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Zelensky: Russia's Christmas Attack Is 'Inhumane'

Barrage on power grid leaves about a half-million people without power

(Newser) - Russia launched a major strike on Ukraine's power grid Wednesday morning as millions celebrated Christmas, reports the BBC .
  • Moscow sent a barrage of missiles and drones toward various targets, striking a thermal power plant and forcing an estimated half-million people to seek shelter in metro stations, per the AP
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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Putin Makes Ominous Move on Nuclear Doctrine

He lowers threshold for use after US allows Ukraine to fire longer-range American missiles

(Newser) - Russia just loosened its rules on when it can unleash nuclear weapons, and Reuters sees the timing as a clear warning to the US. On Tuesday, Vladimir Putin formally changed Moscow's nuclear doctrine by lowering the threshold for when it can use nukes against its enemies. The move follows...

Ukraine Didn't Wait Long to Fire US-Made Missiles at Russia

Milestone attack reported days after President Biden eased restrictions on ATACMS

(Newser) - Ukraine fired six US-made missiles at Russia's Bryansk region, Russia's Defense Ministry said Tuesday, days after US President Biden eased restrictions on Ukrainian use of American-made weapons in the war that has reached its 1,000-day milestone, per the AP . Ukraine claimed it hit a military weapons depot...

Will Attack 'Ems Missiles Make a Difference for Ukraine?
Kremlin Issues
Warning Over
US Shift on Missiles
the rundown
Nov 18, 2024 10:39 AM CST

Kremlin Issues Warning Over US Shift on Missiles

But skeptics wonder if move to let Ukraine fire long-range missiles is too late

(Newser) - President Biden has made a major policy reversal by allowing Ukraine to fire US ballistic missiles against Russia. The Kremlin has issued a critical response, though skeptics wonder if the policy shift comes too late to have much benefit for Ukraine. Coverage:
  • The missiles: They're called Army Tactical Missile
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'Massive' Russian Attack Kills 8 in Ukraine, Including 2 Kids

Ukraine says apartment building was hit

(Newser) - A Russian strike on a nine-story building in the city of Sumy in northern Ukraine killed eight people and wounded dozens, an official said Sunday, as Russia launched a massive drone and missile attack described by officials as the largest in recent months. Among the eight killed in Sumy, 24...

Ukraine Can't Trademark Salty Russian Insult

'Go f--- yourself' is perceived as a political slogan, EU court says

(Newser) - Ukraine's attempt to register the slogan "Russian warship, go f--- yourself" as a trademark has been rejected by the Court of Justice of the European Union. Politico reports that, in a ruling issued Wednesday, the court said registration of the term as an EU trademark has been rejected...

Russia Hits Kyiv With First Missile Attack in Months

Damage is still being assessed after Wednesday morning strikes

(Newser) - Russia struck Kyiv with a sophisticated missile and drone attack for the first time in 73 days on Wednesday morning and damage is still being assessed, a top official in the Ukrainian capital said. Air raid warnings blared for hours, the AP reports. Serhii Popko, head of the Kyiv City...

Russia Convicts Doc Accused of Saying Soldier Deserved to Die

Doctor gets 5.5 years in penal colony, denies telling 7-year-old his dad's death in Ukraine was legit

(Newser) - More than 1,000 people in Russia have reportedly faced criminal prosecution for vocalizing their opposition to the war in Ukraine, and now an elderly pediatrician there is facing her own repercussions. Citing state news agency Tass, Reuters reports that 68-year-old Nadezhda Buyanova was sentenced by a Russian court on...

Russia: We're All Ears on Trump's Plans for Ukraine

'Further steps to establish communication between teams were discussed'

(Newser) - Russia is open to hearing President-elect Donald Trump's proposals on ending the war, an official said, as a Russian drone killed one person and wounded 13 in the Ukrainian port city of Odesa and the European Union foreign policy chief held talks in Kyiv after the change in US...

Trump's Win Will Have Big Implications for Ukraine
What Trump's Win
Could Mean for Ukraine
OPINION
Nov 6, 2024 10:55 AM CST

What Trump's Win Could Mean for Ukraine

A shift is coming; what it will be is unclear

(Newser) - In mid-October, Donald Trump made his thoughts on Russia's invasion of Ukraine clear: Volodymyr Zelensky "should never have let that war start." More fully, he said: "I think Zelensky is one of the greatest salesmen I've ever seen. Every time he comes in we give...

Ukrainian Official: We're Now Fighting North Koreans

Soldiers were recently deployed to help Russia

(Newser) - Ukrainian troops have for the first time engaged with North Korean units that were recently deployed to help Russia in the war with its neighbor, Ukraine's defense minister said Tuesday. Another Kyiv official said Ukraine's army fired artillery at North Korean soldiers in Russia's Kursk border region....

Zelensky Wants Allies' OK as N. Korean Troops Loom

Ukrainian president urges US, others to give him green light on using long-range weapons in Russia

(Newser) - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky urged its allies to stop "watching" and take steps before North Koreans troops deployed in Russia reach the battlefield. Zelensky raised the prospect of a preemptive Ukrainian strike on camps where the North Korean troops are being trained, noting that Kyiv knows their location....

Ukraine: Russia Is Executing More POWs

It alleges there has been a spike in such incidents

(Newser) - Russian forces are increasingly opting to execute Ukrainian soldiers rather than holding them as POWs, Ukraine's prosecutor general office alleges. It tells the Washington Post that in violation of the Geneva Conventions, Russian troops are more often killing Ukrainian soldiers as they attempt to surrender, in some cases shooting...

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