Topic: Ukraine/Russia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-24 22:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Marta Kostyuk's best French Open result was reaching the fourth round in 2021
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[2026-05-24 21:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Arthur Gea of France returns to Karen Khachanov of Russia during the first round men’s singles tennis match at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
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[2026-05-24 21:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The US State Department has officially cleared a $108.1 million hardware and sustainment package to keep Ukraine's frontline air defenses online, after there's not been much in the way of big dollar headlines concerning Washington's longtime military support to Kiev of late.
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[2026-05-24 21:12 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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[2026-05-24 20:35 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-24 19:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Arthur Gea of France warms up before the first round men’s singles tennis match against Karen Khachanov of Russia at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
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[2026-05-24 18:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Russia has hit Kyiv and its surrounding areas with a large missile and drone attack, killing four people and wounding more than 60, Ukrainian authorities say, after Moscow had threatened retaliation for strikes in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine.
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[2026-05-24 17:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia pounded Kyiv with a large missile and drone attack early on Sunday, killing two people and wounding 56, authorities said, after President Vladimir Putin threatened retaliation for strikes in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine.
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[2026-05-24 17:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia pounded Kyiv with a massive missile and drone attack that killed four people, authorities said Sunday, after President Vladimir Putin threatened retaliation for strikes in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine.
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[2026-05-24 17:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Multiple rounds of loud explosions were heard in the Ukrainian capital throughout the early hours of the morning, AFP journalists reported, as residents took shelter in underground stations.
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[2026-05-24 16:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Footage of the Russian strike near Ukrainian capital, Kiev, indicates that an Oreshnik missile was likely deployed by Moscow, former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter has said.
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[2026-05-24 16:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Footage of the Russian strike near Ukrainian capital, Kiev, indicates that an Oreshnik missile was likely deployed by Moscow, former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter has said.
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[2026-05-24 15:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Ukraine's unbeaten heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk stopped Dutch kickboxer Rico Verhoeven with one second left in the penultimate round of a WBC title fight on Saturday after an unexpectedly difficult night's work.
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[2026-05-24 15:11 UTC+10:00] [World / Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Chernihiv, Ukraine: On a cool evening last month, 12-year-old Anatolii Prokhorenko was up in a pear tree, cutting off a damaged branch for a neighbour, when he heard the buzz of a drone.
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[2026-05-24 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Vladimir Putin] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Increasingly isolated president is determined to press on with Ukraine war, say well-placed sources, despite ailing economy
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[2026-05-24 14:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The strikes on the Ukrainian capital killed one person and caused a residential building to shake
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[2026-05-24 14:29 UTC+10:00] [Volodymyr Zelensky] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The strikes on the Ukrainian capital killed one person and caused a residential building to shake
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[2026-05-24 13:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-24 12:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KYIV, Ukraine — A "mass ballistic missile attack" pounded Kyiv early Sunday, military authorities said, with AFP journalists hearing heavy explosions, after Russia threatened retaliation for Ukrainian strikes in the east.
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[2026-05-24 12:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters put out the fire at a prayer house of a local Protestant community of Evangelical Christian Baptists following Russian air attack in Balakliia, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, May 23, 2026. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)
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[2026-05-24 11:07 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ukrainian president says use of such weapons ‘sets a global precedent for other potential aggressors’ as blasts heard throughout the capital. What we know on day 1,551
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[2026-05-24 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Ukrainian media and Telegram channels have circulated videos showing bright objects descending almost vertically, followed by powerful flashes. They claimed the footage captured the use of Russia’s intermediate-range hypersonic Oreshnik system, although Moscow has not officially confirmed the launch.
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[2026-05-24 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Ukrainian media and Telegram channels have circulated videos showing clusters of bright objects rapidly descending from the sky. They claimed the footage captured the use of Russia’s intermediate-range hypersonic Oreshnik missile against an unspecified target in the town of Belaya Tserkov near Ukraine’s capital, Kiev. Moscow has not officially confirmed the launch of its state-of-the-art system.
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[2026-05-24 08:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Anita Kim's love of anime brought her from Russia to Japan, where she now works as an animator. (Anita Kim)
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[2026-05-24 08:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-24 06:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the United States embassy in Kyiv issued warnings Saturday about the risk of a major Russian airstrike in the coming hours.
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[2026-05-24 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The last year of the Ukraine war has been marked by both warring sides remaining far from the negotiating table, instead opting for a battlefield solution, also as a deadly tit-for-tat drone and aerial war continues to unfold. This week things just got even worse concerning the distant prospect of restarting direct peace talks, something underscored by a fresh statement of Russia's Ambassador to the United Nations.
