Russian warship damaged in Ukraine sea drone attack on navy base Novorossiysk
Russia said Friday that Ukraine had attacked one of its key naval bases using sea drones. The Russian defense ministry claimed to have thwarted the overnight attack on the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, but the fate of one of its warships was in doubt after it appeared to have المزيد
Ukrainians are being forced to become Russian citizens, U.S.-backed research finds
Ukrainians living in Russian-occupied territory are being forced to assume Russian citizenship or face harsh retaliation, including possible deportation or detention, U.S.-backed research published on Wednesday said. Yale University researchers said that as part of a plan by Moscow to assert authority over Ukrainians, residents of the Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson المزيد
Russian drone strikes hit Ukrainian port key to grain exports
All 10 drones fired at Kyiv were intercepted, said Serhii Popko, the head of Kyiv City Administration. Numerous loud explosions were heard overnight as air defense systems were activated. Debris from felled drones hit three districts of the capital, damaging a nonresidential building, Popko said. “Russian terrorists have once again المزيد
Drones target Russian capital on eve of military parade attended by Putin
Russian officials say they shot down three Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow early Sunday, hours before the start of a major military parade attended by President Vladimir Putin. Images from a crash site in Moscow showed the façade of a skyscraper damaged on one floor, with glass shattered and structural beams المزيد
Children among 9 injured by Russian missile strikes on eastern city, Ukrainian officials say
Two children were among nine people injured when Russian missiles hit two buildings the central city of Dnpiro late Friday, Ukrainian officials said. Blaming the attack on “Russian missile terror,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a Telegram post that a building belonging to Ukrainian Security Service was hit along with المزيد
Explosion rocks Russian city close to Ukraine border
An explosion rocked the center of the Russian city of Taganrog near the border with Ukraine Friday, injuring several people, state media reported. The cause of the blast was not immediately known, and there were conflicting reports about how many people were injured. Alongside images of rubble and a damaged المزيد
North Korea’s Kim shows off banned missiles to Russian minister
SEOUL — Russia’s defense minister accompanied North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to a defense exhibition that featured the North’s banned ballistic missiles as the neighbors pledged to boost ties, North Korean state media reported on Thursday. The Russian minister, Sergei Shoigu, and a Chinese delegation including a Politburo member المزيد
Biden orders U.S. to share evidence of Russian war crimes with ICC
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has ordered the U.S. government to start sharing information about possible Russian war crimes in Ukraine with the International Criminal Court, a U.S. official familiar with the matter said Wednesday. The decision, which was made in recent days and first reported by The New York Times, المزيد
Russian jet harasses armed U.S. drone over Syria for a third time this month
A Russian fighter jet flew “dangerously close” to a U.S. hunter-killer drone over Syria on Sunday and released a flare causing severe damage to the drone’s propeller, the U.S. Air Force said Tuesday. At 12.23 a.m. ET on Sunday the Russian plane came within a few feet of the MQ-9 المزيد