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Russia Claims Western Intelligence Aided Ukraine in Striking Crimea Navy HQ

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Kyiv had relied on "NATO satellite equipment and reconnaissance aircraft" to carry out the attack.

Residents in Annexed Crimea Turned Away From Bomb Shelter During Air Raid Alert

Children and adults were seen crowded outside a community center as air raid sirens could be heard blaring in the distance.

president's orders

Russia's Medvedev Says Visited Troops in Ukraine

"On the instructions of the president, I visited a firing range near the contact line on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic," the former president...

top brass meeting

Russian Navy Commander Reported Killed in Ukrainian Missile Strike Appears in Video

Kyiv said earlier this week it had killed Admiral Viktor Sokolov and 34 officers in an unprecedented missile strike on the Black Sea Fleet's headquarters...

calls for justice

Russian Soldier Accuses Military Police of Racially Charged Beating

“I thought the Nazis were on the other side. Turns out they’re among us,” Arsen Temirayev, a soldier from North Ossetia, said of his attackers.

dismissed impact

Kremlin Says U.S. Abrams Tanks Will 'Burn' in Ukraine

Kyiv announced Monday it had received deliveries of the U.S. Abrams battle tank, boosting its forces as they seek to break through heavily fortified Russian...

Russian Villages Lose Power After Ukraine Drone Strike

The Kursk region's governor said a Ukrainian drone dropped explosives on an electricity substation near the border.

international probe

Russian Media Rhetoric Could Be 'Incitement to Genocide' – UN

Investigators probing violations in Ukraine since Russia's invasion said they would continue to look into issues of genocide on the side of Moscow.

Ukrainian Drone Strikes Russia's Kursk - Official

A Ukrainian drone strike hit an administrative building in the center of Russia's southern Kursk city.

Russia Accuses West of 'De Facto' Fighting in Ukraine

Westerners are "de facto fighting against us, using the hands and bodies of Ukrainians," said Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Missile Strike Hits Russia’s Black Sea Fleet HQ

After earlier stating that one serviceman was killed in the attack, Russia's Defense Ministry said he had in fact gone missing.

Russian Officials Fighting in Ukraine Seek Profile Boost, Career Advancement

Yet, for most officials, volunteering to fight in Ukraine has so far delivered few if any tangible professional benefits.

Mobilized Russian Troops Endure Quick Losses in Ukraine War – Report

One in five mobilized Russian soldiers who died in the Ukraine war were killed less than two months after being enlisted, according to IStories and CIT...

overnight attack

Scores of Ukrainian Drones Downed Over Annexed Crimea, Western Russia

Oleg Kryuchkov, adviser to the Kremlin-installed governor of annexed Crimea, asked residents "to remain calm."

Russia Says 4 Ukrainian Drones Destroyed

The drones were destroyed over the Belgorod region bordering Ukraine and over the Oryol region, further toward Moscow.

QUESTIONABLE DEALINGS

Turkey Imports, Resells Coal from Russia-Annexed Ukrainian Regions – Reuters

Though Turkey refuses to recognize Donetsk and Luhansk as Russian, it has not imposed trade restrictions like fellow NATO members.

strategic allies

Russia Hails 'Similarity' of China's Position on U.S., Ukraine

The statement came after China's Wang Yi kicked off a four-day visit to Moscow with a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

mother in uniform

Pregnant Russian Soldier Jailed for Desertion

Lance Corporal Madina Kabaloyeva is Russia’s first female soldier to be convicted for desertion since Moscow's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Russia Lashes Ukraine at Top UN Court in 'Genocide' Case

Two days into the invasion, Ukraine filed a suit at the ICJ arguing that Russia's use of "genocide" as a pretext went against the 1948 UN Genocide Convention...

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