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Putin Vows to Ask Assad About Austin Tice

Russian president speaks on Ukraine war, Syria upheaval in his hourslong annual address

(Newser) - If Russia's reputation has been made weaker by its ongoing war in Ukraine and the recent regime change in Syria, Vladimir Putin isn't acknowledging it. At his annual news conference and call-in show in Moscow on Thursday, which the AP deemed a "tightly choreographed event" that lasted...

Assassinated Russian General Spread Wild Claims About US

Kirillov claimed US-sponsored labs were working on pathogens designed to infect Russians

(Newser) - The Russian general assassinated in Moscow on Tuesday was responsible for spreading misinformation as well as chemical weapons, Western officials say. Ukraine's security services have claimed responsibility for the killing of Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, chief of Russia's Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Protection Troops.
  • Misinformation. Kirillov spread misinformation
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Russia Says It Has Man Who Placed Moscow Bomb

Suspect said Ukraine offered him $100K, European residency, according to FSB

(Newser) - Russia says it's detained a man who confessed to planting and detonating the bomb that killed a top Russian general in Moscow on Tuesday. Ukraine took responsibility for the killing of Igor Kirillov, chief of Russia's Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Protection Troops, after charging him in absentia with...

First North Korean Soldiers Killed in Ukraine

They are believed to be fighting on the front lines with Russia

(Newser) - Ukraine's military intelligence agency and the Pentagon said Monday that some North Korean troops have been killed during combat against Ukrainian forces in Russia's Kursk border region. These are the first reported casualties since the US and Ukraine announced that North Korea had sent 10,000 to 12,...

Ukraine Takes Out Russian 'War Criminal' on His Home Turf

Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov was accused by the West of overseeing the use of chemical weapons

(Newser) - Ukraine says it assassinated a top Russian general responsible for the use of chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops on Tuesday. Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, chief of Russia's Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Protection Troops, and his assistant died outside an apartment building in Moscow when a bomb concealed in an...

Zelensky's Update on Ukraine's War Death Toll Differs From Trump's

Ukraine president gives 'rare update' on death toll, says 43K soldiers have died

(Newser) - In a social media post Sunday, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said 43,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died since Russia invaded the country in 2022. In what the BBC calls a "rare update" on war casualties, he said another 370,000 injuries have been reported, though some of those injuries...

Trump, Zelensky, Macron Meet in Paris

In-person talks between US, Ukrainian presidents are the first since November election

(Newser) - President-elect Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met Saturday for the first time since the US election, in a session hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron before they attended the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral. Macron's office announced the meeting minutes before it began; he had been scheduled to...

Zelensky Raises Taxes, Offers Each Ukrainian $24

Meanwhile, he looks to bring about the return of citizens who fled, per NYT

(Newser) - Volodymyr Zelensky has had a busy week of legislating, ushering in what the New York Times reports is the largest tax increase of the Russia-Ukraine war, along with a one-time payment to Ukraine's war-weary citizens. More:
  • Tax increase: Effective Sunday, a new law raises a tax used for military
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Ukrainian Kids Sent to Russia on Putin's Orders: Report

Russian president financed and facilitated coerced adoption, which could be a war crime

(Newser) - Yale University researchers offer what they say is strong evidence of war crimes by Vladimir Putin in a new report alleging Russia's president and senior Kremlin officials authorized the coerced fostering and adoption of Ukrainian children. It finds 314 children as young as 2, mostly from Ukraine's Donetsk...

Putin Approves Record Military Budget

EU reiterates funding pledges for Ukraine's war effort

(Newser) - As senior European Union officials arrived in Kyiv to express their unflinching support for Ukraine's war effort, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a new budget with a record military spending. More than $145 billion of the 2025 budget will go to national defense, a nearly one-third share that's...

First Kim Sent Troops to Russia. Now, a Pledge

North Korea vows to 'invariably support' Putin in his war in Ukraine

(Newser) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed his country will "invariably support" Russia's war in Ukraine as he met Russia's defense chief, the North's state media reported Saturday. A Russia military delegation led by Defense Minister Andrei Belousov arrived in North Korea on Friday, amid growing international...

'Attacks on Energy Facilities Happening All Over Ukraine'

It's said to be the 11th such attack this year

(Newser) - Russia launched what Ukrainian officials are calling a "massive" attack on the country's energy infrastructure on Thursday, firing nearly 200 missiles and drones and leaving more than a million households powerless. "Attacks on energy facilities are happening all over Ukraine," Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko said in...

Trump Picks Envoy for Russia, Ukraine

Keith Kellogg laid out an America First agenda for incoming administration

(Newser) - President-elect Trump said Wednesday that he has chosen Keith Kellogg, a highly decorated retired three-star general, to serve as his special envoy for Ukraine and Russia. Kellogg, who is one of the architects of a staunchly conservative policy book that lays out an "America First" national security agenda for...

White House Sees Solution to Ukraine's Manpower Problem

It wants draft lowered to age 18

(Newser) - President Biden's administration is urging Ukraine to quickly increase the size of its military by drafting more troops and revamping its mobilization laws to allow for the conscription of troops as young as 18. A senior Biden administration official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the...

NATO Official Warns of 'Wartime Scenario' for Economies

He says businesses should ensure supply chains aren't vulnerable to China, Russia

(Newser) - "While it may be the military who wins battles, it's the economies that win wars," a top NATO official said Monday, urging businesses to prepare for a "wartime scenario." Dutch Admiral Rob Bauer, chair of the alliance's military committee, told the European Policy Center...

To Attract Recruits, Russia Offers Debt Forgiveness

Latest incentive is good up to nearly $100K

(Newser) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law granting debt forgiveness to new army recruits who enlist to fight in Ukraine. The measure, whose final version appeared on a government website Saturday, underscores Russia's needs for military personnel in the nearly three-year war, the AP reports. According to Russian...

After Missile Strike, NATO, Ukraine Plan Emergency Talks

Putin says he realizes other nations will catch up to new weapon's technology

(Newser) - NATO and Ukraine will hold emergency talks Tuesday after Russia attacked a central city with an experimental, hypersonic ballistic missile that escalated the nearly 33-month-old war. The conflict is "entering a decisive phase," Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Friday, and "taking on very dramatic dimensions....

North Korean General Injured in Ukraine

Details are scarce, but defector predicts more casualties will follow

(Newser) - A senior North Korean general was wounded in a recent Ukrainian strike in Russia's Kursk region, Western officials said Thursday, per the Wall Street Journal , without disclosing the man's identity or how he was injured. However, the Journal notes several North Korean servicemen were reportedly at a command...

Putin Threatens West With New Missile

He claims US air defense systems are powerless to stop the Oreshnik

(Newser) - The Kremlin fired a new intermediate-range ballistic missile at Ukraine on Thursday in response to Kyiv's use this week of American and British missiles capable of striking deeper into Russia, President Vladimir Putin said. In a televised address to the country, the Russian president warned that US air defense...

Kim Takes Wraps Off General Before Deployment to Russia

Analysts say North Korea began promoting Kim Yong Bok as a reliable leader

(Newser) - Months ago, Kim Jong Un began pulling one of his generals who had been largely unseen and unpublicized into the spotlight with him. Unlike other military leaders in North Korea, Col. Gen. Kim Yong Bok was so far into the shadows that his age and hometown are not known to...

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