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New Assault in Ukraine Capital Leaves 9 Dead, Dozens Hurt

New strikes in Kyiv further dim prospects for diplomacy in 4-year-old war

(Newser) - Russia launched an intense barrage of ballistic missiles and drones overnight into Saturday, killing at least nine people and wounding 33 civilians in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, authorities said. The strikes follow a major Russian attack two days earlier that killed at least 10 people and wounded more than...

Zelensky: Intel Shows Russia Is Prepping Major Missile Attack

Meanwhile, Russia and Ukraine's continued 'tit-for-tat' attacks on each other leave dozens dead

(Newser) - Ukrainian attacks on holiday camps in the partly Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia region have killed 11 people, Moscow-installed officials said on Saturday, while authorities in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region said a Russian drone strike killed three people. The strikes followed a major Russian attack on Friday near Kyiv that killed at...

Kash Patel Will Make Rare Russia Trip: Report

FBI director is headed to Moscow, St. Petersburg in the fall amid US-Russia tensions, sources tell Politico

(Newser) - FBI Director Kash Patel is lining up a rare and politically fraught visit to Russia this fall, a US official and another person briefed on the plans tell Politico . The mid-October trip would take Patel to Moscow and St. Petersburg, likely at the invitation of Russia's FSB security service,...

Signs Point to Possible Escalation in Ukraine

Czech president and Kremlin watchers suggest time is running short for a peace deal

(Newser) - Instead of looking for an off-ramp in the war against Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin might be stepping on the gas. People familiar with Kremlin thinking told Reuters that Putin may well escalate the war in the coming months, with one describing Putin as having "dug in his heels"...

Russia's Fuel Crisis Is So Bad That Putin Mentioned It

Ukrainian drone strikes on refineries spark queues, rationing, import plans

(Newser) - Long gas lines and shuttered stations are giving Vladimir Putin a fresh political headache. Ukraine's stepped-up drone and missile strikes on Russian refineries have knocked nearly a third of the country's processing capacity offline, forcing bans on exporting diesel and jet fuel. Now, for the first time in...

As Ukraine Drones Rain Down on Russia, Putin Feels Heat

Ukraine's escalating drone strikes rattle Moscow, disrupt fuel and airports

(Newser) - Russia's capital is again under drone fire, and this time President Vladimir Putin is publicly acknowledging the strain. Moscow's mayor said on Telegram that more than 60 drones aimed at the city were shot down overnight, part of what Russia's Defense Ministry described as a wider barrage...

For Putin, Strikes Turn Crimea From a Prize to a Liability

Ukrainian campaign wrecks fuel, power, and transport systems

(Newser) - The peninsula that Russian President Vladimir Putin once held up as proof of his nation's resurgence is now looking more like a weak spot. The Wall Street Journal reports that Ukraine's relentless drone and missile campaign has pushed Russian-installed authorities in Crimea to declare a state of emergency...

After Marcos Meets With Putin, Russia Releases 24 Filipinos

Group was being held in Siberia without charges, Philippine says

(Newser) - Russia has released 24 Filipinos detained without charges in Siberia after Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. expressed concern for them in a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, Philippine officials said Saturday. "Don't worry, we will find a way to fix this problem," Marcos quoted Putin as saying...

Exiled Anti-Putin Artist Gunned Down in Poland

Russian political cartoonist Robert Kuzovkov was shot 5 times near Belarusian Consulate; 2 detained

(Newser) - A Russian political cartoonist who fled his country is dead in what Polish authorities describe as an execution-style shooting near the Belarusian border. Prosecutors say 44-year-old Robert Kuzovkov—better known by his pseudonym, Semyon Skrepetsky—was gunned down on Monday morning in a parking lot in Biala Podlaska, roughly 2,...

Well-Wishers on Trump's 80th Include Putin and Zelensky

Both conversations reportedly cover war on Ukraine

(Newser) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky each spoke by phone with President Trump on Sunday, his 80th birthday. Putin's call with Trump lasted just under an hour, according to Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov, who briefed reporters afterward, per the AP . On Ukraine, Ushakov said Trump emphasized...

