The Wall Street Journal has described Gershkovich’s arrest as “a vicious affront to a free press, and should spur outrage in all free people and governments throughout the world”. From The Guardian: Russian Federal Security MORE
Despite objections from Ukraine, Russia has taken up presidency of the United Nations Security Council for the month of April. Unfortunately, it’s no joke. The UN Security Council is charged with maintaining global peace and MORE
“All 30 Nato allies have now ratified the accession protocol,” Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday. “Finland will formally join our alliance in the coming days.” Finland’s membership represents the first enlargement since North Macedonia joined the alliance MORE
Kremlin spokesman Dimtry Peskov told a news briefing that the journalist had been “caught red handed.” Russian authorities said Thursday they had arrested a U.S. journalist with The Wall Street Journal on spying charges. Evan Gershkovich was detained in MORE
Ukraine struck a railway depot and knocked out power in the Russian-occupied city of Melitopol, deep behind the front line, on Wednesday amid growing talk from Kyiv of a counterassault against Russian forces worn out MORE
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Pentagon on Thursday released footage of what it said was a Russian aircraft pouring fuel on a U.S. Air Force surveillance drone and clipping the drone’s propeller in international airspace MORE
NOT WOKE Federal prosecutors in New York involved in the criminal investigation into Donald Trump’s social media company last year started examining whether it violated money laundering statutes in connection with the acceptance of $8m MORE
As Russia’s war in Ukraine enters its second year, Beijing is pushing harder for a negotiated end to the war. It has repeatedly suggested it would be willing to broker any cease-fire negotiations, a proposal MORE
While appearing on Fox News following President Biden’s surprise visit to Kyiv on Monday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis explained that Russia’s military threat has been “third-rate” and blamed Biden’s “weakness” as the root cause of MORE
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before A Russian military official in charge of financial provisions for the military district blamed for the Kremlin’s worst losses in Ukraine has been found dead after a MORE
Per Reuters: The United States has told its citizens to leave Russia immediately due to the war in Ukraine and the risk of arbitrary arrest or harassment by Russian law enforcement agencies. “U.S. citizens residing MORE
Charles McGonigal is now one of the highest-ranking FBI officials to be charged with a crime, as he was arrested on Saturday alongside an ex-Russian diplomat. The pair face money-laundering and conspiracy charges. Prosecutors say McGonigal MORE
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday made an unannounced trip to Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, posing for pictures with soldiers and handing out awards, as he inspected the front lines. Zelenskyy said Monday that Bakhmut remains MORE
Michigan native Paul Whelan was not part of the prisoner swap which saw Brittany Griner exchanged for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout – an omission that his brother has called a “catastrophe for Paul”. MORE
From the Associated Press: Russia pounded Ukraine’s energy facilities Tuesday with its biggest barrage of missiles yet, striking targets across the country and causing widespread blackouts, and a U.S. official said missiles crossed into NATO MORE
A powerful blast damaged the Kerch Strait bridge in the early hours of Saturday, hitting a crucial route for the supply of fuel, food and other products to the Russian-annexed Crimea (here). Images showed the MORE
“Again, Zaporizhzhia. Again, merciless attacks on civilians, targeting residential buildings, in the middle of the night. Absolute meanness. Absolute evil. … From the one who gave this order, to everyone who carried out this order: they MORE
Earlier today Elon Musk tweeted a peace proposal to settle the Russian invasion of Ukraine, suggesting that Ukraine give up Crimea, a region Russia annexed in 2014. Musk also thought that the UN could broker MORE
A U.S. Army major doctor and his wife, an anaesthesiologist at Johns Hopkins Hospital, have been charged with attempting to provide confidential medical info to the Russian government in an attempt to support Russia’s efforts MORE
Russia’s Vladimir Putin will hold a signing ceremony on Friday formally annexing four more areas of Ukraine after self-styled referendums condemned by Ukraine and the West as a sham. Russia’s Vladimir Putin will hold a MORE
A passenger vehicle colleded with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s car early Thursday after a battlefield visit, but he was not seriously injured, his spokesman said. Zelenskyy was returning to Kyiv from the Kharkiv region, where MORE
As the Ukrainian flag was raised in one community after another over the last several days, one question came into focus: how does the Kremlin respond? Prominent media figures in Russia are trying to spin MORE
NATO will boost its high-readiness forces to more than 300,000 troops, the alliance’s chief announced on Monday, in part of plans that he described as “the biggest overhaul of our collective defense and deterrence since MORE
Why? Navalny believes his charges are fabricated and are the result of his criticism and opposition to Putin. Navalny casts President Vladimir Putin’s Russia as a dystopian state run by thieves and criminals where wrong MORE
Russian President Vladimir Putin blasted “Nazi filth” in Ukraine in remarks he made to commemorate Victory Day, the 77th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany. Putin’s remarks also noted that he sent congratulatory messages to the Russian MORE