Postcards: Warm weather threatens Epiphany ice water plunges for Russia’s Orthodox Christians
AP News reports from Moscow where thousands have been forced to cancel the traditional – and bracing – cold water dip as part of Epiphany celebrations due to rising temperatures…
Tajik migrants: Russia’s clampdown on raises economic and security risks
LUCY PAPACHRISTOU and NAZARALI PIRNAZAROV, of Reuters, report on how migrant workers from Central Asia say they are facing growing hostility in Russia…
Ukraine kills Russian chemical weapons chief Igor Kirillov in Moscow
Moscow. Ukraine Reuters A top Russian general accused by Ukraine of being responsible for the use of chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops was assassinated in Moscow by Ukraine’s SBU intelligence service on Tuesday morning in the most high-profile killing of its kind. Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, who was chief of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical […]
Assad gives account of last hours before leaving Syria
Beirut, Lebanon Reuters Syria’s Bashar al-Assad issued his first statement since being toppled from power, saying he was evacuated to Russia from the Hmeimim base on 8th December as it came under drone attack, after leaving Damascus that morning with rebel fighters closing in. His written statement was published on the Syrian presidency’s Telegram channel […]
Ukraine attacks Moscow with 34 drones, biggest strike on the Russian capital
Moscow, Russia Reuters Smoke and fire rise from a residential building following a Ukrainian drone attack, amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, in the Ramenskoye district, near Moscow, Russia, on 10th November, 2024, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. via Reuters. Ukraine attacked Moscow on Sunday with at least 34 drones, the biggest […]
Ukraine targets Moscow in biggest drone attack yet
Moscow, Russia Reuters Ukraine targeted the Russian capital on Tuesday in its biggest drone attack so far, killing at least one and wrecking dozens of homes in the Moscow region and forcing around 50 flights to be diverted from airports around Moscow. Russia, the world’s biggest nuclear power, said it had destroyed at least 20 […]
Ukraine says it hits pontoon bridges in Russia with US-made weapons
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine said on Wednesday it had destroyed Russian pontoon bridges with US-made weapons to defend its incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, while Moscow said its forces had halted Kyiv’s advance there and gained ground in eastern Ukraine. Kyiv has announced a string of battlefield successes since it crossed unexpectedly into Kursk region […]
Ukraine attacks Moscow in one of largest ever drone strikes on Russian capital
Updated: 8am, 27th August, 2024 Reuters Ukraine attacked Moscow on Wednesday with at least 11 drones that were shot down by air defences in what Russian officials called one of the biggest drone strikes on the capital since the war in Ukraine began in February 2022. The war, largely a grinding artillery and drone battle […]
Putin welcomes Russians freed in prisoner swap as heroes loyal to the Motherland
Moscow, Russia Reuters President Vladimir Putin gave Russian nationals freed in an historic prisoner exchange with the West a hero’s welcome on Thursday as they stepped off a plane in Moscow, promising them state awards and a conversation about their futures. Eight people were returned to Russia as part of the biggest East-West prisoner exchange […]
Putin decrees patriotic ‘Russia’ exhibition become a permanent landmark
Moscow, Russia Reuters It boasts a replica of the ‘Tsar Bomba’, the most powerful nuclear bomb ever tested, slick presentation stands extolling the virtues of four Ukrainian regions Russia says it has annexed, and artwork lionising the Russian army in Ukraine. After organisers said over 18 million people had flocked to Moscow’s “Russia” exhibition in […]