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Mar 7, 2022 5:24 AM CST

Biden May Visit Saudi Arabia

As cost of oil continues to rise

(Newser) - Since his election in 2020, President Biden hasn't spoken with Saudi Arabia's crown prince and de facto ruler directly, connecting only with his father , King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. It's not clear whether that might change any time in the near future, but what is clear,...

Russia to Syrians:
Come Fight in Ukraine

the rundown

Mar 7, 2022 12:41 AM CST

Russia to Syrians: Come Fight in Ukraine

Country is reportedly looking for fighters skilled in urban warfare

(Newser) - As Russia's invasion moves deeper into Ukraine, the country is looking to expand its ranks of urban fighters, US officials say. As such, Russia has been recruiting Syrians skilled in urban combat to come and join the fray, offering $200 to $300 for six months, officials tell the Wall ...

Zelensky to Ukrainians:
'Go On the Offensive!'

Mar 6, 2022 7:02 AM CST

Zelensky to Ukrainians: 'Go On the Offensive!'

He asks citizens to 'take to the streets'

(Newser) - Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky has been pleading with other nations to give him more help in repelling Russian soldiers. On Saturday night, he issued the same plea to ordinary residents of his nation. "Ukrainians in all of our cities that the enemy has entered—go on the offensive!’...

Surprise Twist to Story
of Defiant Ukrainian Soldiers

Surprise Twist to Story of Defiant Ukrainian Soldiers

Navy says troops guarding island who cursed at warship are 'alive and well'

(Newser) - Ukraine's famously defiant soldiers appear to be alive after all. The story went viral after Russia launched its invasion: After a Russian warship ordered troops guarding Snake Island to surrender, one of the soldiers was heard on audio telling the warship to "go f--- yourself." Early accounts...

No-Fly Zone Would Put US at Edge of War With Russia

Zelensky on
NATO's No
to No-Fly
Zone: 'Weak'

UPDATED

Mar 5, 2022 6:30 AM CST

Zelensky on NATO's No to No-Fly Zone: 'Weak'

Ukrainian president slams allies for 'disunity': 'Is this the NATO we wanted?'

(Newser) - Update: NATO doesn't appear to be budging on setting up a no-fly zone over Ukraine, and on Friday, Volodymyr Zelensky blasted this hesitancy in a scathing Facebook video, per the Hill and Axios . "All the people who will die starting from this day will also die because of...

Russia Agreed
to Ceasefire.
Ukraine Officials Say
It's Breached That

Mar 5, 2022 5:30 AM CST

Russia Agreed to Ceasefire. Ukraine Officials Say It's Breached That

Zelensky's office says evacuations halted after Mariupol continues to remain under fire

(Newser) - The Ukrainian president's office says civilian evacuations have halted in an area of the country where Russian defense officials had announced a ceasefire. Kyrylo Tymoshenko, the deputy head of President Volodymyr Zelensky's office, said the evacuation effort was stopped because the city of Mariupol remained under fire on...

People Are Booking Airbnbs in Ukraine as a Way to Give

Airbnb Bookings Are Popular
in Ukraine, for Unusual Reason

Mar 4, 2022 2:29 PM CST

Airbnb Bookings Are Popular in Ukraine, for Unusual Reason

People in the US and elsewhere are grabbing them as a way to donate

(Newser) - The idea of booking an Airbnb rental in Ukraine at the moment may sound nuts. But as it turns out, people in the US and around the world are grabbing openings quickly in Kyiv and elsewhere—not to use them, but as a way to donate money directly to ordinary...

Ukraine-Born Oligarch
Found Dead in UK

Mar 4, 2022 9:17 AM CST

Ukraine-Born Oligarch Found Dead in UK

Surrey police describe Mikhail Watford's death as unexplained

(Newser) - A Ukraine-born oligarch has been found dead in unexplained circumstances at his home in the UK, according to Surrey police. Officers were called to a $24 million property on the exclusive Wentworth Estate in Virginia Water, Surrey, on Monday following the discovery of a body. "An ambulance was called...

Ukrainian Athletes
Make It to Paralympics:
'It's a Miracle'

Mar 4, 2022 8:00 AM CST

Ukrainian Athletes Make It to Paralympics: 'It's a Miracle'

As war rages on back home, Paralympians converge on Beijing, with Russian athletes banned

(Newser) - The Winter Paralympics open Friday in Beijing, with the Russian athletes sent home and the Ukrainian team escaping a war zone to get to China. "It's a miracle that we have made it to the Paralympics," Ukrainian delegation head Valerii Sushkevych said, per the AP . Russia's...

New Russia Law Bans
'Fake' Information on War

Mar 4, 2022 6:59 AM CST

New Russia Law Bans 'Fake' Information on War

Access to foreign news services is being blocked

(Newser) - Several independent news outlets in Russia shut down Friday after the country's parliament passed a strict ban on distributing "fake" news about the country's invasion of Ukraine. The law brings in a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison for spreading information deemed to have discredited the...

