Topic: Ukraine/Russia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-17 02:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Hello and welcome to Regions Calling, your guide to news beyond the Russian capital from The Moscow Times.
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[2026-04-17 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: A little-known Russian YouTuber has gone viral after calling on IT workers to resist government orders to block virtual private networks, or VPNs, as major domestic websites begin restricting access to the censorship-circumvention tools.
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[2026-04-17 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: A little-known Russian YouTuber has gone viral after calling on IT workers to resist government orders to block virtual private networks, or VPNs, as major domestic websites begin restricting access to the censorship-circumvention tools.
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[2026-04-17 00:22 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: More than 100 injured across country after Russia launches nearly 700 drones and dozens of ballistic and cruise missiles
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[2026-04-16 23:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- Officials from a Russia-occupied region in Ukraine have held talks with the North Korean ambassador to Russia to discuss ways to seek cooperation in areas including agriculture, the governor of the region has said, in another apparent sign of deepening ties between Pyongyang and Moscow.
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[2026-04-16 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Pakistan, with its contested reputation, leapt into diplomatic action while India, despite its heft and concerns, was absent from the frame
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[2026-04-16 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: With two active conflict areas in Eurasia - the Russia-Ukraine conflict in Eastern Europe and the U.S.-Iran theater in the Gulf - the world is moving deeper into a war cycle. The latest indicator is not only that militaries around the world are beginning to stockpile one-way attack drones, but also the early-stage push to convert underused civilian industrial capacity, including struggling auto production lines, into wartime manufacturing hubs.
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[2026-04-16 21:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: A new era of higher defense spending has prompted the International Monetary Fund to warn of an emerging "guns versus butter" trade-off, with governments expected to face tough choices on debt and public spending.
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[2026-04-16 20:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: A large plume of black smoke visible from space rose over the Black Sea on Thursday after a Ukrainian drone strike was reported to have set a major oil refinery in the southern Krasnodar region ablaze.
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[2026-04-16 20:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: A large plume of black smoke visible from space rose over the Black Sea on Thursday afternoon after a Ukrainian drone strike was reported to have sparked a fire at a major oil export hub in the southern Krasnodar region.
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[2026-04-16 20:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia is facing a labor shortage for the first time in its modern history, Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina said Thursday, warning that an overheated economy is driving inflation and complicating interest rate policy.
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[2026-04-16 19:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Russia hammered civilian areas of Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles overnight, killing at least 16 people and injuring more than 80 others in its biggest aerial barrage in almost two weeks, officials said Thursday.
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[2026-04-16 19:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The attack struck Kyiv’s Podilskyi district, just south-west of the city centre, where rescuers pulled survivors from the rubble as fires broke out in nearby buildings. The area, on the right bank of the Dnipro River, includes the historic Podil neighbourhood and surrounding residential zones, some of which were heavily damaged.
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[2026-04-16 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky took the stage and stated that Ukraine's military-industrial base has created some of the world's most advanced unmanned platforms, already deployed against Russia and forever changing how warfare is conducted.
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[2026-04-16 19:25 UTC+10:00] [Air defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: KYIV — At least 16 people were killed and more than 100 injured as Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with nearly 700 drones and 44 missiles.
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[2026-04-16 19:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The The King’s Commissioner of Zeeland Hugo de Jonge, right, and the Mayor of Middleburg Yvonne van Mastrigt, left, welcome Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the International Four Freedoms Award ceremony in Middelburg, Netherlands, Thursday, April 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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[2026-04-16 18:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Until recently, the EU high representative for foreign policy, Kaja Kallas, owned the record as the western official with the poorest knowledge of the history of World War Two, having had the brazen audacity - or the unforgivable lack of awareness - to claim last year that it was news to her that Russia and China had played a crucial role in its outcome.
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[2026-04-16 18:06 UTC+10:00] [Europe] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ukrainian president says nearly 700 Russian drones and 19 ballistic missiles mostly targeted Kyiv, Odesa and Dnipro
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[2026-04-16 17:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Officials warn toll could rise after Russia unleashes missiles and hundreds of drones at Ukrainian cities
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[2026-04-16 17:55 UTC+10:00] [Kharkiv] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Officials warn toll could rise after Russia unleashes missiles and hundreds of drones at Ukrainian cities
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[2026-04-16 17:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A woman with a dog walks among the rubble of a house damaged after a Russian strike on residential area in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, April 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
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[2026-04-16 16:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Germany's parliament has approved a sizeable contract for defense giant Rheinmetall to supply loitering munitions, or kamikaze drones, to the Bundeswehr, underscoring just how quickly European militaries are internalizing drone warfare lessons from both the Russia-Ukraine war and, more recently, the U.S.-Iran conflict. Berlin's latest procurement push makes it clear that one-way attack drones are becoming a serious threat, and the race to stockpile them has begun.
