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Russia says it carried out 25 group strikes on Ukraine's military objects over past week

Anadolu Agency 04 May 2024
In the past weeks, Kyiv hit several major oil refineries and fuel storages in Russia using drones, including in the cities of Krasnodar and Smolensk, and also in Tatarstan and other regions ... Ukraine is yet to comment on Russia's claims. .
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Ukraine strikes Russian oil facilities

Russia Today 24 Apr 2024
The attacks targeted fuel infrastructure in Smolensk Region, the local governor has said ... Smolensk Region is around 300 kilometers southeast of Moscow and borders Belarus. The distance from the city of Smolensk to the border with Ukraine is 400km.
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Ukraine attack drones strike Russia energy sites

Naharnet 24 Apr 2024
Kyiv has stepped up aerial attacks on Russian energy facilities over recent weeks in the hopes of crippling Moscow's ability to attack Ukrainian cities or gain more ground in the industrial east.
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Poland Preparing to Close Case of 2010 Plane Crash Near Smolensk - Prosecutor's Office

Sputnik 10 Apr 2024
WARSAW (Sputnik) - Poland is preparing to close the case of the plane crash near the Russian city of Smolensk in 2010, which killed then-Polish President Lech Kaczynski, the Polish prosecutor's office said on Wednesday ....
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Bridge collapses on railway tracks in Russia, one woman killed

Pravda 08 Apr 2024
On April 8, a road bridge collapsed in the city of Vyazma, the Smolensk region of Central ...
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Egypt’s Inkernel to build $3m factory in Russia

Amwal Al Ghad 06 Mar 2024
Egypt’s Inkernel Group plans to establish a new ...
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10 MAIN facts about the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow

Russia Beyond 26 Feb 2024
Below are the main facts from its history. 1. Memorial church in honor of victory in the War of 1812 ... The cathedral would have stood between the Smolensk and Kaluga roads. The French had used the one to enter Moscow and the other to leave the city ... 9 ... .
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Ukraine's strikes on targets inside Russia hurt Putin's efforts to show the war isn't hitting home

Rapid City Journal 03 Feb 2024
The wail of air raid sirens is commonplace in Belgorod, a Russian border city whose residents are on edge following a Ukrainian missile attack on a New Year's holiday weekend that left dozens of people dead and injured.
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Drones attack deep in Russia as Medvedev threatens Ukraine’s ‘existence’

Al Jazeera 24 Jan 2024
Geolocated footage also showed smoke rising from the city of Smolensk, near the Russian border with Belarus, suggesting a possible third attack that day ... Russia has routinely targeted Ukrainian cities, and did so again with deadly results.
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Firefighters rescue injured owl from crows

BBC News 05 Dec 2023
An injured owl in the Russian city of Smolensk has the good fortune to end up outside a fire station. .
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What should Ukraine do next?

New Statesman 01 Dec 2023
The Russians have made some progress in areas close to the besieged and now largely destroyed city, with their main focus being the industrial area on its south-eastern edge ... Ukraine still controls the major highways into the city.
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Napoleon's long and costly invasion of Russia was one of the deadliest military operations in history

Business Insider 26 Nov 2023
Napoleon Bonaparte's army marches through a burned city ... Smolensk was a city of major significance to the Russians, and they wouldn't let it go as easily as the other territories ... way out of the city.
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5 most important Moscow monasteries

Beijing News 19 Nov 2023
The convent was founded in May 1524 by Grand Duke Vasily III (father of Ivan the Terrible) in honor of the fact that the Russian army had recaptured the city of Smolensk from the Lithuanian principality.
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Ukraine's Attacks Are Hitting Deeper Inside Russia

Newsweek 18 Nov 2023
Blasts were reported at around 8 a.m. on Friday at a military facility in Smolensk, a city some 200 miles from Ukraine ....
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