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Bucha Begins to Tell Its Horror Stories

Of 25 women held captive in a basement, 9 were impregnated

(Newser) - In an extensive article on what it calls "Bucha's month of terror," the New York Times reports on the horrors experienced in the Ukraine city as Russian troops occupied it. Among those: unimaginable sexual violence. In one case reported by Ukraine’s official ombudswoman for human rights,...

Pentagon Monitoring Social Media Report on Russian Chemical Weapons

'These reports, if true, are deeply concerning'

(Newser) - The Pentagon is confirming it is concerned about a report on Telegram that Russia used chemical weapons in Mariupol, Ukraine. "We are aware of social media reports which claim Russian forces deployed a potential chemical munition," Defense Department press secretary John Kirby said in a Monday night statement....

TV Protester Has a Way Out of Russia. She&#39;s Not Leaving
Russian TV Protester
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Apr 11, 2022 1:20 PM CDT

Russian TV Protester Lands New Journalism Job

Marina Ovsyannikova will continue to report from Russia, running a risk of prison

(Newser) - Update: The Russian journalist who protested the invasion of Ukraine in very public fashion has landed a new job but is staying in her native country. Marina Ovsyannikova has been hired by German media outlet Die Welt and will report from Russia and Ukraine, reports the BBC . The 43-year-old was...

Russians Begin Turning Each Other In Over Criticism of War

There will be 'a cleansing,' politician says

(Newser) - In his war against Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin isn't neglecting the homefront. Russians have begun to report each other for being critical of the war, encouraged by leaders, as the government rekindles the fear of the Soviet era. Teachers are being reported by students and parents, and neighbors...

Latest Crackdown on Russia: $46M Worth of Art

Customs officials in Finland seize paintings, sculptures, antiquities

(Newser) - Some $46 million worth of art on loan from Russian galleries to museums in Japan and Italy has been seized on the return trip. Customs officials in Finland seized the paintings, sculptures, and antiquities in three shipments at the Vaalimaa crossing of the Finland-Russia border on Friday and Saturday, in...

Officials: Putin Wants 'Announceable Success' by May 9

Ukraine urges civilians to flee eastern regions

(Newser) - Russian troops have now mostly retreated from northeast Ukraine—leaving behind mountains of wrecked equipment and extensive evidence of war crimes—but Vladimir Putin wants to have a victory to boast about in less than five weeks, according to Western security officials. Officials tell the Guardian that the Russian leader...

US Sanctions Putin's 2 Adult Daughters

As well as some other big names

(Newser) - The US on Wednesday announced sanctions targeting Vladimir Putin's two adult daughters and said it was toughening penalties against Russian banks in retaliation for "war crimes" in Ukraine. Mariya Putina and Katerina Tikhonova are daughters Putin had with former Aeroflot flight attendant Lyudmila Putina, reports the Wall Street ...

Gen. Milley Offers Prediction on Timeline for War in Ukraine

Joint Chiefs of Staff chair says invasion could last 'years': 'I do think this is a very protracted conflict'

(Newser) - Initial predictions that Russia could quickly take Ukraine , perhaps in a matter of days, haven't come to fruition, and now some are speculating the war will be a long-extended one. Joining that latter camp: Gen. Mark Milley, chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and America's top military...

At Embassy, an Act of 'Anti-Russian Hysteria'

Man dies crashing his car into Russian embassy in Bucharest, Romania

(Newser) - A man has died after crashing a car filled with flammable substances into the Russian embassy in the Romanian capital of Bucharest, according to police. A video showed the silver hatchback "engulfed in flames" while wedged in the embassy's gate around 6am local time Wednesday, before firefighters arrived,...

The Scenes From Borodyanka Are Horrifying

At least 200 presumed dead under flattened apartments

(Newser) - New York Times journalists got to Borodyanka, Ukraine, Tuesday for the first time since Russian forces withdrew, and the newspaper describes what they found there as "shocking." Four apartment buildings that were completely flattened by bombs, and more than two miles of devastation along the main street...

