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EU sanctions Russia's VK Company for helping expose Putin's critics

The EU has sanctioned VK Company for aiding the repression of critics of President Vladimir Putin and his war against Ukraine. The company says its services remain "available to users as normal".

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MSF slams 'deliberate' Russian destruction of Ukraine's health system

The World Health Organisation recorded 2,815 attacks on healthcare in Ukraine between the February 2022 full-scale invasion and the end of 2025, with the vast majority involving violence with heavy weapons.

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Former Polish deputy minister supplied first-aid kits to Russia's army

Krzysztof Tołwiński, a former deputy treasury minister in a PiS government, released footage from Belarus saying he had given first-aid kits to Russian troops fighting in Ukraine.

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EU-UK sanctions target Russia over Europe-wide 'vast cyber campaign'

Poland foiled an attempted cyberattack on energy infrastructure that could have left up to half a million consumers without heating during Poland's bitter winter.

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Brussels confirms withdrawal of funding for Venice Biennale

The reasons given by the Biennale were deemed insufficient, and the Commission has moved to withdraw funding over the reopening of the Russian pavilion, drawing harsh criticism in Brussels from the League.

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Ukrainian drones hit southern Russian refineries and Azov port

Kyiv says the strikes are fair retribution for Russia's more than four-year barrages on Ukraine and that it is a bid to force Russia to the negotiating table.

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Baltic states summon Russian envoys over false deportation claims

Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have said the Kremlin has been spreading false claims about deportations of Russian speakers from Baltic states in an attempt to distract from its large-scale attacks on cities and other civilian targets in Ukraine.

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EU rushes to avoid disastrous revision of Russian oil price cap

If ambassadors fail to agree on the sanctions by 15 July, the price cap on Russian oil will be automatically revised, going all the way up to $58 per barrel, a scenario that Brussels considers unpalatable.

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Poland jails former Russian opposition activist and wife for spying

According to court documents, Russian citizen Igor R., identified by Russian media as Igor Rogov, was jailed for seven years while his wife Irina was sentenced to three years.

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Ukraine opens probe after crowds attack army conscription vehicle

Violence against recruitment officers was almost non-existent at the start of the war, but has proliferated in recent years as the fighting has dragged on and fatigue set in among the population.

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Italy expels two Russian diplomats accused of spying, minister says

The Russian foreign ministry quoted by state news agency RIA Novosti said on Thursday that Moscow would react with "an appropriate response."

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Russian drivers face petrol shortages after Ukrainian strikes on Russian energy infrastructure

Drivers in Saint Petersburg are struggling to find petrol after weeks of intensified Ukrainian strikes on Russia's energy infrastructure disrupted fuel supplies, leaving some filling stations without fuel and others forced to close.

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Russia bans diesel exports amid deepening fuel crisis

"This will enable us to increase supplies to the domestic market in July," Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said.

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EU narrows ban on Russian combatants to appease France and Italy

A narrowed-down version of the ban on Russian combatants, limited to short-stay visas and those who fought directly, landed on the table of EU ambassadors meeting on Wednesday after France and Italy pushed back on the measure.

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Lithuania seeks China reset while maintaining hard line on Russia

Lithuania's incoming government has pledged to maintain a hard line on Russia while moving to restore diplomatic ties with China.

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Ukraine brands IOC move to lift ban on Russian athletes 'unjustified'

Russian athletes looking to return to international competition will now be able to compete as long as they "meet relevant anti-doping requirements," the IOC said.

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Ukrainian agent confesses to killing woman suspected of Monaco bombing

The announcement comes after authorities across Europe were hunting for the woman suspected of planting a bomb in Monaco that wounded three people, including a Ukrainian-born tycoon and his teenaged son.

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Britain sanctions Russian scientists behind chemical attacks

The institutions hit were SC Signal, a Russian state scientific research institute and GNIII VM, the country's Scientific Research and Testing Institute for Military Medicine.

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UK fighter jets intercept Russian plane over Norwegian Sea

The mission off Iceland has seen F-35 jets conduct NATO air defence operations from a European aircraft carrier for the first time and comes amid heightened tensions with Russia.

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NATO leaders to affirm record defence spending as US plans drawdown

With Donald Trump still seething at allies' refusal to support his war with Iran, European governments hope to ease his anger with record defence spending announcements worth billions of euros.