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Russia [1]appears to have two new poster children for its war against Ukraine[2] and supposed crusade to save “traditional values” from the deviant West: a cannibal and a murderer united on the battlefield.Nearly two years after Moscow first hatched its deranged prison-recruitment scheme to use hardened criminals as cannon fodder in Ukraine,[3] a selfie shared on social media provides a glimpse of the country’s new normal.Dmitry Malyshev, sentenced to 25 years in 2015 for murdering a man and filming himself eating the victim’s heart, among other things, can be seen ...

Published on May 02, 2024 06:30 PM ISTA Ukrainian leader has warned Baltic nations against U.S.' "intentions" amid war. Medvedchuk reportedly said that U.S. seeks to throw people from Poland, Germany and France "into the fire of war". He claimed that Washington is capitalising on the death of Ukrainians amid the war. Watch the full video to know more.  

Poland has called for the creation of a "heavy brigade" of EU rapid-reaction forces that would be able to respond effectively to crises outside the bloc's borders, as fears grow of the possibility of Warsaw coming under attack from Moscow in the future.In an interview with Polish TV channel TVP World released on Wednesday, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski detailed his country's priorities regarding European security.The interview was published days after Sikorski said Poland "wouldn't be surprised at all" if Russia attacks. Poland's military has said throughout Moscow's war with ...

Russia[1] is responsible for GPS jamming that has disrupted thousands of European flights and caused a Finnish air carrier to stop travel to Estonia, the country's Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna has declared.Finnair announced on Monday it was suspending daily flights to Tartu after two of its planes were forced to turn back to Helsinki when their GPS signals were disrupted.  The European Aviation Safety Agency warned back in January that authorities had seen a 'sharp rise' in jamming in recent months, particularly over the Baltic states, but did not specify the ...

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Ukraine has unveiled an artificial intelligence (AI) generated “spokeswoman,” who will provide updates on the country's war with Russia, which is now in its third year. Victoria Shi, Ukrainian foreign ministry's AI-generated 'spokeswoman' (twitter.com/MFA_Ukraine) The virtual spokesperson, named “Victoria Shi” by Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), will give “timely updates on consular affairs,” the ministry said on X (formerly Twitter). Unlock exclusive access to the latest news on India's general elections, only on the HT App. Download Now! Download Now![1] “For the first time in history, the MFA of ...

Next month, the first peace summit for Ukraine is being held in Burgenstock, Switzerland.It has been organised as a way to bring world leaders together to find ways in which long-lasting peace can be achieved and inspire a potential future peace process. Anything that is agreed upon will be in accordance to the UN Charter - which aims to maintain peace and security around the globe - and international law."I am certain that every peace-loving nation in the world is interested in attending the summit, because its significance extends far beyond Ukraine," Volodymyr ...

Published on May 02, 2024 05:31 PM ISTUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine needs to defeat Russia on the battlefield in order to be admitted to NATO. This comes as the U.S.-led bloc has made it clear that Ukraine cannot become a member amidst the ongoing war with Russia. Watch this to know more.  

An American veteran who fought in Ukraine said the US military spent so long focused on fighting insurgents that it forgot "what it means to actually fight a war.""We have neglected a lot of the training" on "how to fight and survive in a peer-on-peer adversary war," the veteran, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told Business Insider.He said that "in the US military, we mostly have been focusing on a guerilla war" and battling insurgents, with places with Iraq and Afghanistan in mind. The US military invested decades, ...

French President Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed he did not rule out sending troops to Ukraine, saying the issue would “legitimately” arise if Russia broke through Ukrainian front lines and Kyiv made such a request, in an interview with the Economist published on Thursday.The Economist said Macron gave the interview after delivering a keynote speech last week when he declared that Europe is “mortal” and could “die” partly due to the threat posed by Russian aggression after its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.“I’m not ruling anything out, because we are facing someone ...

French President Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed he did not rule out sending troops to Ukraine, saying the issue would “legitimately” arise if Russia broke through Ukrainian front lines and Kyiv made such a request, in an interview with the Economist published on Thursday.The Economist said Macron gave the interview after delivering a keynote speech last week when he declared that Europe is “mortal” and could “die” partly due to the threat posed by Russian aggression after its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.“I’m not ruling anything out, because we are facing someone ...

