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- Kremlin says annexation and retreat are not a contradiction amid Ukrainian successesEurope ·
October 5, 2022 · 10:56 AM UTC As President Vladimir Putin completed paperwork for the annexation of four regions of Ukraine on Wednesday, the Kremlin said there was no contradiction between Russian retreats and Putin's vow that they would always be part of Russia.
- EuropeRussian defence ministry maps suggest rapid pullbacks in Ukraine
Russian defence ministry maps presented on Tuesday appeared to show rapid withdrawals of Russian invasion forces from areas in eastern and southern Ukraine where they have been under severe pressure from a Ukrainian counteroffensive.
- AfricaMore than 50 killed in northern Ethiopia air strike, say aid workers and Tigray forces
More than 50 people were killed in an air strike on Tuesday that hit a school in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region that was sheltering people displaced by conflict between the federal and regional governments, two aid workers and Tigray forces said.