Topic: Ukraine/Russia — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-02 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Vladimir PutinVladimir PutinOverviewLatest NewsSee all knowledgeOverviewLatest NewsSUBSCRIBEVladimir PutinRussian president + FOLLOWRegister and follow to be notified the next time content from Vladimir Putin is published.Link CopiedRussia & Central Asia2 Mar 2026Long Iran war could hurt Ukraine’s defence, says ZelenskyMiddle East28 Feb 2026US says it used drones based on Iran’s own Shaheds in attack: ‘retribution’Middle East27 Feb 2026Trump puts fate of world’s top conflicts in hands of 2 menOpinion26 Feb 2026Don’t expect Russia’s war on Ukraine to end in its fifth
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[2026-03-02 09:48 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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[2026-03-02 06:14 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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[2026-03-02 06:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-02 03:02 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Belgian special forces boarded the Ethera, which was sailing under the flag of Guinea, on Saturday night
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[2026-03-02 02:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: It was a question President Vladimir Putin did not want to answer: What if the U.S. or Israel assassinated Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei?
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[2026-03-02 02:00 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Their actions are no different from Putin’s invasion of Ukraine or Rwandan president Paul Kagame’s invasion of the Democratic Republic of Congo
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[2026-03-02 01:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Belgium's special forces boarded and seized an oil tanker from the "shadow fleet" Russia uses to circumvent Western sanctions over the war in Ukraine, in an overnight operation announced Sunday.
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[2026-03-01 23:24 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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[2026-03-01 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia fired more missiles on Ukraine in February than in any other month since at least the beginning of 2023 in overnight strikes, targeting Ukrainian energy infrastructure in particular, an AFP analysis showed Sunday.
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[2026-03-01 22:26 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Belgium's special forces boarded and seized an oil tanker from the "shadow fleet" Russia uses to circumvent Western sanctions over the war in Ukraine, the government said on Sunday.
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[2026-03-01 22:17 UTC+10:00] [Maxime Prevot] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The European Union has blacklisted hundreds of vessels in a bid to sap Moscow’s war chest
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[2026-03-01 21:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin offered condolences to Iran on Sunday over the killing of Ali Khamenei.
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[2026-03-01 21:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday expressed condolences over what he called the “assassination” of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran.
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[2026-03-01 21:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday expressed condolences over what he called the “assassination” of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran.
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[2026-03-01 20:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Russia has delivered critical humanitarian aid to Madagascar, including around 60 tons of food, to support relief efforts after two consecutive cyclones, the Russian Embassy in the island nation has reported.
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[2026-03-01 15:00 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Authorities eye summer study tours to make better use of campus resources and bring more non-local students to city
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[2026-03-01 13:26 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ukrainian president voices support for US and Israel strikes on Iran, calling Tehran ‘an accomplice of Putin’. What we know on day 1,467
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[2026-03-01 12:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: North Korea is believed to have shipped some 33,000 containers of military supplies, including weapons and ammunition, to Russia as part of its support for Moscow in the war with Ukraine, a military intelligence unit said Sunday.
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[2026-03-01 10:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Quinn Denker’s 33 points led Northern Colorado past Idaho 76-67 on Saturday.
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[2026-03-01 08:58 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Follow live coverage here of escalating conflict in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-01 08:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Russia has used over 57,000 similar drones built with Iranian technology in Ukraine, transforming modern warfare
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[2026-03-01 06:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: As the United States and Israel launch a military operation against Iran on February 28, 2026, global attention turns to the Middle East, where the stakes could not be higher. Analysts and experts from Russia are weighing in, offering a wide range of perspectives on the strategic calculations, potential consequences, and risks of escalation.
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[2026-03-01 04:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory
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[2026-03-01 04:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Fuel importers have been warned they could be breaching Australian sanctions law by importing Russian-origin oil processed in third countries, as the federal government comes under pressure to crack down on the revenue streams funding Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine.
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[2026-03-01 03:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that US and Israeli strikes on Iran have created an opportunity for the Iranian people to oust the "terrorist regime" in Tehran, Russia's ally.
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[2026-03-01 00:31 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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[2026-02-28 23:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed in a Friday announcement that a local ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia is in effect around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to urgently allow crews to restore the facility's backup power supply.
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[2026-02-28 22:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday condemned the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran as “a pre-planned and unprovoked act of armed aggression against a sovereign and independent U.N. member state,” demanding an immediate halt to the military campaign and a return to diplomacy.
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[2026-02-28 21:20 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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[2026-02-28 19:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Sweden’s military has confirmed that a drone disabled near a visiting French aircraft carrier this week was Russian, prompting France to condemn what it described as a “ridiculous provocation” by Moscow.
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[2026-02-28 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Winter Paralympics 2026] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The IPC’s Andrew Parsons tries to ease growing tension as Ukrainian president calls the decision ‘dirty’
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[2026-02-28 16:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Here is where things stand on Saturday, February 28:
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[2026-02-28 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Kyiv] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Stepping off the night train, full of memories of his life there three decades ago, the writer finds a changed city fighting for survival
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[2026-02-28 14:57 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: France suspects Russian ‘provocation’ amid worries Moscow will interfere in European elections as part of broader strategy against Ukraine. What we know on day 1,466
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[2026-02-28 13:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Foreign Correspondent
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[2026-02-28 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Soviet Union severed Central Asia’s ancient trade routes to the Indian subcontinent. The region’s modern-day leaders want them back
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[2026-02-28 12:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A Danish intelligence cites Denmark’s support for Ukraine and rising tensions over Greenland for its assessment
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[2026-02-28 11:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk acknowledges spectators as he walks out for his world heavyweight boxing title fight against Britain’s Daniel Dubois, in London, Saturday, July 19, 2025. (Bradley Collyer/PA via AP, File)
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[2026-02-28 09:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: To prevent the war from dragging on for a fifth year, earlier proposals such as one floated by China and Brazil should be reconsidered
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[2026-02-28 08:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Kiev has no interest in resuming the flow of Russian crude through the Druzhba (Friendship) oil pipeline, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has concluded after a phone call with Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky.
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[2026-02-28 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ukraine marked the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion with territorial gains in the south and improved air defences that kept the lights on in Kyiv, despite two barrages of drones and missiles during the past week.
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[2026-02-28 07:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a new four-year loan for Ukraine, which is currently facing an acute budget deficit. A much larger sum offered by Brussels and backed by EU taxpayers remains blocked by Hungary’s veto.
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[2026-02-28 06:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
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[2026-02-28 04:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko gestures during a meeting of the supreme council of the Union State with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov, Pool)
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[2026-02-28 04:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Ghana’s foreign affairs minister says at least 55 of the country’s citizens have been killed fighting for Russia in its war in Ukraine.
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[2026-02-28 03:42 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Reports of African men being attracted to Russia by promises of jobs and ending up on Ukraine’s frontlines have become more frequent
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[2026-02-28 03:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ACCRA, Ghana — At least 55 Ghanaians have died fighting for Russia in Ukraine, Ghana’s foreign minister said Friday, one of the highest death tolls from among several African countries whose citizens are fighting in the war.
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[2026-02-28 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Danish government will stop issuing temporary residence permits to Ukrainians from regions relatively unaffected by the conflict with Russia. At the same time, Denmark will bolster Vladimir Zelensky’s conscript army by denying entry to draft-age men.
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[2026-02-28 02:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — At least 55 Ghanaians have died fighting for Russia in Ukraine, Ghana’s foreign minister said Friday, one of the highest death tolls from among several African countries whose citizens are fighting in the war.
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