UK Leaders Gather in Kyiv for Ukraine’s Independence Day
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham arrived in Kyiv on Monday alongside several European leaders to mark Ukraine’s Independence Day and show support for the country amid its ongoing war with…
Russia Charges Telegram Founder Pavel Durov, Issues Arrest Warrant
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorist activities and announced that it has issued an international warrant for his arrest. The agency alleged…
Russia’s Attack on Ukraine’s Power Grid Leaves 45,000 in Darkness
|By Adejumo Adekunle- • Moscow, Kyiv Trade Blame Over Energy Strikes• US-Ukraine Minerals Deal Talks Resume Nearly 45,000 residents in southern Ukraine have been plunged into darkness after Russia launched…
Ex-US Consulate Staffer Jailed in Russia for Espionage
|By Babatunji wusu – A former Russian employee of the U.S. consulate in Vladivostok, Robert Shonov, has received a prison sentence of four years and ten months for “secret collaboration…
Niger is visited by Russian officials to deepen military ties.
Niger’s military chiefs met with a Russian team led by Colonel-General Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, the deputy minister of defense, on Monday in Niamey. According to the Nigerien authorities, the two nations…
RUSSIAN FLAGS CANNOT BE SHOWN IN PARIS IN 2024, ACCORDING TO FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) should decide whether or not Russian athletes will compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Paris, according to French President Emmanuel Macron. Though it…
RUSSIA DETONATES A SIGNIFICANT DAM IN THE MOSCOW
Russia has been charged by Ukraine with detonating a significant dam in Kherson, an area controlled by Moscow. According to a local military official, at least eight distinct communities in…
UKRAINE PROHIBITS MPS AND OFFICIALS FROM TRAVELING OVERSEAS
During the conflict with Russia, the Ukrainian government has prohibited senior government employees and parliamentarians, including women, from traveling overseas. The proposal was approved last week, according to Andriy Demchenko,…
UEFA STRIPS RUSSIAN CITY KAZAN OF HOSTING SUPER CUP GAME
Because of the country’s ongoing conflict in Ukraine, UEFA revoked Russia’s hosting rights for the season-opening Super Cup game in August on Wednesday. Kazan, which hosted the 2018 World Cup,…
BRITTNEY GRINER, A BASKETBALL PLAYER FOR THE UNITED STATES, IS RELEASED BY RUSSIA IN EXCHANGE FOR ARMS DEALER VIKTOR BOUT
President Joe Biden said on Thursday that US basketball star Brittney Griner had been freed in a prisoner swap with Russia and was now in US custody. “She’s secure. She’s…