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[2026-05-24 02:45 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine War] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-24 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: According to a newly declassified U.S. defense intelligence assessment first reported by Bloomberg, Moscow’s frontline command-and-control structures suffered a catastrophic blackout earlier this year due largely to coordinated crackdown that disabled thousands of black market Russian Starlink terminals.
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[2026-05-24 02:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: At least 18 people have been killed and dozens more wounded – most of them students – in a Ukrainian drone raid on a school dormitory in Starobelsk in Russia’s Lugansk People’s Republic on Friday. As of Saturday afternoon, search-and-rescue operations are still underway, with local officials reporting additional Ukrainian drone attacks aimed at derailing the efforts.
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[2026-05-24 02:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: At least 18 people have been killed and dozens more wounded – most of them students – in a Ukrainian drone raid on a school dormitory in Starobelsk in Russia’s Lugansk People’s Republic on Friday. As of Saturday afternoon, search-and-rescue operations are still underway, with local officials reporting additional Ukrainian drone attacks aimed at derailing the efforts.
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[2026-05-24 01:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KYIV — Ukraine deserves full EU membership, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday, pointing out that his country was defending Europe by fighting off the Russian invasion.
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[2026-05-24 00:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Czech President Petr Pavel has urged NATO to “show its teeth” in response to what he described as Russian “provocations” on the bloc’s eastern flank.
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[2026-05-24 00:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Czech President Petr Pavel has urged NATO to “show its teeth” in response to what he described as Russian “provocations” on the bloc’s eastern flank.
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[2026-05-23 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Ukrainian forces have borrowed a page from China's hypersonic glide-weapon testing and applied it to the Eastern European theater, using one-way attack drones against Russia.
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[2026-05-23 21:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: We reported earlier this week that for the first time Russia's 'Union State' ally Belarus hosted multi-day drills involving a "rehearsal" of Russia’s use of tactical and strategic nuclear weapons.
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[2026-05-23 21:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a letter to EU leaders that a German proposal to grant Ukraine "associate" membership of the European Union was "unfair" because it would leave Kyiv without a voice inside the bloc.
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[2026-05-23 21:07 UTC+10:00] [Defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: PRAGUE — Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys said Europe should put frozen Russian assets back on the table as it looks for ways to sustain Ukraine financially and increase pressure on Moscow to negotiate a peace deal.
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[2026-05-23 20:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The death toll from a Ukrainian drone strike on a college dormitory building in Starobilsk, a city in Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Luhansk region, has risen to six, while 15 people remain missing, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday. According to the local health minister, 40 people were injured in the attack.
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[2026-05-23 20:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told European Union leaders that now is the time to begin the process of Ukraine’s accession to the bloc, describing a proposal for associate membership as “unfair”.
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[2026-05-23 19:54 UTC+10:00] [Defense] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Politico
Snippet: PRAGUE — Swedish Defense Minister Pål Jonson said Saturday that Ukraine should have a path to join NATO, arguing that Kyiv’s battle-tested armed forces and fast-growing defense industry would strengthen the alliance despite opposition from some member countries.
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[2026-05-23 19:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Hungary has restored a ban on Ukrainian food imports after the new government “accidentally” allowed the restrictions to lapse.
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[2026-05-23 19:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Hungary has restored a ban on Ukrainian food imports after the new government “accidentally” allowed the restrictions to lapse.
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[2026-05-23 18:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In the sky over western Ukraine, a bullet-shaped P1-SUN interceptor drone dived towards its target as dozens of soldiers looked on.
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[2026-05-23 17:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre warned earlier this year that ‘war could once again come to Norway’
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[2026-05-23 17:52 UTC+10:00] [Norway] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre warned earlier this year that ‘war could once again come to Norway’
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[2026-05-23 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Vladimir Putin] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The Russian dictator’s dreams of greatness threaten Nato and the EU, not just Ukraine. Here are eight ways in which he can be thwarted
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[2026-05-23 13:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Russia’s envoy to international organisations in Geneva, Mikhail Ulyanov, said Iran’s assessment of ongoing talks to end the war is likely closer to reality than that of the United States.
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[2026-05-23 13:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Pepe Escobar,
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[2026-05-23 11:49 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ukraine dismisses Russian president’s claim, saying attack on dormitory in Russian-controlled region in the east ‘exclusively targeted the Russian war machine’. What we know on day 1,550
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