Russia-Ukraine war

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Banned Chess Grandmaster: 'I Regret Nothing'

Sergey Karjakin was suspended for supporting invasion of Ukraine

(Newser) - A chess grandmaster who publicly supported Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been taken off the board for at least six months. The International Chess Federation says Sergey Karjakin has been banned from competition for bringing the game into disrepute, AFP reports. The ruling noted that the 32-year-old grandmaster posted...

As Belarus' Ambassador Left Ukraine, a Biting Gift

A border guard tossed 30 pieces of silver at Igor Sokol

(Newser) - The indications that Belarus will join Russia in its war against Ukraine may be building. Belarus, which al-Jazeera calls "Russia’s oldest and staunchest post-Soviet ally," has removed all its diplomats from Ukraine in the past few days. As Belarusian Ambassador Igor Sokol passed through a border checkpoint,...

Putin's Goal: Avoid Being 'Jailed, Exiled or Killed'

Russia's president is unlikely to compromise with Ukraine, analysts say

(Newser) - The media has reported on peace talks between Ukraine and Russia—including fresh headlines just this weekend—but as Vladimir Putin targets Ukrainian civilians in a ruthless assault, he seems unlikely to cede ground at the bargaining table. "Putin's own penchant for risk and the patterns evident in...

Putin Already Changed the Nukes Game
Putin Already
Changed the
Nukes Game
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Mar 22, 2022 7:45 AM CDT

Putin Already Changed the Nukes Game

'This war might prove the greatest stimulus to nuclear proliferation in history'

(Newser) - Russia's invasion of Ukraine seems to have rewritten the world's nuclear playbook. While Vladimir Putin has not deployed such a weapon, he has explicitly raised the threat , and that alone may change things going forward. A look at some of the assessments and coverage:
  • The impact: In the
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Poll Finds 91% of Ukrainians Expect to Win
Ukrainian Poll: 91%
Predict Victory
Mar 21, 2022 7:45 PM CDT

Ukrainian Poll: 91% Predict Victory

Confidence is increasing as Russian invasion sputters

(Newser) - Ukrainians are growing increasingly sure they'll defeat the Russian invaders, a new poll has found. In February, just before Russia attacked, 56% of those surveyed said Ukraine would be able to repel an invasion, an Info Sapiens poll showed. By March 14-15, 91% predicted victory, the Washington Post reports,...

Last Journalist to Leave Mariupol Gives Harrowing Account of Siege

'I had seen so much death that I was filming almost without taking it in'

(Newser) - Mstyslav Chernov, a video journalist for the AP , has shared his account of the siege of Mariupol, documented with photographer Evgeniy Maloletka. "The Russians were hunting us down. They had a list of names, including ours, and they were closing in. We were the only international journalists left in...

Anti-Occupation Protest Violently Dispersed

Ukraine says Russian forces used gunfire, stun grenades in Kherson

(Newser) - Russian forces violently dispersed a protest Monday in Kherson, a southern Ukraine city occupied early in the invasion, Ukrainian authorities say. Hundreds of people can be seen running away and heavy gunfire can be heard in video from the city's Freedom Square. "Russian security forces ran up, started...

Experts Warn of Widespread Food Shortages, Social Unrest

The global food supply was already in peril before the outbreak of war

(Newser) - A food crisis was brewing well before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Now, a global food shortage seems inevitable, and it may persist. "There is no precedent even close to this since World War II," according to the World Food Program, per reporting in the New York Times....

Buchenwald Survivor Dies in Russian Attack

Boris Romantschenko, 96, was killed by Russian shelling of Ukrainian city

(Newser) - A 96-year-old Ukrainian who survived imprisonment in four concentration camps during the Nazi Holocaust has been killed by a Russian attack on his home in the eastern city of Kharkiv. Boris Romantschenko died Friday during a Russian shelling of the neighborhood where he lived in an apartment building, his family...

Russia: We Destroyed Mall Because It Stored Rockets

Shopping center in Kyiv is in ruins

(Newser) - While the fate of the southern city of Mariupol hangs in the balance , destruction continues in the Ukraine capital of Kyiv. Russia destroyed a shopping mall in the city center with one of the most powerful strikes delivered since the war began, reports the New York Times . The shopping center,...

