Topic: Ukraine/Russia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-01 23:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s dependence on China for sanctioned technology imports has risen to 90%, Bloomberg reported Friday, citing people familiar with official statistics.
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[2026-05-01 23:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Olexandr Mischenko said Ukraine is "not happy" with some countries' move to import crude oil from Russia amid the oil crisis but the Philippines managed to explain its situation.
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[2026-05-01 20:32 UTC+10:00] [EU-Russia relations] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The Venice Biennale’s “cowardly choice” to allow Russia to participate in its 2026 exhibition “continues to harm” the organization, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha said Friday. in a renewed call to ban Moscow’s return to Italy’s most prestigious art exhibition.
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[2026-05-01 20:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: At least eight miners are feared trapped after a coal mine collapsed in the remote Magadan region of Russia’s Far East, an accident officials are blaming on melting permafrost.
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[2026-05-01 20:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Eurovision Song Contest hopefuls - including Austria’s Cosmó, Germany’s Sarah Engels, Ukraine’s Leléka, Estonia’s Vanilla Ninja, and Senhit with Boy George for San Marino - demonstrate their dance moves ahead of the annual event. (May 1)
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[2026-05-01 19:15 UTC+10:00] [Global Risk-Reward Monitor] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-01 18:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the global order is endangered by increasing geopolitical chaos.
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[2026-05-01 18:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ukraine used its latest technology to deepen strikes against Russian oil storage, ports and refineries in the past week, bombing targets in the Urals 1,600 kilometres (990 miles) from its borders and prompting protests about “terrorist attacks” from the Kremlin spokesman.
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[2026-05-01 16:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Russia has continued heavy attacks on Ukraine for the past 24 hours, with several coming overnight on Thursday and in the early hours of Friday. At least one person has been killed and several have been injured.
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[2026-05-01 16:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: In a scene reminiscent of a computer war game, three battle-fatigued soldiers, dressed in white snow camouflage, emerge from a war-torn alley with their hands raised above their heads.
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[2026-05-01 15:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A state funeral was held on Thursday for Mali's former defence minister, General Sadio Camara, a key architect of the military government’s security partnership with Russia.
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[2026-05-01 13:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers discuss a form of cancer endemic to East and Southeast Asia, the impact of the disruption to oil supply on Asian cities, and EU support for Ukraine
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[2026-05-01 13:30 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers discuss a form of cancer endemic to East and Southeast Asia, the impact of the disruption to oil supply on Asian cities, and EU support for Ukraine
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[2026-05-01 11:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MOSCOW, Russia — A Ukrainian drone attack has killed two teenagers on a motorcycle in Russia's Belgorod region, the local governor said early on Friday.
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[2026-05-01 11:10 UTC+10:00] [Culture / Art & design] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Milan: The international jury of the Venice Biennale resigned Thursday, just nine days before the world’s oldest and most important contemporary art fair opens, amid tensions over Russia’s participation and the panel’s decision to bar prizes for countries accused of crimes against humanity.
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[2026-05-01 11:05 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Panama-flagged Panormitis turns away without unloading as Kyiv vows to treat carriers of ‘stolen’ grain the same as Russian oil tankers. What we know on day 1,528
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[2026-05-01 11:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Ukrainian drone strikes hit oil infrastructure across Russia this week, sparking huge fires. (Reuters/Governor of Krasnodar Region Veniamin Kondratyev)
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[2026-05-01 10:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Oscar winner Pavel Talankin was forced to check his golden statuette for his documentary Mr Nobody Against Putin at a New York airport - and now it's missing.
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[2026-05-01 09:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The entire jury of the Venice Biennale has resigned just nine days before the inauguration of the prestigious art event, amid growing tensions over the return of Russia for the first time since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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[2026-05-01 07:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un praised soldiers who blew themselves while fighting against Ukraine up rather than be captured — confirming reports that the Hermit Nation’s soldiers were resorting to suicide bombings while fighting for Russia.
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[2026-05-01 07:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz should focus on resolving the Ukraine conflict and deal with problems at home instead of questioning Washington’s strategy in the war against Iran, US President Donald Trump has said.
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[2026-05-01 06:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Ukraine international Mykhailo Mudryk, one of the most expensive players in world soccer, risks missing the next European Championship if he loses his appeal against a four-year ban in a doping case.
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[2026-05-01 05:30 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The two Presidents discussed the Ukraine conflict and the escalation in the Middle East, according to Yury Ushakov Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with his US counterpart Donald Trump on Wednesday, during which the two discussed issues including the Ukraine conflict and the crisis in the Persian Gulf, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov has said.