Emmanuel Macron[1] has said he would be prepared to send troops to Ukraine if Vladimir Putin[2]'s forces break through the front lines - further raising the risk of NATO[3] forces clashing with Russia's armies.In an interview published today, the French president said the issue of sending troops would 'legitimately' arise if Kyiv[4] and president Volodymyr Zelensky[5] made such a request.The Economist said Macron gave the interview after delivering a keynote speech last week where he declared that Europe is 'mortal' and could 'die' partly due to the threat posed by ...

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USWNBA star Brittney Griner has revealed that she thought about killing herself multiple times after being detained in a Russian jail on drug-related charges.Griner, 33, was taken into custody after cannabis oil vape cartridges were found inside her luggage in February 2022 at a Moscow-area airport. She was later sentenced to nine years in Russian prison before being released as part of a prisoner-exchange swap between ...

ToplineArtificial intelligence must not be allowed to control nuclear weapons, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday, urging China and Russia to follow the United States’ lead and make sure humans, not AI, have the final say over using the powerful weapons as Washington vies to become a leading voice in global debates[1] over how to regulate the powerful new technology.A U.S. official urged Moscow and Beijing to keep their nuclear arsenals in human hands, not under AI ... [+] control.POOL/AFP via Getty Images Key Facts The U.S. has “made ...

Kyiv's forces are in a race against time to leverage the American-made long range ATACMS—the MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System—against Russian targets in occupied Ukraine, as Moscow's troops begin again their cycle of adaptation to new weapons.White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan[1] revealed in April[2] that the U.S. had already supplied a "significant number" of ATACMS to Ukraine in secret, fulfilling Kyiv's long-held ambition to acquire the long-range weapons system that puts all of occupied Crimea in its crosshairs.The U.S. had already supplied shorter-range variants of the ATACMS, but ...

In an interview[1] with the Foreign Policy media outlet, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba hinted that peace negotiations with Russia might commence once Ukraine establishes a peace coalition. Switzerland is set to host a high-level peace conference next month. Responding to concerns about holding a peace summit without the war-initiating party, Kuleba highlighted two strategies to engage Russia in sincere dialogue. “Your point is valid if you address the war that Russia launched against Ukraine with textbook diplomacy, because all textbooks that we learned from tell us that you need ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has reaffirmed that he doesn't rule out sending troops to Ukraine if Russia breaks through Ukrainian front lines and Kyiv requests such assistance. In an interview with The Economist[1], Macron stated that the possibility of sending troops would "legitimately" arise in such a scenario. Macron's comments come in the wake of rising tensions amid concerns that Russia may launch a major new offensive in Ukraine. Some analysts believe that Russia could be on the verge of launching a major new offensive in Ukraine. "I'm not ruling anything ...

Russia has denied allegations of breaching the international chemical weapons ban by deploying chocking agents against Ukrainian troops.The Kremlin on Thursday responded to claims by the United States that it had used choking agent chloropicrin against Ukrainian troops - the same agent used by German forces against Allied troops during the First World War.The United States also accused Russia[1] of using riot control agents "as a method of warfare" in Ukraine[2], which according to Ukrainian military cited by Reuters earlier this month, is being increasingly used in the country.Follow live: ...

Stage 10 - Gers: Joël BouzouJoël[1] was raised in a family whose lifeblood is sport. His father, a PE teacher, founded the Cercle d'Escrime et de Pentathlon moderne Gascon in 1961. Joël took his first athletic strides in this club, facing challenges head-on, including the lack of a winter swimming pool in Auch. Yet his unwavering perseverance led him to the French national team, in which he represented his country in four Olympic Games in Modern Pentathlon[2]: Moscow 1980[3], Los Angeles 1984[4] (winning team bronze), Seoul 1988[5] and Barcelona 1992[6]. ...

