Tag: Russia

AP: Russian missiles and artillery pounded cities across Ukraine early Thursday, sparking fires, killing at least five people and trapping others under the rubble of destroyed buildings, authorities said, shortly after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denounced Russia as a “terrorist state” at the United Nations. The Ukrainian Air Force said it had...

What to Know: The St. Petersburg Navy Submarine Veterans Club has identified Russian Captain First Rank Ivan Kovgan as one of the five Russian soldiers killed by Azerbaijani gunfire in Nagorno-Karabakh yesterday. Context: Kovgan served as both the deputy commander of Russia's North Fleet submarine forces and the deputy commander of Russia's...

In a statement posted to his Telegram channel, Russian deputy chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev lashed out against Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan and signaled that Russia will not support Armenia against an ongoing Azerbaijani offensive against Nagorno-Karabakh. Medvedev posted: One day, one of my colleagues from a fraternal country...

Historic Visit, War and Space During the first meeting in over four years between the autocratic leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, and President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, Kim vowed that Russia would receive his "full and unconditional support" in its "sacred fight" against the West and highlighted the...

What to Know: Romania's Ministry of Defense has announced that debris from Russian explosive drones has been recovered near the border with Ukraine along the Danube River. Statements: In a press statement, the Ministry reported "Following the execution of the research in the field, fragments of a drone similar to those used...

Russian police are reportedly heavily adhering to a constant method of arrests and jailing targeting critics of the Russo-Ukrainian War, law enforcement, or the government. The system operates wherein once citizens are released from jail for minor crimes, even misdemeanors, they are immediately, or very swiftly within a few...