Category: Russia-Ukraine War

Ukraine Says Russia Forces Pillage, Occupy Kherson Homes Ahead of Battle

KYIV—Ukraine accused Russia of looting empty homes in the southern city of Kherson and occupying them with troops in civilian clothes to prepare for street fighting in what both sides predict will be one of the war’s most important battles. In recent days, Russia has ordered civilians out of Kherson in anticipation of a Ukrainian…


Iran Acknowledges Drone Shipments to Russia Before War, Kyiv Claims Tehran Is Lying

Iran acknowledged for the first time on Saturday that it had supplied Moscow with drones but said they were sent before the war in Ukraine, where Russia has used them to target power stations and civilian infrastructure. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said a “small number” of drones had been shipped a few months before…


Suspicions of Russian Involvement After Hackers Threaten to Release Huge Troves of Personal Data in 24 Hours

Australians are on high alert after a hacking syndicate threatened to release the personal details of nearly 10 million individuals following a major data breach of the country’s largest private health insurer Medibank. The threat, which cyber security specialist groups Malware Hunter Team, CyberThint, and CyberKnow reposted on Twitter, was alleged to have been posted on the…


LIVE 6 PM ET: The 2022 Liberty Medal Ceremony

The National Constitution Center will honor Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for defending his country against Russia. The ceremony will take place at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, at 6 p.m. on Nov. 7. The ceremony will include remarks from: Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) Jane Ferguson, special correspondent, PBS NewsHour Iryna Mazur, honorary consul of…


LIVE NOW: The 2022 Liberty Medal Ceremony

The National Constitution Center will honor Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for defending his country against Russia. The ceremony will take place at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, at 6 p.m. on Nov. 7. The ceremony will include remarks from: Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) Jane Ferguson, special correspondent, PBS NewsHour Iryna Mazur, honorary consul of…


The 2022 Liberty Medal Ceremony

The National Constitution Center will honor Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for defending his country against Russia. The ceremony will take place at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, at 6 p.m. on Nov. 7. The ceremony will include remarks from: Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) Jane Ferguson, special correspondent, PBS NewsHour Iryna Mazur, honorary consul of…


Kremlin, White House Tight-Lipped Following Reports of ‘Secret Talks’

The Kremlin has declined to comment on a recent report in the western press that a top U.S. security official held a number of secret phone conversations with high-ranking Russian officials. “We have nothing to say about this publication,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Nov. 7. One day earlier, the Wall Street Journal…


Ukraine War: Russia ‘Warning’ That ‘Britain Is Too Deep in This Conflict’

Russian ambassador to the UK Andrey Kelin has warned that Britain is drawing too close to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. “We perfectly know about participation of British specialists in training, preparation, and execution of plans against the Russian infrastructure and the Russian fleet in the Black Sea. We know that it has been done,”…


DoD Announces Additional $400 Million Military Aid Package For Ukraine

The Department of Defense (DoD) plans to send millions of dollars worth of fresh military aid to Ukraine under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), the agency announced on Friday. The assistance package is aimed at helping build the Ukrainian forces’ capacity to defend its sovereignty in the long term as well as “underscores” the…


Ukraine Says Nuclear Plant Again Cut Off From Grid After Russian Shelling

KYIV—Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station was operating on back-up diesel generators on Thursday after being disconnected from the Ukrainian power grid by Russian shelling, the Ukrainian nuclear energy company said. Energoatom said the last remaining high voltage lines connecting the plant to the Ukrainian grid had been damaged in Wednesday’s shelling, and that Moscow…