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Trump on Eyebrow- Raising Invite: 'I Get Along With Everybody'

European ministers protest inclusion of Russian finance chief at G20 meeting in North Carolina

(Newser) - Russia's finance chief just stepped back into the G20 spotlight, and much of Europe isn't pleased. Anton Siluanov's first in-person appearance at a G20 get-together since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, at a gathering of finance ministers in Asheville, North Carolina, drew protests from European officials who...

Coached by US, Polish Forces Drill in Ukraine's Drone Tactics

Exercise had been designed for Green Berets

(Newser) - On a moonless and rainy night, a group of soldiers emerged from a ramshackle building meant to resemble a church. The alpine terrain loomed over them as they quietly set off for the tree line of the German countryside a short distance away. The soldiers are members of the Polish...

Zelensky Slams 'Terrible Situation' After Strikes Kill 37

Russia attacks, explosions follow; Ukraine leader blasts firms for having explosives near civilians

(Newser) - At least 37 people have been killed following a Russian strike close to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, officials said on Saturday, one of the deadliest attacks to hit Ukraine this year. The attack sparked a fire in the Bucha district, west of Kyiv, that swept through homes and damaged...

Putin Reportedly Sees US as Weakened by War
Worries About Putin May Be
Behind CIA Chief's Visit
the rundown
Aug 28, 2026 7:35 AM CDT

Worries About Putin May Be Behind CIA Chief's Visit

Kremlin reportedly sees US as weakened by Iran war, may be planning strike on NATO ally

(Newser) - CIA Director John Ratcliffe's unusual visit to Moscow this week has set off all kinds of speculation about why he went and what message he might have delivered to his Russian counterpart. (He didn't meet with Vladimir Putin.) Some of the narratives:
  • Push to end war: Current
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Hegseth Firings Leave Army Adrift in Wartime

Leadership vacuum hampers Army modernization amid escalating Iranian missile, drone threats

(Newser) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's shake-up of the Army's senior ranks has left the military branch without a confirmed top officer at a moment of heavy demand overseas, according to current and former officials who spoke to the New York Times . The Army has gone four months without a...

Massive Russian Retail Warehouse 'Completely Destroyed'

Ukraine again successfully targets Wildberries' logistics center with drones, this time leveling it

(Newser) - Ukrainian long-range drones struck a major warehouse belonging to Russia's biggest online retailer for the second time in just over a month, starting a massive fire that destroyed it completely, local authorities said Wednesday. Ukrainian forces previously hit the depot in the Tambov region southeast of Moscow, several hundred...

Ukraine Confronts $27B Defense Shortfall

Kyiv struggles to cover salaries, weapons and aid for families, despite help from Europe

(Newser) - Ukraine is urging quick financial help from allies as its war with Russia looks poised to drag into another year. Kyiv is staring at a roughly $27 billion shortfall in its 2026 defense budget, a gap created in part by front-loading spending on drones and other gear while a $105...

Zelensky: Fired Defense Chief Was Wrong About Elections

Wartime vote could split Ukraine, president says

(Newser) - President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine's former defense minister is pushing the wrong fight. Zelensky told reporters in Kyiv that Mykhailo Fedorov's call for wartime elections is a dangerous idea, arguing that voting without a cease-fire would be "a tsunami for the state" that could fracture the country,...

Strike in Zelensky's Hometown Leaves 16 Dead at Ukraine Mall

Meanwhile, a day after attack in Kryvyi Rih, 4 were killed in additional Russian, Ukrainian assaults

(Newser) - Russian drone and missile strikes killed at least two people overnight in Ukraine, officials said on Saturday, while a Ukrainian drone attack in Russia's Krasnodar region killed two others—just a day after a strike on a Ukrainian shopping mall killed 16 people, reports the AP . In the latest...

Strikes on Warehouses Leave Kyiv Grocery Shelves Empty

Shoppers say stores have that Soviet look

(Newser) - Kyiv shoppers aren't just hunting for deals—they're hunting for basic grains. Residents are confronting their first broad food shortages since the early months of Russia's 2022 invasion, after missile strikes this month wrecked multiple supermarket warehouses around the capital, killing at least six workers and disrupting...