Petraeus: One Military Truth Is in Ukraine's Favor

In urban warfare, invaders typically need 5:1 advantage; Russia may need a greater one

(Newser) - One of America's most famous modern generals assesses the Russia-Ukraine conflict in depth via a CNN interview, and the short version is that retired Gen. David Petraeus is decidedly unimpressed with Russia's military. "Abysmal" and "incompetent" are two of the words he uses. This applies across...

Ukraine's 'Let It Go' Girl Now a Refugee in Poland

Amelia Anisovych, 7, sang her national anthem at a charity concert

(Newser) - The young Ukrainian girl who went viral for singing a hit song from the movie Frozen in a Kyiv bomb shelter has performed her country's anthem live on stage at a charity concert in Poland, where she's now a refugee. Thousands of people waved lights in the darkened...

Beckham Lets Ukraine Doctor Use His Instagram

Soccer legend's 71M followers get first-hand accounts of the war

(Newser) - Soccer great David Beckham has more than 71 million followers on Instagram , and on Sunday they got an unexpected inside look at the Ukraine war. Beckham turned over his account on Sunday to a doctor in Kharkiv, reports the BBC . The woman identified only as Iryna is a child anesthesiologist,...

Ukraine: Russia 'Wasting Time' With Demand for Surrender

Russia had said local officials would face a 'military tribunal' if 5am deadline passed

(Newser) - Mariupol is still under siege from Russia, and Moscow on Sunday demanded residents of the Ukrainian city lay down their arms and raise white flags in order to be guaranteed safe passage out of the city. A deadline of 5am local time Monday was given—and not met, the Guardian...

Inside Chernobyl, Staffers Are on the Brink
Inside Chernobyl,
Staffers Are on the Brink
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Mar 21, 2022 12:41 AM CDT

Inside Chernobyl, Staffers Are on the Brink

Some 210 workers have been held there, working nonstop since late February

(Newser) - Update: Sixty-four of the around 300 people who have, effectively, worked 600-hour shifts at the closed Chernobyl nuclear power plant were allowed to leave Sunday, the Washington Post reports. The 210 or so workers who were on shift when Russian forces took control of the plant three and a half...

UN Estimates Civilian Toll
UN Estimates Civilian Toll
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Mar 20, 2022 5:10 PM CDT

UN Estimates Civilian Toll

Agency says more than 70 children have been killed in attack on Ukraine

(Newser) - The fighting in Ukraine has killed at least 900 civilians so far, the United Nations human rights agency estimated Sunday. A statement said that 1,459 were reported injured, and that those killed included 179 men, 134 women, 11 girls, and 25 boys, per CNN . Another 39 children and 514...

No, Johnson Critics Say, the War Isn't Like Brexit

Both are about freedom, prime minister argues

(Newser) - "I know that it’s the instinct of the people of this country, like the people of Ukraine, to choose freedom every time," UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in a speech Saturday. "I can give you a couple of famous recent examples." One of those...

Zelensky Says He'll Negotiate With Putin but Adds a Warning

Failure could lead a world war, Ukraine's president argues

(Newser) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday he's prepared to negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the fighting. "I was ready for the last two years," Zelensky told Fareed Zakaria in an interview on CNN . Negotiations are the only way to end the war, Zelensky said....

Fighting Could Stall in a Bloody Stalemate: Analysts

Analysts see offensive going nowhere while Russia keeps attacking Ukraine cities and civilians

(Newser) - With the Russian battle plan a failure but Ukraine unable to defeat the invasion, the fighting in Ukraine could be nearing a stalemate, analysts say. Ukraine won the first round, the Institute for the Study of War said Saturday—frustrating Russia's "airborne and mechanized operations to seize Kyiv,...

Hypersonic Missile Used for First Time in Combat

Russia claims one struck a fuel depot in western Ukraine

(Newser) - It appears that Russia has achieved a first in modern combat, reports the New York Times : Moscow says it deployed a hypersonic missile to destroy a fuel depot in western Ukraine. Hypersonic missiles can fly at more than five times the speed of sound and are a big new focus...

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