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    <text>French journalist Antoni Lallican is killed and photographer Hryhoriy Ivanchenko is injured by a Russian drone strike in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. </text>
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      <text>The United States says that it has seen evidence that North Korean troops are now in Russia and are preparing to travel to the battlefield in Ukraine. South Korea says that Pyongyang has promised to send up to 10,000 troops to support the war effort. </text>
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    <text>The U.S. State Department reports that it has confirmed evidence that North Korean troops are now present in Russia and are preparing to travel to the battlefield in Ukraine. South Korea says that Pyongyang has promised to send up to 10,000 troops to support the war effort. </text>
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      <text>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announces that North Korea has now become directly involved in the war in Ukraine, according to a senior Ukrainian intelligence official report that around 3,000 North Korean troops are currently in Russia and are training for deployment to Russian-occupied territories. </text>
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      <text>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says North Korea has become directly involved in the war, with a senior Ukrainian intelligence official saying around 3,000 North Korean troops are now in Russia, and are training for deployment to Russian-occupied territories. </text>
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      <text>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says North Korea has become directly involved in the war with a senior Ukrainian intelligence official saying around 3,000 North Korean troops are now in Russia, and are training for deployment to Russian-occupied territories. </text>
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    <text>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that North Korea has now become directly involved in the war in Ukraine, with a senior Ukrainian intelligence official saying that around 3,000 North Korean troops are currently in Russia and are training for deployment to Russian-occupied territories. </text>
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      <text>Russia and Ukraine return 90 prisoners of war each in a prisoner exchange mediated by the United Arab Emirates. </text>
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    <text>Russia and Ukraine each return 90 prisoners of war in a prisoner exchange mediated by the United Arab Emirates. </text>
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      <text>The United States says that North Korea is &quot;secretly supplying&quot; artillery shells to Russia to use in Russia's war in Ukraine. </text>
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    <text>The United States says that North Korea is &quot;secretly supplying&quot; artillery shells to Russia for use in Russia's war in Ukraine. </text>
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      <text>Russian State Duma deputies approve the introduction of the concepts of &quot;mobilization&quot;, &quot;martial law&quot;, &quot;wartime&quot; and &quot;armed conflict&quot;, as well as punishment for desertion, into the Criminal Code. </text>
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      <text> Russian State Duma deputies approve the introduction of the concepts of &quot;mobilization&quot;, &quot;martial law&quot;, &quot;wartime&quot; and &quot;armed conflict&quot;, as well as punishment for desertion, into the Criminal Code. </text>
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      <text> Russian State Duma deputies urgently approve the introduction of the concepts of &quot;mobilization&quot;, &quot;martial law&quot;, &quot;wartime&quot; and &quot;armed conflict&quot;, as well as punishment for desertion, into the Criminal Code. </text>
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    <text>Russian State Duma deputies approve the introduction of the concepts of mobilization, martial law, wartime and armed conflict, as well as punishment for desertion, into the Criminal Code. </text>
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    <text>Russian shelling kills six civilians in Toretsk, Donetsk Oblast, as Ukraine says that Russia appears to be preparing for a new ground offensive near Sloviansk. </text>
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      <text>A Russian airstrike destroys a maternity ward and a children's hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine, injuring at least 17 people. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that many people are unaccounted for. </text>
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      <text>A Russian airstrike destroys a maternity ward and a children's hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine, wounding at least 17 people. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says many are trapped under rubble, including children. </text>
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      <text>Russian shelling hits a maternity ward and a children's hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine. </text>
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    <text>A Russian airstrike destroys a maternity ward and a children's hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine, killing three people and injuring at least 17 people. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that many people are unaccounted for. </text>
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    <text>North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korea president Moon Jae-in agree to hold a third summit between September 18 and September 20 in Pyongyang. </text>
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    <text>North Korea confirms a bird flu outbreak that has forced authorities to kill over 160,000 ducks in Pyongyang. </text>
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  <text>Russian defence minister Andrey Belousov and State Duma chairman Vyacheslav Volodin visit Pyongyang, North Korea, inaugurating a memorial to North Korean troops who died fighting against Ukraine and negotiating a new defense cooperation agreement set to run until 2031. </text>
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