Ukraine says it caught agents for Russia plotting Zelenskiy’s murder
Reuters Ukraine’s state security service said it caught two agents for Russia plotting the assassination of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and other top officials as “a gift” for Vladimir Putin as he was sworn in for a new term in the Kremlin on Tuesday. The two men were colonels in Ukraine’s state guard service recruited by […]
Intelligence failure?: Moscow shooting poses awkward questions for Russia’s intelligence agencies
Reuters correspondents report in the aftermath of last week’s mass shooting at the Crocus City Hall…
Death and fear stoked hell in the Moscow concert attack, witnesses say
Moscow, Russia Reuters The four armed men walked calmly towards the metal detectors at Crocus City Hall, firing their automatic weapons point-blank in short bursts at terrified civilians who fell screaming in a hail of bullets. Nearby, one witness named Natalya had just taken off her coat and was standing in line on Friday evening […]
Putin vows to punish those behind Russia concert massacre
Moscow, Russia Reuters Russia said on Saturday it had arrested all four gunmen suspected of carrying out a shooting massacre in a concert hall near Moscow, and President Vladimir Putin pledged to track down and punish those behind the attack. Militant Islamist group Islamic State claimed responsibility for Friday’s rampage but there were indications that […]
Russia arrests suspected gunmen as concert toll soars to 115
Moscow, Russia Reuters Russia has arrested 11 people including four suspected gunmen in connection with a shooting rampage that killed at least 115 people in a concert hall near Moscow, the Kremlin said on Saturday. Militant Islamist group Islamic State claimed responsibility for Friday’s attack, the deadliest in Russia for 20 years. But there were […]
Relocated children: Posterchild for Russia’s removal of Ukraine orphans says he was coached, threatened
POLINA NIKOLSKAYA and MARI SAITO, of Reuters, report…
Moscow accuses Wagner head of mutiny, he says his forces enter Russia
Moscow, Russia/Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Saturday his Wagner fighters had crossed the border into Russia from Ukraine and were prepared to go “all the way” against Moscow’s military, hours after the Kremlin accused him of armed mutiny. As a long-running standoff between Prigozhin and the military top brass appeared to […]
US reporter’s detention in Russia on spy charges widens rift between nuclear rivals
London, UK/Washington DC, US Reuters A Moscow court ruled that a US journalist for the Wall Street Journal should be detained for nearly two months on suspicion of spying, the most serious move against a foreign journalist since Russia invaded Ukraine and one quickly condemned by Washington. Russia’s FSB security service said on Thursday it […]
Russians tighten noose on Ukraine’s Bakhmut, Putin warns of Western espionage
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russian forces on Tuesday pressed forward their weeks-long drive to encircle and capture the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, where the commander of Ukraine’s ground forces described the situation as “extremely tense”. Taking Bakhmut, the scene of some of the war’s bloodiest battles, would be Russia’s first major prize in more than six […]
US report says hundreds were detained, missing in Ukraine’s Kherson
Washington DC, USReuters Hundreds of people were detained or went missing in Ukraine’s Kherson region while it was under Russian control this year, and dozens may have been tortured, Yale University researchers have concluded in a report backed by the US State Department. “Russia must halt these operations and withdraw its forces to end a […]