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Intense fighting continues in eastern Ukraine as Russia targets key city
October 14, 2023 | 1:03pmRussia has begun launching relentless assaults against Ukrainian troops in the eastern part of the country as an ongoing attack on the city of Avdiivka entered its fifth consecutive day...
North Korea has shipped thousands of weapons to Russia: White House
October 13, 2023 | 4:44pmNorth Korea has recently delivered what could be thousands of weapons and military equipment to Russia for use in their war on Ukraine, the US intelligence community has learned.
Biden forced to reassure world leaders of Ukraine support after Congress nixed aid in funding bill
October 3, 2023 | 6:54pm"The president reaffirmed the strong commitment of the United States to supporting Ukraine as it defends itself for as long as it takes, as did every other leader on the...
Russian authorities have been quietly removing memorials for Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin
September 23, 2023 | 3:05pmThe Kremlin has been keeping the Prigozhin's death as low-key as possible after he died in a fiery plane crash on August 23 — a tactic underlined by Putin's absence...
Ukraine hits Crimea with missile after attack on Black Sea Fleet
September 23, 2023 | 12:51pmSevastopol, the largest city in Crimea and a major Black Sea port, was put under an air raid alert for approximately an hour Saturday morning while debris from intercepted Ukrainian...
Russia failed to weaken NATO — but its own security alliance is now falling apart
September 22, 2023 | 6:06pmRussia's version of NATO is collapsing as Vladimir Putin fails his ally Armenia as Azerbaijan cracks down in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Biden approves $325M Ukraine military aid package as Zelensky visits White House
September 21, 2023 | 9:24pmWhile the package will not include the ATACMS long-range missiles for which Zelensky has pleaded for months, it will contain additional missiles, rockets and ammunition the US has sent Ukraine...
Isolating in Soviet style: It's nyet for me
September 19, 2023 | 8:39pm“Russians find no crime being stout,” she said. “We are not so lazy as Americans who jump into their automobile. Few here own cars. We are forced to walk more....
Ukraine uses balloons to fly national flag over Russian-held Donetsk as it holds sham elections
September 9, 2023 | 1:10pmA huge blue-and-yellow Ukranian national flag flew for hours over the Russia-held city of Donetsk as it held sham elections Saturday.
Drone shot down near Putin's swanky country residence outside Moscow
September 5, 2023 | 2:08pmThe drone was destroyed over the Tver region, where Yevgeny Prigozhin's plane crashed.
Box-office flop: Kremlin war propaganda film plays to empty theaters
September 2, 2023 | 6:48pm"The Witness," which premiered across Russia on August 17, has been playing to empty theaters across the country and has tanked in the box office.
Drone strike sets fire to Russian factory making microchips for missiles: Ukraine
September 1, 2023 | 1:50pmVideos shared on social media showed a column of thick smoke rising over the suburb of Lyubertsy where the factory is located.
Russia begs North Korea for weapons to use against Ukraine: WH
August 30, 2023 | 1:23pm"Arms negotiations between Russia and the DPRK are actively advancing," said National Security Council spokesman John Kirby.
Mercenary fighters led by Russian intelligence likely successor for Wagner Group after Prigozhin's death
August 26, 2023 | 7:03pmThe most likely candidate to take over Wagner's missions and business assets is Redut, a mercenary group controlled by Russian intelligence which began as an arrangement between oligarchs with Kremlin...
WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich appeals Russian detention extension
August 26, 2023 | 7:03pmGershkovich's attorney's appealed the extension after it was pushed from Aug. 30 to November on Thursday.
Ukraine launches drones on Moscow, border region of Belgorad following air raid on Crimea
August 26, 2023 | 2:35pmMoscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said a drone was shot down by air defense systems Saturday over the Istra district, about 30 miles west of the Kremlin, following Ukranian drone attacks...
Wagner boss jet appeared fine 30 seconds before crash as rumors bomb was hidden in a wine crate mount
August 24, 2023 | 9:04amThere is speculation that the private jet may have been brought down by a bomb hidden on board.
Exiled Wagner boss behind failed Russia mutiny reported dead after a plane crash outside Moscow
August 23, 2023 | 1:26pmRussian military dissident Yevgeny Prigozhin has been reported dead in a fiery private jet crash north of Moscow.
Eight people killed on Moscow sewer tour after being trapped underground during flash flood
August 22, 2023 | 10:18pmThe group was touring the Neglinka river, which flows beneath the city through a network of historic tunnels which empty into the Moskva river.
Russia secretly building thousands of Iranian-style drones in covert partnership: report
August 19, 2023 | 3:21pmA billion-dollar weapons deal between Moscow and Iran to construct 6,000 drones by the summer of 2025 is quietly being carried out by engineers at a facility in Tatarstan.