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Russia strikes hit Ukraine overnight as it marks 2nd anniversary of invasion
fhm/Getty Images(KYIV, Ukraine) -- Russia, as it does many nights, has launched airstrikes on Ukraine overnight into Saturday morning, the second anniversary of the full-scale invasion in 2022.A barra...
Feb 24, 2024
Two years into war, Russian forces make offensive gains as Ukrainian weapons dwindle
belterz/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Instead of sending a deluge of troops into Avdiivka to overpower the Ukrainians holding the frontline city, Russian forces earlier this month instead began sending in j...
Feb 23, 2024
Ukrainian chat helps Russian families find soldiers who were captured or killed
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(KYIV, Ukraine) -- Almost two years into Russia's invasion, with Moscow's losses estimated by Kyiv at more than 300,000 soldiers, the Ukrainian authorities launched a projec...
Feb 23, 2024
US imposes 'crushing' sanctions on Russia 2 years after Ukraine invasion
President Joe Biden meets with Yulia and Dasha Navalnaya on Feb. 22, 2022. -- @POTUS/X(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration on Friday announced more than 500 sanctions on Russia, its "enablers," an...
Feb 23, 2024
Scientists announce discovery of 'very strange' 240 million-year-old 'Chinese dragon' fossil
Dinocephalosaurus orientalis. -- National Museums Scotland(LONDON) -- Scientists in Scotland have revealed a remarkable discovery of a "very strange" 240 million-year-old "Chinese dragon" fossil.The i...
Feb 23, 2024
Alexei Navalny's death listed as 'natural,' mother says, accusing Russia of blackmail
Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Alexei Navalny's cause of death has been listed as "natural" on his medical report, according to Navalny's spokesperson Kira Yarmysh, who was relayed...
Feb 22, 2024
Sudan faces 'perfect storm' as civil war sparks humanitarian crisis, aid groups warn
Belongings at Malakal transit site in South Sudan's Upper Nile State. CREDIT: Jadwiga Figula/Getty Images (LONDON AND NEW YORK) -- After a missile struck her home in Khartoum, Sudan, last April, Dalli...
Feb 22, 2024
Alexei Navalny's death listed as 'natural,' mother says, accusing Russia of blackmail
belterz/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Alexei Navalny's cause of death has been listed as "natural" on his medical report, according to Navalny's spokesperson Kira Yarmysh, who was relayed the information ...
Feb 22, 2024
US estimates Ukraine military shortages could grow catastrophic by late March
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- By spring, Ukraine faces a potentially catastrophic shortage of ammunition and air defenses that could effectively turn the tide of the war and lend Russian Pr...
Feb 22, 2024
Russia denies US access to American-Russian former ballerina accused of treason
Darrin Klimek/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Moscow's arrest of a Los Angeles woman on charges of high treason has cast a new spotlight on the steep challenges imposed by Russia's refusal to recognize almo...
Feb 22, 2024
