Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Saint Petersburg, Russia June 7, 2024. Anton Vaganov | Reuters Russia has again hinted that it’s making changes to its official stance on the use of nuclear weapons, amid Ukraine’s continuing incursion into its Kursk border region. Deputy … Read more
Russian air defenses intercepted and destroyed 158 Ukrainian drones overnight, including two over Moscow and nine over the surrounding region, the Defense Ministry said Sunday. Forty-six of the drones were over the Kursk region, where Ukraine has sent its forces in recent weeks in the largest incursion on Russian soil since World War II. A … Read more
SCRANTON, Pa. ― Father Myron Myronyuk, the pastor of St. Vladimir Ukrainian Catholic Church, remembers the generosity of his neighbors when Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine began. Myronyuk, a native of Western Ukraine who moved to the United States in 2008, said he spent part of the first day of the invasion lighting the altar’s … Read more
CEO of Swedish defence and security company Saab, Micael Johansson, speaks during the presentation of Saab’s interim report on February 9, 2024 in Stockholm. Jessica Gow | Afp | Getty Images Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine has resulted in a profound shift in the way defense stocks are viewed by mission-driven fund managers, according to … Read more
The lobby of the CIA Headquarters Building in Langley, Virginia. Larry Downing | Reuters At the CIA’s covert training facility near Williamsburg, Virginia, commonly called “The Farm,” recruits are trained in the world of espionage and the many ways to get people to provide secret information. Jim Olson, the former Chief of Counterintelligence at the Central … Read more
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov is forbidden from leaving French territory after being charged for complicity in running an online platform that allegedly enabled the spread of sexual images of children, creating an uncertain future for the messaging app that has become one of the world’s biggest social media platforms. Durov was arrested on Saturday at … Read more
For months, Ukraine has begged its allies for permission to strike Russian territory with Western-supplied long-range missiles, but has been mostly rebuffed. Now, Kyiv says it has its own weapon that’s just as good. The Palianytsia was created by Ukraine’s burgeoning defence industry to finally provide “answers” to waves of Russian bombings and missile strikes, … Read more
Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov AOP.Press | Corbis | Getty Images Russia on Tuesday issued words of caution to France over its detainment of Pavel Durov, the CEO and founder of messaging app Telegram, suggesting the move may be politically motivated. On Saturday, the Paris Public Prosecutor’s Office issued a warrant for Durov’s arrest over … Read more
Rafael Grossi had arrived at the power plant as he personally led a mission to assess the situation(file) Kurchatov, Russia: UN nuclear watchdog head Rafael Grossi kicked off a visit Tuesday to “independently assess” conditions at Russia’s Kursk nuclear plant following Ukraine’s unprecedented cross-border offensive into the Russian region. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) … Read more
Russia battered much of Ukraine on Monday, firing scores of missiles and drones that killed four people, injured more than a dozen and damaged energy facilities in attacks that President Volodymyr Zelensky described as “vile.” The barrage of over 100 missiles and a similar number of drones began around midnight and continued through daybreak in … Read more
