From NPR: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday gave his first formal confirmation that Ukraine’s long-awaited offensive was underway against Russian troops. “Counteroffensive and defensive actions are taking place in Ukraine. At what stage, I will not MORE
Russia’s Interior Ministry issued a warrant for the arrest of Sen. Lindsey Graham on Monday after he praised U.S. military aid to Ukraine as “the best money we’ve ever spent.” The Russians reacted to a video MORE
From the NYT: Russia has expanded its list of sanctioned Americans in a tit-for-tat retaliation for the latest curbs imposed by the United States. But what is particularly striking is how much President Vladimir V. Putin of MORE
Alpha male Putin with his pet Plans are underway in Russia to build a settlement for conservative American and Canadian immigrants seeking to leave the West “for ideological reasons,” at least according to a Moscow-based MORE
The leak of U.S. secret documents about Ukraine continued on social media on Friday. Also included in the documents were secrets about Iran’s nuclear program, North Korea’s missile program, and documents from other regions of MORE
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