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[2026-04-16 16:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Ukraine reports that Russian strikes hit Kyiv, Odesa, and Dnipro overnight into Thursday, killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens more. In the capital, four people were killed, including a 12-year-old boy, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. In Odesa, six people died, while officials in Dnipro reported one fatality and 10 injuries, as emergency services worked overnight to put out fires and clear debris.
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[2026-04-16 16:02 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-16 15:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A woman with a dog walks among the rubble of a house damaged after a Russian strike on residential area in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, April 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
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[2026-04-16 15:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: When a Ukrainian agricultural tycoon founded a volunteer unit of 30 people in the early days of Russia’s invasion, he had no certainty he would live to see what came next — but he did, and so did the force he created. (AP Video: Vasilisa Stepanenko, Nikoletta Stoyanova)
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[2026-04-16 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-04-16 13:29 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Two killed, including a child, in Kyiv with another death in the city of Dnipro amid strikes across the country
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[2026-04-16 13:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Russia launched a wave of drone and missile attacks across Ukraine on Wednesday night, killing at least three people, Ukrainian officials said.
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[2026-04-16 12:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: On Monday, DNI Tulsi Gabbard and the House Intelligence Committee released declassified transcripts revealing that the whistleblower whose complaint about Trump and Zelensky's 'perfect call' as an extreme parisan who had a "prior professional relationship with one of the Democratic Presidential candidates," and despite those facts, former-Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG) Michael Atkinson claimed "I did not find the complainant (whistleblower) was biased."
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[2026-04-16 11:24 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Nato promises not to lose sight of Ukraine conflict; Russia attacks Kyiv. What we know on day 1,512
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[2026-04-16 11:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Russian forces have bombed the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, killing a 12-year-old child and wounding at least 10 people, including several doctors, according to the city’s mayor.
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[2026-04-16 10:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: At least 16 people were killed and dozens injured after a Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine, according to the country's state emergency service. Source: AAP / EPA / Sergey Dolzhenko
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[2026-04-16 08:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Russia’s proposal to host Iran’s enriched uranium remains on the table despite having been previously rejected by the US, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.
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[2026-04-16 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: President Zelensky says the ground drones – used in place of human infantry – have helped capture a Russian position
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[2026-04-16 06:40 UTC+10:00] [3rd Assault Brigade] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: President Zelensky says the ground drones – used in place of human infantry – have helped capture a Russian position
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[2026-04-16 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: At a moment it remains a serious open question over just how vulnerable China is to the Hormuz Strait crisis, and now with the US-imposed US naval blockade of the vital oil transit waterway, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is in Beijing pledging energy support to China.
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[2026-04-16 04:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Kremlin's spokesman was quoted as saying on Wednesday that the United States had rejected its proposal that Russia take all of Iran's enriched uranium out of the country as a way to help resolve the Middle East conflict.
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[2026-04-16 04:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-04-16 02:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ROME — Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday they would work together to boost defense cooperation, including on drone production, after talks in Rome.
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[2026-04-16 02:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Arseny Turbin became one of the youngest political prisoners in Russia when he was arrested at age 15 in 2023.
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[2026-04-16 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Carlos Alcaraz, of Spain, returns a shot against Daniil Medvedev, of Russia, during a semifinal match at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament, Saturday, March 14, 2026, in Indian Wells, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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[2026-04-16 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-04-16 01:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Swedish government on Wednesday said a pro-Russian group with links to Russia’s security and intelligence services was behind a cyberattack on a heating plant last year. The announcement followed warnings from officials in Poland, Norway, Denmark and Latvia that Russia is attacking critical infrastructure across Europe.
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[2026-04-16 01:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday demanded explanations from the government and Central Bank over why Russia’s economy is performing worse than expected this year, calling for urgent measures to revive growth in his second public complaint about economic weakness in a month.
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[2026-04-16 01:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia and Azerbaijan have reached a compensation agreement nearly 16 months after a Russian missile mistakenly downed an Azerbaijani passenger jet, both countries said Wednesday.
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[2026-04-16 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Bulgarian Prime Minister Andrey Gyurov’s days are numbered, and his caretaker government is rushing to tie his country to Ukraine before a potential populist uprising. It’s about gas, influence, and keeping Sofia marching in lockstep with Brussels.
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[2026-04-16 00:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: As the world waits for peace talks between the US and Iran to resume, Russia says it can help solve the problem of Iran's enriched uranium.
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[2026-04-16 00:01 UTC+10:00] [Americas] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Russia-linked hackers are increasing cyberattacks targeted at Europe's critical infrastructure, Sweden's defense ministry said Wednesday.
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[2026-04-15 23:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: The U.S. State Department believes the Cuban government has helped Russia recruit its citizens to fight in the war against Ukraine, Axios reported on Tuesday, citing a report to Congress.
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