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[2026-05-01 04:18 UTC+10:00] [Venice Biennale] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Decision follows backlash from Italian government and European Commission
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[2026-05-01 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An Odesa Jewish elementary school and a Jewish orphanage were severely damaged in Russian bombings on Wednesday night, according to Southern Ukraine and Odesa Chief Rabbi Avraham Wolff and Chabad, leading to the decision to temporarily shutter the school.
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[2026-05-01 03:45 UTC+10:00] [Politics] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The entire international jury of the Venice Biennale resigned on Thursday in the latest escalation of a months-long political fight over Russia’s return to the exhibition.
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[2026-05-01 03:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A private security officer stands next to a closed Russia’s pavilion at the 59th Biennale of Arts exhibition in Venice, Italy, Tuesday, April 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File)
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[2026-05-01 02:40 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine War] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-01 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Mali’s Defense Minister Sadio Camara enters a hall for a talk in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 28, 2024. (Maxim Shipenkov/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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[2026-05-01 01:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s annual Victory Day parade on Red Square, which marks the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, will be held without military vehicles for the first time in nearly 20 years this May 9.
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[2026-05-01 01:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s annual Victory Day parade on Red Square, which marks the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, will be held without military vehicles for the first time in nearly 20 years this May 9.
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[2026-05-01 01:39 UTC+10:00] [Banks] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas warned Europe against putting itself in a position of weakness, saying Thursday the bloc should not “humiliate” itself by begging Moscow to negotiate.
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[2026-05-01 01:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump renewed his criticism of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday, telling him to focusing on ending the Ukraine war instead of "interfering" on Iran.
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[2026-05-01 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: As Suhail Al Mazrouei, the UAE Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, made his rounds in the media on Tuesday to announce the country’s departure from Opec – an unprecedented 16 interviews in one day – you may have noticed that the oil price barely moved.
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[2026-05-01 00:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Ukrainian drones have again hit oil infrastructure in the city of Perm in central Russia, more than 1,500km from the front line.
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[2026-05-01 00:46 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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[2026-05-01 00:46 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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[2026-05-01 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Ukraine will seek clarification from US President Donald Trump's team on details of a Russian proposal for a brief ceasefire next week, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday.
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[2026-04-30 23:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: No sooner had local officials declared that they had finally brought under control a fire that raged for days at an oil refinery in Tuapse, a port town on Russia's Black Sea coast, than it flared up again.
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[2026-04-30 23:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Britain and other north European states will create naval force outside of NATO to counter Russia, first sea lord and chief of naval staff in the UK, General Gwyn Jenkins, has said.
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[2026-04-30 23:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s Vladimir Putin did not invite U.S. President Donald Trump to attend the annual Victory Day parade in Moscow next week, the Kremlin said Thursday, a day after the two leaders spoke by phone for the first time in months.
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[2026-04-30 23:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s Vladimir Putin did not invite U.S. President Donald Trump to attend the annual Victory Day parade in Moscow next week, the Kremlin said Thursday, a day after the two leaders spoke by phone for the first time in months.
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[2026-04-30 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, quoted by the Russian news agency Interfax, downplayed fears that the UAE's planned OPEC exit will trigger an immediate oil price war and race to the bottom.
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[2026-04-30 22:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Previous slideNext slide Tadej Pogacar of UAE Team Emirates-XRG crosses the finish line to win the first stage of the Tour of Romandie in Martigny, Switzerland. AFPInfo King Charles at the Rockefeller Centre in New York, with the Empire State Building behind. AFPInfo Russian servicemen practise for a Victory Day parade in Moscow.
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[2026-04-30 22:06 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: A Russian commander who led troops during the Bucha massacre in 2022 was said to be the blast’s intended target
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[2026-04-30 21:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: KIEV, Ucrania (AP) — El presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, afirmó en una publicación en Telegram que está recabando los detalles de un alto el fuego a corto plazo propuesto por Rusia al presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump.
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[2026-04-30 21:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Hello and welcome to Regions Calling, your guide to developments beyond the Russian capital from The Moscow Times.
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[2026-04-30 21:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US is set to pitch foreign governments on a new initiative for controlling the Strait of Hormuz, with participation explicitly excluding “adversaries” Russia and China, according to media reports.
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[2026-04-30 21:00 UTC+10:00] [World Cup] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Every World Cup, from Uruguay and Italy in 1930 and 1934, to Russia and Qatar in 2018 and 2022, has been to an extent about presenting an image to the world
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[2026-04-30 20:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is seeking details of a short-term ceasefire Russia proposed to U.S. President Donald Trump, he said in a post on Telegram on Thursday.
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