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Sean Penn, Ben Stiller Can Never Go to Russia
Guess Who Can
Never Go to Russia?
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Sep 10, 2022 12:45 PM CDT

Guess Who Can Never Go to Russia?

Country permanently bans Sean Penn, Ben Stiller, among others

(Newser) - Sean Penn and Ben Stiller have been very publicly engaged in activism on behalf of Ukraine, and now Russia would like them to know they're not welcome. The country's foreign ministry on Monday permanently banned 25 high-ranking officials, academics and experts, business leaders, and cultural figures from...

Ukraine War Hits James Bond's Glassmaker

Iconic French manufacturer Duralex will temporarily close amid Europe's energy trouble

(Newser) - For the glassmakers at iconic French tableware brand Duralex, the mornings have become a horror show. Daily updates from energy traders drop into their email inboxes, showing the asphyxiating upward climb of prices for the natural gas and electricity that power their energy-devouring business. Before Europe's energy crisis—which...

UN Watchdog: Shelling Near Nuclear Plant Can't Go On

Agency calls for safety zone around Zaporizhzhia facility in Ukraine

(Newser) - Europe's largest nuclear power plant was operating in emergency mode Friday for the fifth straight day due to the war in Ukraine, prompting the head of the UN atomic watchdog to call for the establishment of an immediate safety zone around it to prevent a nuclear accident. The six-reactor...

US: We Have New Evidence on 'Series of Horrors' in Ukraine

US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield says up to 1.6M Ukrainians have been deported to Russia

(Newser) - The US said Wednesday it has evidence that "hundreds of thousands" of Ukrainian citizens have been interrogated, detained, and forcibly deported to Russia in "a series of horrors" overseen by officials from Russia's presidency. The charge came during a United Nations Security Council meeting called to discuss...

Putin: 'It Wasn't Us Who Started the Military Action'

He spoke Wednesday at an annual economic forum

(Newser) - Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Moscow will press on with its military action in Ukraine until reaching its goals and mocked Western attempts to drive Russia into a corner with sanctions. Putin told an annual economic forum in the far-eastern port city of Vladivostok that the main goal behind sending...

Russia Now Getting Weapons From North Korea
Russia Now Has
a New Arms Dealer
Sep 6, 2022 7:41 AM CDT

Russia Now Has a New Arms Dealer

Purchase of artillery shells, rockets a sign of desperation, says US official

(Newser) - With global sanctions preventing Russia from seeking military equipment from its usual sources, the country has now turned to North Korea. Russia, which recently purchased Iranian drones, is now buying millions of artillery shells and short-range rockets from Pyongyang, according to US intelligence. It's a sign of what one...

Zelensky Warns: 'One Step Away From Radiation Disaster'

Russian shelling forces plant to be disconnected from Ukraine power grid

(Newser) - Russian shelling on Monday brought down "the last power transmission line connecting the [Zaporizhzhia nuclear power] plant to the energy system of Ukraine," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, leaving the facility—Europe's largest nuclear plant—"one step away from a radiation disaster." He asked the...

Ukrainian Firefighters Make an Adorable Rescue

'We found a beauty:' Rescuers gently pull a kitten from a building hit by Russian shelling

(Newser) - Ukrainian firefighters understandably weary from rescuing people from buildings hit by shelling in more than six months of war instead found themselves helping a small, furry survivor this weekend—a gray-and-white kitten, reports the AP . The rescuers, wearing full firefighting gear, battled raging flames and smoke to pull the kitten...

UN Team Manages to Get to Zaporizhzhia Plant

International Atomic Energy Agency experts will inspect security conditions at nuclear plant

(Newser) - The New York Times calls it "one of the most complex and perilous missions of its kind ever attempted," and it has apparently been successful, at least in this very initial step. A team from the UN nuclear agency has arrived at the site of Europe's largest...

Ukraine Pulls Costly Fast One on Russia With Wooden Decoys

Russia lured into wasting expensive cruise missiles on replicas of HIMARs rocket launchers

(Newser) - Ukrainian forces have tricked the Russians into wasting costly cruise missiles on "dummy targets," per the Washington Post . Based on photographs and interviews with US and Ukrainian officials, the Post reports that Ukraine has deployed wooden replicas of HIMARs rocket launchers, which can be difficult to tell apart...

