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Russia's state news agency TASS reports that Sergei Shoigu, Secretary of Russia's Security Council, told the 14th annual meeting of the top security officials of the CIS member states that "the militarisation of Europe continues" and that "provocations are regularly carried out" in regions bordering Russia.
The assessments are Shoigu's; the post names no specific cases.
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Russia's state news agency TASS reports that Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, responding to criticism from European counterparts over his phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, urged them to recognise that Europe has failed to isolate Russia on the international stage.
The remarks are as reported by TASS; their full context has not been checked against other sources.
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Russia's state news agency TASS, citing Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), reports that the European Union's leadership is looking for ways to make up the "catastrophic losses" of Ukraine's armed forces, allegedly by pushing Ukrainians abroad to return home "by any means".
The claim is the Russian intelligence service's and the post offers no evidence for it and contains no comment from the EU.
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Russia's state news agency TASS reports that US President Donald Trump believes he could meet Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in China later this month and discuss denuclearisation with them, among other topics.
The post gives no date and no official confirmation of such a meeting from any of the three sides.
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Russia's state news agency TASS, citing Politico, reports that NATO is €7 billion short of the funds needed to support Ukraine.
According to the report, it is unclear how the shortfall arose. An unnamed NATO diplomat said that allies providing financial support to Ukraine are tired of doing so. The information rests on anonymous sources and has not been officially confirmed by NATO.
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Russia's state news agency TASS, citing the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag, reports that EU countries' debt from aid to Ukraine could exceed €200 billion.
According to TASS, the newspaper bases this on its own calculations and on internal European Commission data. The agency adds that resistance to further funding for Ukraine is growing within the EU. The European Commission has not officially confirmed these figures.
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