Russia-Ukraine war

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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: No More Exports of Jet Fuel Through November

Move aims to stabilize fuel supplies amid Ukraine strikes on refineries

(Newser) - Russia is grounding its jet fuel exports for the very first time. On Monday, Moscow imposed a ban on jet fuel shipments abroad through Nov. 30, a move it says is meant to steady supplies at home after Ukrainian attacks on refineries cut output and triggered local gasoline shortages, reports...

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...

Ukrainian Drones Hit Russian Energy Sites

Military denies Moscow's accusation of attack on nuclear plant

(Newser) - Ukraine launched new strikes overnight on Russian energy sites and denied Moscow's claims that one of its drones hit the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. Ukraine's General Staff said Sunday that its drones struck the Saratov oil refinery in southwestern Russia, causing a large-scale fire. It said the extent...

Russian Drone Slams Into Romanian Apartment Block

NATO chief warns that alliance 'stands ready to defend every inch' of territory

(Newser) - NATO member Romania said Friday that a Russian drone slammed into the roof of a 10-story apartment block in the city of Galati overnight, sparking an explosion and injuring two people—marking the first time in the Ukraine war that a drone has caused casualties in the country. About 70...

'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...

Russia: We Told Rubio to Get Americans Out of Kyiv

Moscow vows fresh strikes on 'decision-making centers' in the capital

(Newser) - Russia is telling foreigners to clear out of Kyiv as it vows more strikes on the Ukrainian capital, this time explicitly naming "decision-making centers" as targets. Russia's foreign ministry said its military is beginning "systematic" attacks on "military-industrial facilities" in Kyiv, days after Moscow accused Ukraine of...

Nations Condemn Russia for Firing Oreshnik Missile

'I am very sorry that I have to say goodbye to Kyiv now,' woman says after attack

(Newser) - Russia's deployment of its Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile in an overnight attack on Ukraine drew international outrage on Sunday. The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed the firing, Euro News reports, calling it retaliation for Ukraine's strikes on civilian targets. The Ukrainian government has denied that allegation. The missiles are...

Russia Uses Oreshnik Missile in Pounding Overnight Barrage

Ukrainians watch homes burn in attack that reportedly killed 4, injured 80

(Newser) - Russia carried out one of its largest recent overnight air raids on Ukraine, firing about 90 missiles and 600 drones that left at least four people dead nationwide, officials said Sunday. Kyiv absorbed most of the strikes, with two killed and more than 70 injured in the capital alone, according...

Ukrainian Drones Just Had a Very Busy Night

Attack in Novorossiysk leaves oil facility on fire, while death toll at building in Luhansk rises to 18

(Newser) - A Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire at another Russian oil terminal overnight, local officials in Russia's Krasnodar region said on Saturday, in what appeared to be the latest attack on Moscow's vital oil industry. Authorities in the city of Novorossiysk said falling drone debris sparked a fire...

Ukrainian Boy Takes Down Killer Drone Singlehandedly
Ukrainian Boy Takes Down
Killer Drone Singlehandedly
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May 23, 2026 5:50 AM CDT

Ukrainian Boy Takes Down Killer Drone Singlehandedly

12-year-old severs drone's fiber-optic tether, likely saving children: WaPo

(Newser) - Perched in a pear tree, a 12-year-old Ukrainian boy found himself taking on one of Russia's stealthiest weapons. When Anatolii Prokhorenko heard the familiar whine of a drone in his village near the Russian border, he watched a black quadcopter skim past him and climb toward the yard where...

Lithuanians Cram Into Shelters Amid Drone Alert

Vilnius residents shelter, as nation's leaders head to safe location amid drone activity near Belarus

(Newser) - Residents of Vilnius were told to take shelter, and Lithuania's president and prime minister were taken to safe locations Wednesday due to alarm over drone activity near the border with Belarus, underlining jitters on NATO's eastern flank over incursions related to Russia's war with Ukraine. An emergency...

World Gymnastics Lifts Restrictions on Russia, Belarus

Athletes can now compete under their national flags

(Newser) - World Gymnastics has reversed course on Russia and Belarus, reopening the door for their athletes to compete under their national flags, effective immediately, the BBC reports. The sport's global governing body had barred competitors from both countries in March 2022 after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, later allowing...

24 Killed in Russian Strike on Kyiv Apartment Building

Death toll in one of war's biggest attacks includes 3 kids, Zelensky says

(Newser) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that a Russian missile attack on a Kyiv apartment building the previous day killed 24 people, including three children. Emergency workers finished digging through the building's rubble after more than a day, Zelenskyy said on X . The cruise missile hit the nine-story corner block...

Putin: 'I Think That the Matter Is Coming to an End'

Russian leader signals readiness for talks amid weekend ceasefire

(Newser) - Russian President Vladimir Putin now says he thinks the war in Ukraine is "coming to an end"—even as he vows to keep fighting until Moscow's objectives are met. Speaking in the Kremlin after a scaled-back Victory Day parade in Red Square, Putin blamed Western "globalist"...

Kremlin: Zelensky's Latest 'Decree' Is a 'Silly Joke'

Ahead of Russia's pared-down Victory Day, Ukrainian chief mockingly OKs Moscow parade

(Newser) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday voiced confidence of victory in Ukraine as he oversaw a military parade on Red Square commemorating the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II—a show that didn't include heavy weapons for the first time in nearly two decades. Security was tight...

Putin's Grip on Power Looks Increasingly Shaky
Putin's Grip on Power
Looks Increasingly Shaky
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May 7, 2026 9:25 AM CDT

Putin's Grip on Power Looks Increasingly Shaky

Failure to defeat Ukraine has critics surfacing at home, notes a Wall Street Journal analysis

(Newser) - Vladimir Putin is getting his big military parade—but not the one he spent two decades building his image around, writes Yaroslav Trofimov in a Wall Street Journal news analysis. As Russia prepares to mark May 9, the sacred World War II victory holiday that underpins Putin's strongman persona,...

Pussy Riot, FEMEN Protest Russia's Return to Biennale

Russia's participation for first time since Ukraine invasion cost the Venice art fair $2.5M in EU funding

(Newser) - Russian punk group Pussy Riot joined members of Ukrainian feminist organization FEMEN on Wednesday in a protest at the Venice Biennale against the opening of the Russian pavilion. Yelling "Russia's art is blood" and "Disobey" under a cloud of pink, blue, and yellow smoke, the anti-Putin feminist...

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