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fhm/Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — Russia, as it does many nights, has launched airstrikes on Ukraine overnight into Saturday morning, the second anniversary of the full-scale invasion in 2022. A barrage of Russian drones and missiles targeted Odesa in the south, and at least one person and two others were seriously injured when a damaged […]

Darrin Klimek/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Moscow’s arrest of a Los Angeles woman on charges of high treason has cast a new spotlight on the steep challenges imposed by Russia’s refusal to recognize almost all dual citizenships — sharply limiting diplomats’ ability to oversee the cases and intervene if warranted. Ksenia Karelina, a 33-year-old former […]

Peter Muhly – WPA Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia is open to a prisoner swap for Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who’s been detained for over 300 days in the country. In an interview published on his website on Thursday, former Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson pressed Putin […]

Ukrainian rescuers extinguish a fire in a residential building following a missile attack in Kyiv on Feb. 7, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images) (KYIV, Ukraine) — Russian missiles struck Kyiv early on Wednesday, killing at least four, destroying homes and temporarily knocking out power for many, Ukrainian officials […]

belterz/Getty Images (LONDON) — Dozens of Russian drones targeted civilian and military targets in Ukraine overnight, Ukrainian officials said, a day after Russia accused Ukraine of a deadly strike on a Russian border city. Russia launched at least nine missiles and at least 49 drones before 6 a.m. Sunday, Ukrainian officials said. Ukraine’s military said […]

Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — Russia appears to be suffering severe losses as it wages its new offensive in eastern Ukraine, amid some of the bloodiest fighting in months, according to Ukrainian officials and independent analysts. Russia has thrown thousands of troops and hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles into the offensive, […]

belterz/Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — With the eyes of the world glued to Israel and Gaza, Russia is waging a major new offensive in eastern Ukraine, mounting the largest push it has attempted since last winter. Thousands of Russian troops and hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles have been sent into the offensive operations, which […]

belterz/Getty Images (KYIV) — Ukrainian forces are trying to hold off a major new Russian offensive operation in the strategic city of Avdiivka. Russia sent dozens of tanks and armored vehicles and thousands of troops into the assault, which started four days ago. “They are hitting with everything they have. Yesterday a lot of armor […]

FotografiaBasica/Getty Images (LONDON) — Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, has announced that Wagner Mercenary Group is to continue its operations in Africa and its troops are set to remain in place following the aborted armed mutiny by Wagner mercenary fighters in Russia on Saturday. Speaking in an interview with Russia Today, Lavrov said that the […]

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Western officials said Russia’s forces in Ukraine are so badly depleted that Russia may lack the reserves to effectively respond to a major counteroffensive from Ukrainian troops in the coming weeks. One official said Russia does not appear to have a dedicated reserve force to react to a major breakthrough […]