Russian regime convicts and sentences WSJ reporter on trumped-up spying charges
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was convicted of espionage in a Russian court on Friday and sentenced to 16 years in prison. Gershkovich is the first American journalist to be arrested in Russia on espionage charges since the Cold War. according to The 32-year-old man’s trial began on June 26 and was “concluded swiftly,” […]
Zelenskiy to attend UK cabinet meeting in effort to disrupt Russian oil sales | Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy is due to attend an emergency meeting of the British Cabinet on Friday to give fresh impetus to efforts to stop Russia from evading sanctions on oil exports. Zelenskiy will be the first foreign leader to visit Downing Street since Keir Starmer was elected prime minister two weeks ago and the […]
‘Russian Tactic’: Aide To Dem Megadonor Reportedly Suggested Trump Rally Shooting Might Have Been ‘Staged’
A top adviser to Democratic megadonor Reid Hoffman appeared to suggest in an email to various media outlets that the failed assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump may have been “staged,” Semafor reported Sunday. Dmitri Mehlhorn sent an email to a group of “sympathetic” journalists at 7:34 p.m. on Saturday encouraging them to consider […]
Fire at Russian Oil Depot After Reported Ukraine Drone Strike
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An oil depot in Russia’s southwestern Rostov region caught fire in a Ukrainian drone attack early Saturday, local officials said, the latest long-range offensive by Kiev’s forces into the border region. Ukraine has stepped up air strikes on Russian territory in recent months, targeting refineries and oil terminals in an effort […]
Ukraine will get long-awaited F-16 jets ‘this summer’ to counter Russian air attacks
WASHINGTON – Ukrainian pilots will take to the skies in U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets in the coming weeks to thwart Russian airstrikes, the leaders of the United States, Denmark and the Netherlands said Wednesday. Kyiv is set to receive 78 F-16s from a coalition of NATO nations that received permission from President Biden last year […]
Zelenskiy says world can stop ‘Russian terror’ after attack on Kyiv children’s hospital | Kyiv
Rescuers continue to dig through the rubble of Kiev’s children’s hospital after Russia launched a series of devastating missile attacks across the city on Monday, killing 38 people, including four children. On the eve of a NATO summit in Washington, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky renewed calls for stronger air defenses and said the world had […]
Ukrainian rescuers continue search at Kyiv children’s hospital hit by Russian missile
Rescue operations continued for a second day at Okhmadit pediatric hospital in Kiev, where a Russian missile attack killed 42 people and wounded about 200. It was Russia’s first heavy bombing raid on Kiev in nearly four months and one of the deadliest of the war, hitting seven of the city’s 10 districts. Kiev city […]
US restrictions on use of long-range weapons remain, as Russian missile strike ravages children’s hospital in Kyiv
‘NO CHANGE IN OUR POLICY’: While President Volodymyr Zelensky travels to Washington for the NATO summit celebrating 75 years of the alliance, Ukraine today is in a day of mourning after Russia launched its heaviest bombardment of the country in months on Monday. While the attacks targeted six areas of Ukraine, one particularly heart-wrenching strike […]
Russian Military Gets Premium Spot in Venezuela Independence Day Parade
Venezuela’s socialist government featured a procession of Russian navy sailors during its Independence Day celebrations this weekend. Venezuela was the first country in the region to declare independence from Spanish colonial rule on July 5, 1811. That date is also Venezuela’s National Day, and the Venezuelan military holds a military parade on Paseo Los Proceres […]
Russian missiles hit children’s hospital, kill at least 20 across Ukraine
A Russian missile struck a children’s hospital in Kiev on Monday, killing at least seven people, while a separate attack in Krivoy Rof killed at least 10 people. The Russian barrage hit five Ukrainian cities with more than 40 missiles, destroying apartment buildings and civil infrastructure. At least 20 people were killed and around 50 […]