AN ONLYFANS model has been hunted down by cronies of Vladimir Putin and fined nearly £1,000 after saying Russian women aren't pretty.Olya Kasyanenko, 27, was forced to apologise for "insulting" Russian people and Putin's armed forces and is now facing a police[1] probe.8OnlyFans model Olya Kasyanenko, 27, was forced to apologise for 'insulting' RussiansCredit: East2West8The model claimed Ukrainian women were more beautiful than Russian womenCredit: East2West8She was made to apologise for 'making negative comments' about RussiansCredit: East2West8Telegram channel C

Support independent journalism in Ukraine. Join us in this fight. Become a member [1] Support us just once [2] The U.S. State Department said on May 1 that Russian forces have used the chemical agent chloropicrin in Ukraine.The announcement was part of a larger statement[3] about the introduction of new U.S. sanctions against more than 280 individuals and entities. Ukrainian military officials have previously accused Russia of using chloropicrin[4] and other chemical weapons. Chloropicrin is often used as an herbicide. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC)[5], exposure ...

Kyiv, Ukraine – Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite is an almost obligatory aural part of every Christmas season in the West.Written in 1892, The Nutcracker’s danceable, hummable and harmonically advanced tunes have become part of countless cartoons and holiday movies, were reworked into Duke Ellington’s jazz suite and inspired Michael Jackson’s Thriller album.But for the past two Christmas seasons, The Nutcracker has not been performed or broadcast in Ukraine because its creator is considered here a pillar of Moscow’s “cultural imperialism”.The cancellation of Tchaikovsky is part of a wider campaign to ...

Kyiv, Ukraine – Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite is an almost obligatory aural part of every Christmas season in the West.Written in 1892, The Nutcracker’s danceable, hummable and harmonically advanced tunes have become part of countless cartoons and holiday movies, were reworked into Duke Ellington’s jazz suite and inspired Michael Jackson’s Thriller album.But for the past two Christmas seasons, The Nutcracker has not been performed or broadcast in Ukraine because its creator is considered here a pillar of Moscow’s “cultural imperialism”.The cancellation of Tchaikovsky is part of a wider campaign to ...

Joe Biden[1] has taken a swipe at US ally Japan, blaming xenophobia for its economic struggles as he praised the positive impact of immigration on America.At an election campaign[2] fundraiser in Washington on Wednesday, the US president suggested that his country’s economy was growing in part “because we welcome immigrants”.“Think about it,” he said. “Why is China stalling so badly economically, why is Japan having trouble, why is Russia, why is India, because they’re xenophobic. They don’t want immigrants. Immigrants are what makes us strong.”Japan is a long-time ally and ...

Moscow dismissed Thursday U.S. allegations that Russian forces have used a "chemical weapon" in their ongoing Ukraine invasion.The U.S. State Department said Wednesday it had determined that Russia used "the chemical weapon chloropicrin" against Ukrainian forces. "We have seen the news about this. As always, such accusations sound completely baseless and unsubstantiated," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters when asked about the accusations.The U.S. said that Moscow had violated the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Chloropicrin is an oily substance known as a choking agent that was widely used during World ...

Russia accused of jamming GPS navigation  BBC.com

A Ukrainian soldier fighting on a key battlefront in the country's east described how over 100 of his comrades were killed or went missing as they struggled to build fortifications under heavy Russian fire.The soldier, from Ukraine's 67th Separate Mechanized Brigade, spoke to the Association Press[1] on condition of anonymity to share the situation on the front line.According to the news agency, his brigade was rotated in mid-March to hold a position less than two miles from the strategic city of Chasiv Yar[2] in Donestk.Instead of the dugouts, maze of ...

When Russia’s leaders stopped most of the country’s gas deliveries to the EU in 2022, they thought themselves smart. Prices instantly shot up, enabling Russia to earn more despite lower export volumes. Meanwhile, Europe, which bought 40% of its gas from Russia in 2021, braced itself for inflation and blackouts. Yet two years later, owing to mild winters and enormous imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from America, Europe’s gas tanks are fuller than ever. And Gazprom, Russia’s state-owned gas giant, is unable to make any profits.Russia was always going ...

Support independent journalism in Ukraine. Join us in this fight. Become a member [1] Support us just once [2] Ukraine's peace summit in Switzerland will be held on June 15-16, based on an agreement between Kyiv and Bern, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on May 2.The Swiss news agency Swissinfo reported on the date already on April 10.[3] The meeting will take place in the Burgenstock resort above Lake Lucerne in central Switzerland, and 160 national delegations will be invited to the talks.Russia, the aggressor in the ongoing war, will not ...

