arrive at King Shaka International Airport in Durban, South Africa, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Str)
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[2026-02-27 02:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent speaks during an interview following President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
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[2026-02-27 02:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: When Laurent Vinatier was a young man, he ventured to Russia seeking danger and self-discovery.
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[2026-02-27 02:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Kenyan police have arrested a key figure in a network that sent more than 1,000 Kenyans to Russia, where many were forcibly conscripted into the army and sent to Ukraine.
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[2026-02-27 02:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Workers repair the destroyed DTEK company’s power plant after a Russian missile attack on the country’s energy system in an undisclosed location in Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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[2026-02-27 01:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Rachel Marsden, a columnist, political strategist, and host of independently produced talk-shows in French and English.
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[2026-02-27 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Ukrainian and US officials met in Geneva on Thursday for talks on post-war reconstruction despite a deadlock in peace negotiations with Russia, which pounded infrastructure across Ukraine with drone and missile strikes overnight.
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[2026-02-27 01:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Russia says it has handed over the remains of 1,000 soldiers to Ukraine and has received the bodies of 35 Russian soldiers in return.
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[2026-02-27 01:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Police in Kenya have arrested a man accused of tricking Kenyans into fighting in Ukraine under the promise of skilled work in Russia. Festus Omwamba was caught in the northern town of Moyale and charged in Nairobi with trafficking 25 Kenyans last year. Authorities say he tried to flee after returning from Russia.
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[2026-02-27 00:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Germany has ruled out seizing frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine, with Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul saying the issue is no longer on the EU agenda.
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[2026-02-27 00:00 UTC+10:00] [The far right] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Leaked information obtained by Guardian paints disturbing picture of violence waged by terror group’s Ukrainian cell
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[2026-02-26 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Barring Moscow or Kyiv reaching breaking points in their war efforts, neither side will make any steps to end or ‘freeze’ the conflict
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[2026-02-26 23:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Men applying for long-term Russian residency must agree to serve a year in the armed forces, consulate says in an unusual notice
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[2026-02-26 22:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: BRICS allies Russia and South Africa are taking steps to heal tensions related to the Ukraine war and allegations that groups of South African men were 'lured' to fight on behalf of Moscow.
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[2026-02-26 22:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Residents of Russia’s Belgorod region, which has been hit by frequent Ukrainian attacks and recurring power outages, harbor an “internal resentment” toward local authorities, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said Thursday after a man allegedly refused to give him a ride.
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[2026-02-26 22:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Police in Kenya have arrested a man accused of being a member of a human trafficking scheme that lured Kenyans to Russia with false promises of work, only for them to end up fighting on the front lines of Ukrainian battlefields.
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[2026-02-26 22:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s regions went on a splurge last year, running a record combined budget deficit of around 1.48 trillion rubles ($19.22 billion) as spending continued to outpace revenue growth, the Kommersant business newspaper reported Thursday.
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[2026-02-26 22:00 UTC+10:00] [US foreign policy] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Will US intelligence learn its lessons from the Iraq war, and just how badly their legitimacy has been undermined?
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[2026-02-26 21:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: EU officials are prepared to offer Hungary a backroom deal on Russian oil supplies in order for Budapest to lift its veto on a controversial €90 billion loan for cash-strapped Ukraine, Politico has reported.
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[2026-02-26 21:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Russia and Turkey are preparing to take back citizens of their countries who are currently held in Iraqi prisons for joining ISIS.
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[2026-02-26 21:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s only domestic producer of optical fiber has been offline since May 2025 following Ukrainian attacks, industry officials told the Vedomosti business daily on Thursday.
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[2026-02-26 21:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Local residents walk a dog near a damaged apartment building hit by Russian drone in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko)
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[2026-02-26 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Wednesday again accused Ukraine of plotting to sabotage Hungary's energy infrastructure, following a Ukrainian drone attack on a key Transneft oil pumping station in the Russian republic of Tatarstan early Monday, which was further detrimental to the Druzhba oil pipeline.
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[2026-02-26 20:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Russia will repatriate its citizens who are ISIS members held in prisons in Iraq, a report at Rudaw said on February 26. Rudaw is a Kurdish media outlet in Erbil in the autonomous Kurdistan region.
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[2026-02-26 20:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Tulip Siddiq, left, stands beside Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Jan. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel, Pool, File)
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[2026-02-26 19:50 UTC+10:00] [Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: At least 23 people were injured in overnight strikes, with 420 drones and 39 missiles used by Russia to target Ukraine, Kyiv says
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[2026-02-26 19:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIJING — There are many things that China and Germany do not see eye-to-eye on — notably Russia's war in Ukraine — but the leaders of the world's second and third largest economies nonetheless pledged Wednesday to work to deepen ties in an era of global turbulence.
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[2026-02-26 19:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Family members of Kenyans who joined the Russian army in Ukraine hold photos of their loved ones during a protest calling on the government to urgently repatriate them and their remains in Nairobi, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)
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[2026-02-26 19:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s first official visit to China continues with a tour of Beijing’s Forbidden City on Thursday, a symbolic stop during talks focused on trade and global tensions. Merz said Germany and Europe want a partnership with China that is balanced and reliable. His visit comes as Beijing looks for allies against renewed US tariffs.
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[2026-02-26 18:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A major new trend which has been heating up on Europe's periphery over the last years of war in Ukraine has been the use of suicide drones and drone swarms, which have proven effective as well as frightening for anyone on the receiving end.
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[2026-02-26 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Andrew Korybko,
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[2026-02-26 17:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Russia pounded Ukraine with a barrage of missile and drone attacks across the country overnight, wounding at least eight people, in advance of the latest high-level meeting between Kyiv and Washington aimed at ending the war, now in its fifth year.
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[2026-02-26 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While Moscow accuses London and Paris of preparing to give nuclear weapons to Kyiv, Beijing doubles down
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[2026-02-26 15:45 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: London: Iran has a president who admits he is “a doctor, not a politician” and should not be expected to cure the country’s problems.
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[2026-02-26 15:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: VOA Africa
Snippet: XS SM MD LG
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[2026-02-26 15:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says he has stationed soldiers at key energy facilities across the country after he blamed Ukraine for disrupting energy supplies.
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[2026-02-26 12:27 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Defence minister says pace has already increased but more nets needed amid Russian attacks; Zelenskyy says Ukrainian delegation to meet Trump envoys. What we know on day 1,464
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[2026-02-26 11:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Here is where things stand on Thursday, February 26:
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[2026-02-26 11:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa (right) thanked Russia's President Vladimir Putin (left) for securing the return of the men. Source: SIPA USA / Ramil Sitdikov
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