Europe May Take Lead From US in Putin Talks

European leaders seek Russia-Ukraine ceasefire as US focuses on Iran

(Newser) - Europe is signaling it wants to steer the next phase of diplomacy with Vladimir Putin, not just ride shotgun to Washington. A spokesperson for German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Monday that European leaders are moving to assume a bigger role in efforts to end Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine,...

Ukraine Attack in Russia Is 'Embarrassing Blow' to Putin

Drone strike on St. Petersburg underscores Kyiv's increasing ability to strike deep into Russia

(Newser) - Residents of St. Petersburg, Russia's second-largest city, were told not to leave their homes after a "large-scale" Ukrainian drone attack targeted the city on Saturday morning, underscoring Kyiv's growing ability to hit deep inside Russia. The strike took place a day after the Russian president refused an...

Zelensky's Offer to Putin Comes With Side of Mockery

Ukrainian leader's open letter mentions new peace talks on war but also ridicules Russian president

(Newser) - Volodymyr Zelensky just sent Vladimir Putin a message that swings between outstretched hand and sharp elbow. In an open letter published on Thursday, Ukraine's president offered to restart peace talks and even consider a ceasefire—all while ridiculing Russia's battlefield problems, economic strain, and reliance on China, as...

Putin: Russia Will Either Defeat Ukraine or Agree to US Terms

Conditions go unspecified, though he says compromises were set out in Alaska summit

(Newser) - Russian President Vladimir Putin talked victory and negotiations in the same breath on Thursday. Addressing foreign media editors at Russia's annual economic forum in St. Petersburg, he said his government is prepared to defeat Ukraine "on the battlefield" but is also ready to halt the war through talks...

Ukraine Shows Up on Putin's Big Day

Drones hit St. Petersburg as 'Putin's Davos' begins

(Newser) - On the day Vladimir Putin rolled out his biggest business showcase, drones instead grabbed the spotlight over his hometown. Ukrainian drones struck infrastructure sites in three of St. Petersburg's districts on Wednesday, injuring several people and forcing the city's main airport to halt operations for nearly five hours,...

Russia Delivers Its Promised Attack

At least 16 civilians killed, many more injured in overnight attacks on Ukraine

(Newser) - Russia launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles against Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities overnight, killing at least 16 civilians and wounding more than 100 others, authorities said Tuesday, per the AP . The damage trapped some people under the rubble of apartment buildings. Emergency crews digging through the wreckage...

Russia Is Seizing Children to Use in Combat: Ukraine

Zelensky says he has evidence

(Newser) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Moscow of not just spiriting Ukrainian children into Russia, but of training some of them to one day fight against their own country. In a CBS News Face the Nation interview, Zelensky said his government has evidence children taken by Russia are being indoctrinated...

France Busts Tanker in Russia's 'Shadow Fleet'

Macron says French Navy, backed by the UK, intercepted the Tagor in the Atlantic

(Newser) - The French Navy, with support from the United Kingdom, intercepted an oil tanker under international sanctions that was traveling from Russia, the most recent effort by nations that support Ukraine to target Russian oil exports helping to finance President Vladimir Putin's war. French President Emmanuel Macron announced the interception...

'This Is How Deterrence Works' Against Russia

In tiny Baltic nation of Estonia, daily life has become infused with getting ready for possible war

(Newser) - Estonia isn't waiting to see how the war in Ukraine ends. Instead, it's reorganizing daily life around the idea that Russia could one day look its way. The Wall Street Journal reports from Tartu, where city officials are running evacuation drills, planning shelters for 100,000 people, and...

Xi Rolls Out Red Carpet for Putin, Knocks US Dominance

Leaders deepen 'no limits' partnership, take shots at US

(Newser) - China just rolled out the red carpet for Vladimir Putin, and it used the occasion to swipe at Washington. Meeting in Beijing days after Xi Jinping hosted US President Trump , the Chinese leader praised relations with Moscow as a stabilizing force of "calm amid chaos" in a turbulent world...

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