Op-Ed: 'Crack Spread' Is What's Really Driving Pain at Pump

Amid refinery bottlenecks, prices soar on bad news and only drift back to earth amid good news

(Newser) - You may want to stop cheering every time crude oil prices tick down. In a New York Times opinion piece, energy analyst Skip York argues that the real number to watch isn't crude, it's the "crack spread"—the gap between what refiners pay for oil and...

He's Young, Charismatic, Wants Wartime Elections in Ukraine

Ex-defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov posts YouTube video

(Newser) - Ukraine's ousted defense chief has turned up the political heat. Mykhailo Fedorov, 35, who was fired last month after only six months as defense minister, released a YouTube video on Tuesday demanding that Ukraine find a way to hold presidential elections despite it being under martial law. He said...

Officials: Ukraine Bombards Russia With 800+ Drones

It was one of Ukraine's largest drone assaults on its invader since the war began more than 4 years ago

(Newser) - Ukrainian forces launched one of their biggest drone attacks on Russia since Moscow's invasion more than four years ago, firing almost 800 drones into its neighbor only two days after a similar salvo , officials said on Tuesday. Meanwhile, a Russian missile strike on a village in northeastern Ukraine's...

Russia Sentences Kremlin Critic for Opposing Ukraine War
Russia Sentences
a Key War Dissenter
Aug 17, 2026 11:23 AM CDT

Russia Sentences a Key War Dissenter

Senior member of Yabloko party, Lev Shlosberg, jailed for 11 years, 1 month for spreading 'false information'

(Newser) - A Russian court on Monday convicted a prominent opposition politician for speaking out against the war in Ukraine and sentenced him to 11 years and one month in prison in the latest crackdown leading up to next month's parliamentary election. The verdict against Lev Shlosberg, a senior member of...

Ukraine Launches One of Largest Attacks of the War

At least 6 people killed in hundreds and hundreds of drone strikes in Russia

(Newser) - Ukraine launched hundreds of drones across Russia Sunday, killing at least six people in one of Kyiv's largest aerial attacks of the war. Kyiv has stepped up its attacks on Russia this year, with long-range missiles and swarms of drones increasingly targeting military industries and energy facilities. It has...

Ukraine Is Getting Nervous About Russia's Starlink Rival

Moscow has already launched dozens of Rassvet satellites

(Newser) - Ukraine is watching a new Russian satellite project with growing concern. Maj. Gen. Vadym Skibitskiy, a senior Ukrainian intelligence official, says Moscow is rapidly deploying "Rassvet," or "Dawn," a low-orbit internet system meant to mirror SpaceX's Starlink—and potentially restore the communications edge Ukraine helped...

Poland: We Thwarted Russian Plot to Kill an American Citizen

PM Donald Tusk says the country stopped a hit on a Ukrainian-American citizen before it happened

(Newser) - A Russian plot to kill a Ukrainian-American citizen in Warsaw was thwarted by Poland before it could be carried out, the Polish prime minister said Thursday, marking the first time in decades that a Western leader has publicly accused Moscow of plotting to kill a US citizen. Western officials have...

Russia Has Stepped Up Attacks on Cargo Ships

Attacks on Odesa shipping risk worsening global food insecurity

(Newser) - Attacks in the Black Sea are rippling far beyond Ukraine's shoreline. Russia's stepped-up attacks on cargo ships near Odesa have effectively frozen traffic at Ukraine's main ports, threatening to trap millions of tons of grain at the start of harvest and disrupt global food supplies. Ukrainian officials say...

Zelensky Tells of 'Unique Operation' on Black Sea Base

Says nighttime blitz damaged Russia's Black Sea naval stronghold

(Newser) - The Ukrainian military used anti-ship missiles, jet-powered aerial drones, and sea drones to carry out "a unique operation targeting the naval base in Novorossiysk—the last major stronghold of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea," Zelensky said on X Wednesday. The attack struck air defenses, piers, and...

Ukraine Pounds Another Major Russian Oil Hub

13 killed in drone attack on Nizhnekamsk; a refinery is also reportedly hit

(Newser) - A Ukrainian drone attack Monday on the Russian city of Nizhnekamsk killed 13 people, including a child, and wounded 75 others, authorities in the Tatarstan region said. The Ukrainian military said it hit an oil refinery there. Russian officials didn't say what the drones targeted, but the city is...

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