Iceland to vote on restarting EU membership talks frozen since 2013
On 29 August, Iceland holds a referendum on whether to resume talks to join the European Union, which is a group of 27 European countries with shared laws and trade rules.
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EU asks countries to send Ukraine Patriot missile defenses, but can't force it
Kaja Kallas, the EU's foreign policy chief, and the European Commission are asking EU countries to voluntarily give Ukraine some of their Patriot air-defense systems, which shoot down incoming missiles.
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Russia strikes Ukraine's Izmail port, damaging grain export terminals
Russia struck Izmail, Ukraine's main port on the Danube River, overnight, damaging grain export terminals and starting fires.
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Putin threatens to seize EU ships after Ukraine hits key Russian port
Russia's President Vladimir Putin threatened to seize ships flying European Union flags anywhere from the Black Sea to the Pacific Ocean.
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Zelenskyy Says Ukraine Sent Peace Plan to US as Russia Eyes Winter Pressure
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his government has formally sent Washington a proposal to end the war with Russia.
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Russia strikes Zaporizhzhia with North Korean missiles, killing six
Russia fired ballistic missiles supplied by North Korea at the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing at least six people and wounding 19, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
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Ukrainian drones hit oil refinery deep in Russia, killing 12
Ukrainian drones struck an oil refinery in Russia's Tatarstan region, more than 1,000 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, killing at least 12 people and injuring 39, regional officials said.
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Drone crashes near Bulgarian gas pipeline, wreckage matches Ukrainian models
A drone crashed and exploded near a natural gas pipeline in Bulgaria on Saturday, in a field near the Romanian border and the Black Sea.
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Ukraine Buys Missiles From Turkey as US Stocks Run Low After Iran War
Ukraine bought 70 ATACMS, a US-made long-range missile, from Turkey instead of the US.
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Russian strikes near Kyiv kill three, including a child, as Zelensky visits Serbia
Russian missiles hit the region around Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, overnight, killing three people including a child and injuring several others, local officials said.
EU freezes assets, bans travel for 5 more Russians over strikes on Ukraine
The European Union has added five more people to its sanctions list over Russia's renewed missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities.
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Explosive drone found near Ukraine-bound plane at German airport
German officials found an explosive drone near a jet at Leipzig airport and are calling it a serious attack on Germany.