Russian forces make significant gains in eastern Ukraine | Ukraine
Russian forces are making significant advances in a narrow corridor in eastern Ukraine as the Kremlin offensive appears to be gaining pace in a bid to seize territory before Western military aid arrives. picture Posted by Kremlin Military Blogger It shows the Russian tricolor flag flying over the destroyed village of Ocheretine. Russian troops reportedly […]
Meta spokesman gets 6-year prison sentence by Russian court after being convicted in absentia
A Russian court on Monday convicted Mehta’s spokesperson of justifying terrorism and sentenced him to six years in prison in a speedy trial in absentia, Russian independent news site Mediazona reported. He was sentenced to prison. The newspaper said the accusations against Metacommunications director Andy Stone stem from comments he made after Moscow’s full-scale invasion […]
Blinken returns to China with warning over Russian military aid
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is scheduled to visit China this week to make fresh threats about Beijing’s support for Russia, as the House greenlights a new $61 billion aid package for Ukraine. A senior State Department official previewed Mr. Blinken’s April 24-26 trip to China in a call with reporters on Friday and explained […]
Anticipating Russian Spring Offensive, Kharkiv Residents Start to Flee
KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) – A 79-year-old woman made the sign of the cross and clutched a cane as she left her home in a quaint village in northeastern Ukraine. Broken screens, shattered glass and scorched trees litter the garden of Olha Faychuk’s apartment in Lukyansi, north of Kharkiv. A cell phone with broken pieces was […]
Ken Buck blasts ‘Moscow Marjorie’ for ‘mouthing the Russian propaganda’
Former Rep. Ken Buck blasted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) for her stance against sending aid to Ukraine amid its war against Russia. Buck appeared Friday evening on Erin Burnett OutFront, less than a day before the House voted on and eventually passed the Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, allocating $60.84 billion to the effort. […]
Ukraine Says it has Shot Down Russian Strategic Bomber
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine’s air force claimed Friday that it shot down a Russian strategic bomber, but authorities in Moscow said the plane malfunctioned after a combat mission and crashed in a sparsely populated area. Neither claim could be independently verified. Previous claims by Ukraine that it shot down a Russian fighter jet during […]
Delays in US aid leave Ukraine vulnerable to Russian offensives that kill civilians, analysts warn
Analysts warned that delays in U.S. military aid meant Kiev would struggle to counter the Russian offensive, which left more civilians dead across Ukraine on Sunday. A man was killed Sunday when a Russian drone collided with a truck he was driving in the Sumy region, local prosecutors said. Elsewhere, shelling hit an apartment building […]
Ukraine war briefing: Moscow declares BBC Russian correspondent ‘foreign agent’ | Ukraine
Russia’s Ministry of Justice has labeled two prominent journalists, BBC correspondent Ilya Balabanov and Russian science reporter Asya Kazantseva, as “foreign spies.”a British broadcaster, report. Balabanov has written extensively about Russia’s war in Ukraine and the Wagner mercenary group, and Kazantseva signed an open letter from Russian scientists and science journalists calling for the withdrawal […]
New Russian heavy-lift rocket makes it into space after 2 failed launches
Russia successfully test-launched a new heavy-lift rocket from its Far Eastern Space Facility on Thursday, following two aborted attempts earlier this week. The first attempt to launch the Angara-A5 rocket from the Vostochny spaceport on Tuesday was aborted about two minutes before scheduled liftoff due to a failure in the pressurization system of the oxidizer […]
Russian spacecraft and US satellite nearly collided in close call: NASA
A Russian satellite and a US satellite nearly collided in late February, and now NASA has revealed just how close the two spacecraft came to colliding, potentially resulting in a life-threatening catastrophe. There is. NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy said on February 28 that the two satellites, which could not be steered or controlled, were […]