Cosmonauts 'Blindsided' by Hubbub Over Spacesuits

Mark Vande Hei says Russians weren't wearing yellow as statement on Ukraine during ISS arrival

(Newser) - Last month, three Russian astronauts showed up at the International Space Station sporting bright yellow flight suits with blue accents—Ukraine's colors, leaving some wondering if the cosmonauts were making a statement on Russia's invasion of that country. Wonder no more, because that simply wasn't the case,...

Russia Claims Bucha Bodies Are a Hoax. Satellite Images Say Otherwise

Analysis shows bodies were on the streets for weeks

(Newser) - Russia insisted it was not responsible for the horror in Bucha , where bodies of civilians, some of them bound, have been seen lying in the streets. The images came out after Russian troops pulled back, and Russia's Ministry of Defense suggested in a Telegram post Sunday that after "...

He Lost His Job for Not Predicting Russian Invasion
He Lost His Job for Not
Predicting Russian Invasion
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Apr 3, 2022 12:05 PM CDT

He Lost His Job for Not Predicting Russian Invasion

Gen. Eric Vidaud, France's chief of military intelligence, had only been in the role for 7 months

(Newser) - As the US warned earlier this year that Russia may try to invade, others pushed back on that prediction, including the new chief of France's military intelligence. Now, just seven months after he was hired, Gen. Eric Vidaud is out of a job, Reuters reports, citing an internal email...

Russia: Sanctions Imperil Future of Space Station

US, other nations' agencies ignored a deadline for lifting penalties

(Newser) - The head of Russia's space program said Saturday that the future of the International Space Station hangs in the balance after the US, the European Union, and Canadian space agencies missed a deadline to meet Russian demands for lifting sanctions on Russian enterprises and hardware. Dmitry Rogozin, the head...

Zelensky Reflects on Family, Destiny in Fox Interview

Ukrainian leader tells Bret Baier: 'God chooses what we can endure'

(Newser) - Volodymyr Zelensky isn't just the president of Ukraine and a newly minted international hero amid the Russian invasion that has plunged his nation into turmoil. He's also a husband and a dad, a fact brought home Friday as he got more personal than usual during an appearance on...

Kremlin Fires Back After Depardieu Slams 'Crazy' Putin

French actor has praised Russian leader in the past

(Newser) - The friendship between Gerard Depardieu and Vladimir Putin has become yet another victim of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The French actor, who has praised Putin in the past and received a Russian passport and a hug from the leader in 2013, has strongly denounced the invasion. "The Russian...

Kremlin Says Ukraine Attacked Oil Depot Inside Russia

Russia says it's 'not conducive to talks'

(Newser) - Russian authorities say Ukrainian helicopter gunships launched an attack over the border early Friday, striking an oil storage facility 25 miles inside Russia. If confirmed, the attack on the facility in Belgorod will be the first Ukrainian strike across the border since Russia invaded its neighbor more than a month...

Russian Troops Leave Chernobyl
Russian Troops
Leave Chernobyl
Apr 1, 2022 12:28 AM CDT

Russian Troops Leave Chernobyl

Ukraine says radiation is to blame, but that has not been verified

(Newser) - Russian troops left the heavily contaminated Chernobyl nuclear site early Friday after returning control to the Ukrainians, authorities said, as eastern parts of the country braced for renewed attacks and Russians blocked another aid mission to the besieged port city of Mariupol. Ukraine’s state power company, Energoatom, said the...

US: Russia Is Repositioning Troops, Not Withdrawing

There's no sign of de-escalation, Pentagon says

(Newser) - Russia said earlier this week that it would "fundamentally" cut back military operations near Ukraine's capital—but so far, it appears that they are sticking to the pledge about as well as they stuck to their claim that they weren't planning to invade Ukraine. Pentagon Press Secretary...

In Russia, It's Goodbye Instagram, Hello 'Sadgram'

Black-and-white social media alternative asks users for gloomy photos

(Newser) - Criticizing the invasion of Ukraine, or even calling it a war instead of a "special military operation," is a crime in Russia, but citizens are still allowed to express their sadness. With Instagram now banned in the country, alternatives are sprouting up, including "Grustnogram," which translates...

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