Russian Forces Seize
Ukraine Nuclear Plant

Mar 4, 2022 6:50 AM CST

Russian Forces Seize Ukraine Nuclear Plant

No radiation was released in fire at Zaporizhzhya facility, authorities say

(Newser) - The fire is out at a Ukrainian nuclear power plant hit by Russian shelling —but the invading forces have now seized control of Zaporizhzhya facility, authorities say. "Russian forces are controlling the administrative building and passage into the plant," Energoatom, the Ukrainian state firm that runs the...

Zelensky's Big
Wartime Lines

Mar 3, 2022 7:07 PM CST

Zelensky's Big Wartime Lines

Communications experts applaud his leadership in crisis

(Newser) - Russia's invasion of Ukraine has put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the spotlight like never before, and that's saying something for an actor-turned-politician. According to crisis management and communications expert Edward Segal at Forbes , "how well Zelensky has met and surpassed the challenges of the escalating crisis...

Warning After Macron-Putin
Call: 'Worst Is Yet to Come'

Mar 3, 2022 12:21 PM CST

Warning After Macron-Putin Call: 'Worst Is Yet to Come'

Russia is apparently bent on taking all of Ukraine

(Newser) - France's Emmanuel Macron spoke by phone with Vladimir Putin for about 90 minutes on Thursday, but it yielded no progress on Ukraine. In fact, it appears that Russia is only going to get more aggressive:

From France: “Our analysis of the military operations is that the Russian ambitions

...

Sean Penn Had to Hoof It
to Polish Border

UPDATED

Mar 3, 2022 11:32 AM CST

Sean Penn Had to Hoof It to Polish Border

Actor-director shares photo of himself walking out of Ukraine

(Newser) - Update: Sean Penn has left Ukraine and it doesn't look like the process was easy. The actor-director, who flew to the country to work on a Vice Studios documentary about Russia's invasion, tweeted a photo showing him walking toward the Polish border, luggage in hand, with a line...

Girl Sheltering in Kyiv Subway:
'We Just Have to Put Up With It'

Mar 3, 2022 8:34 AM CST

Girl Sheltering in Kyiv Subway: 'We Just Have to Put Up With It'

15K people are said to be hunkered down there

(Newser) - Blankets, clothing, and suitcases line the corridor. In one corner, a woman reads a book to a group of curious-looking children, per CNN . Some distance off, a man reads his own book in solitude in a subway train. There's an occasional bark or meow. This is the new normal...

Russia Says Talks Can Begin
but Bombing Won't Stop

Mar 3, 2022 5:59 AM CST

Russia Says Talks Can Begin but Bombing Won't Stop

Minister argues that the West has made Ukraine a threat to Russian security

(Newser) - Russia’s foreign minister says that Moscow is ready for talks to end the fighting in Ukraine but will continue to press its effort to destroy Ukraine’s military infrastructure. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the Russian delegation submitted its demands to Ukrainian negotiators earlier this week and...

In One Week, a
Staggering Number
of Ukrainian Refugees

Mar 3, 2022 12:01 AM CST

In One Week, a Staggering Number of Ukrainian Refugees

More than 1M, which is more than 2% of the population

(Newser) - The number of people sent fleeing Ukraine by Russia's invasion topped 1 million on Wednesday, the swiftest refugee exodus this century, the United Nations said, as Russian forces kept up their bombardment of the country's second-biggest city, Kharkiv, and laid siege to two strategic seaports. The tally from...

ICC Is Opening Investigation
of Alleged Russian Atrocities

Mar 2, 2022 6:35 PM CST

ICC Is Opening Investigation of Alleged Russian Atrocities

Russian military has seized first major city, mayor says

(Newser) - As Russian forces rolled into the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on Wednesday, Mayor Igor Kolykhayev said a "miracle" was needed. It apparently did not arrive. The mayor says Kherson has fallen, making the strategic city of around 300,000 residents the first major city to be captured by...

House Resolution
Backing Ukraine
Passes 426-3

Mar 2, 2022 5:31 PM CST

House Resolution Backing Ukraine Passes 426-3

'The camera of history is rolling on all of us today'

(Newser) - The House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved a resolution “steadfastly, staunchly, proudly, and fervently" in support of Ukraine. Lawmakers said Wednesday that history was watching the way the world responds as Ukrainians fight to save their Western-style democracy from invasion by Russia, the AP reports. With intensifying urgency, many...

Kids Left Flowers at
Ukraine's Embassy, Are
Taken Away in a Police Van

Mar 2, 2022 3:08 PM CST

Kids Left Flowers at Ukraine's Embassy, Are Taken Away in a Police Van

Moscow children also had a 'No to War' sign

(Newser) - Children are not being exempted from Moscow's harsh crackdown on protests against Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Five children and their mothers were detained Tuesday after they tried to leave flowers outside Ukraine's Moscow embassy while carrying signs reading "No to War," NPR reports. Distressing images...