Aug 25 Putin decree lets Russia take control of infrastructure damaged in Ukrainian drone attacks By Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin has decreed that the state can temporarily seize control of critical infrastructure facilities if private owners fail to protect them from Ukrainian drone attacks or rebuild them after the strikes. Continue reading
Aug 17 Russian court jails Kremlin opposition politician for opposing war in Ukraine By Elise Morton, Daria Litvinova, Associated Press A court in Russia convicted a prominent opposition politician for speaking out against the war in Ukraine and sentenced him to 11 years and a month in prison in the latest crackdown on dissent ahead of next month’s parliamentary election. Continue reading
Aug 11 Russian attacks kill 10 in Ukraine as Zelenskyy says Moscow is getting more North Korean missiles By Illia Novikov, Associated Press Russia attacked Ukrainian cities with missiles, drones and glide bombs Tuesday, killing at least 10 civilians, officials said, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Moscow is getting new military help from North Korea for its more than 4-year-old invasion. Continue reading
Aug 03 A Putin critic leaves Russia after he is barred from running for parliament By Associated Press "Good news: I'm alive and free. Unfortunately, not in Russia for the time being," opposition politician Boris Nadezhdin said in a video on social media, showing him standing in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Continue reading
Jul 27 From a Kyiv bomb shelter, Laura Loomer explains her shift on Russia's war in Ukraine By Illia Novikov, Volodymyr Yurchuk, Jill Colvin, Associated Press A close ally of President Trump, Loomer has reversed her longtime criticism of Ukraine and is urging fellow conservatives to be wary of Moscow’s propaganda, which she blames for duping large swaths of the American right. Continue reading
Jul 23 Watch 6:17 Belarusian opposition leader on fighting for democracy under Lukashenko By Liz Landers Belarus has been plunged into the center of Russia’s conflict with Ukraine, both by its borders and by Putin-linked President Alexander Lukashenko. As the eastern European nation of 9 million grapples with its dictatorial leader and the fallout from the… Continue watching
Jul 20 Ukraine fires 400 drones toward Moscow as Zelenskyy grapples with protests By Associated Press The blitz came hours after Russia bombarded Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities with ballistic missiles in a relentless cycle of tit-for-tat strikes. Continue reading
Jul 17 A Putin critic is convicted on charges that will keep him from campaigning for Russia's parliament By Associated Press The verdict underlined the determination by authorities to stamp out any remaining sign of dissent ahead of September's vote as the fuel crisis caused by Ukrainian strikes on oil facilities across Russia threatened to erode public support for the Kremlin. Continue reading
Jul 08 Watch 6:18 Summit revealed NATO 'not in a great state,' but it could be worse, says ex-ambassador By Geoff Bennett, Dan Sagalyn To discuss the latest developments in Iran and at the NATO summit, Geoff Bennett spoke with Ivo Daalder. He was the U.S. ambassador to NATO during the Obama administration and is now a senior fellow at Harvard University's Belfer Center. Continue watching
Jul 08 WATCH: Trump says in Zelenskyy meeting that U.S. will allow Patriot missiles to be made overseas By Associated Press President Donald Trump said that the U.S. will give a license for its Patriot air defense systems to be made overseas for Ukraine to counter Russian missile attacks, a huge coup for that nation. Continue reading