Nuclear Plant Briefly Leaves Ukraine's Grid, Causing Alarm

Blackout renews concerns Russia will take Zaporizhzhia's power

(Newser) - Three lines tying the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant to Ukraine's electric grid already had been cut during fighting with Russian troops. On Thursday, the final one went down temporarily, knocking the plant offline, sending the Nikopol area into a blackout, and raising fears of a nuclear disaster, the Guardian reports....

Attack on Ukraine Train Station Kills at Least 22

Zelensky had warned of possible Independence Day attacks

(Newser) - Days ago, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia could do "something particularly ugly, something particularly vicious" as the country celebrated its Independence Day. On Wednesday, he said a Russian attack on a train station had killed at least 22 people, the BBC reports. Ukrainian authorities said the attack...

Popular Russian Politician Detained for 'Discrediting' Army

It's another example of ongoing crackdown on critics of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

(Newser) - The popular ex-mayor of Russia’s fourth largest city was detained by police Wednesday for "discrediting the Russian army,” per Reuters. Masked police were seen raiding the home of Yevgeny Roizman, a prominent opposition figure who served as mayor of Yekaterinburg from 2013–2018. As police escorted him...

&#39;Ghost Parade&#39; Marks a Significant Day in Ukraine
'A New Nation Emerged
on February 24 at 4am'
the rundown
Aug 24, 2022 6:33 AM CDT

'A New Nation Emerged on February 24 at 4am'

Ukraine marks Independence Day, 6-month anniversary of Russian invasion

(Newser) - August 24 is an unusual day in Ukraine: both its Independence Day, which celebrates its now 31-year-old decision to break with the Soviet Union, and the six-month mark of the Russian invasion. President Volodymyr Zelensky gave what CNN calls an "emotional address" to mark the day. "A new...

US Warns Things Could Get Worse in Ukraine This Week

Russian attacks feared on Independence Day Wednesday

(Newser) - The US embassy in Kyiv is imploring any American citizens still in Ukraine to leave, citing intel that Russia might launch attacks on civilian areas and government facilities in the coming days, reports the Wall Street Journal . The warning comes ahead of Ukraine’s Independence Day on Wednesday, one that...

Ukraine to Resume Soccer in a Show of Resolve

No fans will attend, and play will stop if air-raid sirens sound

(Newser) - Under threat of Russian attacks in a war that stopped all soccer in Ukraine in February, a new league season starts Tuesday in Kyiv with the goal of restoring some sense of normal life. The elegant Olympic Stadium has staged the biggest European soccer games in the past decade, though...

Russian Soldier Shares War Journal, Flees Country

'I don’t see justice in this war. I don’t see truth here,' says Pavel Filatyev

(Newser) - A Russian soldier injured in the early weeks of the war in Ukraine has published a damning journal of his war experiences—and fled the country. Pavel Filatyev, a 34-year-old paratrooper, posted the 141-page journal on social media, describing his experiences after his unit was ordered to march into southern...

Russia Blames Agent in Mini Cooper for Car Bomb

Moscow says Ukraine operative fled to Estonia after attack on Darya Dugina

(Newser) - Russia has from the get-go blamed Ukraine for the car bombing that killed pro-Kremlin pundit Darya Dugina, but now the accusation is getting specific. On Monday, Russia's FSB security service said a female agent with Ukraine's secret services carried out the attack after elaborate planning, reports Reuters . Under...

Country Takes Down Soviet Monuments
Country Takes Down
Soviet Monuments
Aug 21, 2022 5:10 PM CDT

Country Takes Down Soviet Monuments

Estonia says Russia was using them to stir up tensions

(Newser) - Soviet-era war monuments will be pulled from public places in Estonia, the country recently decided, accusing Russia of using the memorials to stir up tensions. Estonia's government explained the move by saying it wanted to prevent Russia "from mobilizing more hostility in society and tearing open old wounds....

Car Bomb Kills Daughter of &#39;Putin&#39;s Brain&#39;
Car Bomb Kills Daughter
of 'Putin's Rasputin'
the rundown
Aug 21, 2022 6:30 AM CDT

Car Bomb Kills Daughter of 'Putin's Rasputin'

Blast may have been intended to kill her father, the ultranationalist Alexander Dugin

(Newser) - A brazen car bomb in Russia killed the daughter of a prominent ally of Vladimir Putin Saturday night, and while Ukraine has officially denied responsibility, it is also bracing for retaliation. Coverage:
  • The bomb: The blast on a highway on the outskirts of Moscow killed 29-year-old Darya Dugina, the daughter
...

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