As Ukraine desperately awaits the arrival of new U.S. weapons and equipment approved last month, Russia is seeking to make the most of the remaining window.Moscow’s forces in the past week have taken several villages in eastern Ukraine after Kyiv’s threadbare army ceded ground, and they are positioned to secure additional territory in the days ahead.Russia’s relentless missile and drone strikes have also been increasingly effective as Ukraine runs short on defensive weapons to counter the attacks.But Russia’s window for exploiting Ukraine’s weakness is swiftly closing, with limited time before ...

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The United States on Wednesday accused Russia[1] of violating the international chemical weapons ban by deploying the choking agent chloropicrin against Ukrainian troops and using riot control agents “as a method of warfare” in Ukraine[2].“The use of such chemicals is not an isolated incident and is probably driven by Russian forces’ desire to dislodge Ukrainian forces from fortified positions and achieve tactical gains on the battlefield,” the State Department said in a statement.The Russian embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment and Reuters has not ...

NEW DELHI: Poland's foreign minister Radosław Sikorski has delivered a stark warning regarding potential Russian aggression towards Nato member states. During an interview with the German newspaper Bild, Sikorski discussed the historical context and current geopolitical tensions, emphasizing the serious repercussions Russia would face should it decide to attack Poland or any Nato member.Sikorski's comments come against a backdrop of increasing threats from Russian officials about the possibility of strikes on Nato countries, particularly in response to their support of Ukraine amid the ongoing conflict. This tension is further underscored ...

Russia has hundreds of missiles stockpiled for use against Ukraine and is able to produce tens more each month, according to Kyiv's military intelligence agency, as Moscow continues to pummel the country with aerial attacks.As of the end of April, Russian forces have around 400 Onyx cruise missiles, 270 Kalibr cruise missiles and 45 of the new air-to-surface Kh-69 cruise missiles debuted by Moscow last month, Kyiv's GUR agency told Ukrainian military outlet, ArmyInform. Russia also has around 40 of its Zircon missiles, the agency said on Wednesday.Since launching its ...

BELGRADE -- By appointing two members who are under U.S. sanctions to the new Serbian government, Belgrade has only nurtured its relationship with Moscow, a senior associate with the Berlin-based Council for Democratization Policy told RFE/RL on April 30.But including the two sanctioned officials to the new government roster "doesn't imply abandoning the policy of sitting on two chairs" -- one in the East and one in the West, said Bodo Weber, who replied [1]to e-mailed questions from RFE/RL after the government was named.The "two-chair" policy refers to Serbian President ...

Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. Photo: Getty Images Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba expressed surprise and indignation that discussions about ways to end the Russian-Ukrainian war often focus on what concessions Ukraine could make for peace.Source: European Pravda, Dmytro Kuleba in an interview with Foreign Policy[1].The host asked what kind of compromises Ukraine considers since both sides should make some concessions in the negotiations, and recalled the alleged draft peace agreement of March 2022[2], recently published by the media. Advertisement:"I think one of the biggest successes of Russian propaganda, foreign policy propaganda is ...

Human Rights Watch investigates ‘apparent summary executions’ and says actions could amount to war crimes.Russian forces appear to have executed Ukrainian soldiers as they attempted to surrender or had already surrendered since December 2023, an international rights group has said in a new report.The actions should be investigated as war crimes, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in the report published on Thursday.The group probed five incidents of what it called the “apparent summary executions” of at least 15 Ukrainian soldiers as they attempted to surrender, and possibly six more who ...

Russia's military is redeploying its elite airborne (VDV) divisions from the southern front of Ukraine to boost its offensive in the east where Moscow's momentum is continuing, it has been reported.Pro-Kremlin and Ukrainian sources said Russia's 76th and 7th airborne (VDV) divisions deployed to the Robotyne area in the Zaporizhzhia region in the summer of 2023 to handle Kyiv's counteroffensive have been sent to other parts of the front.However, there is disagreement on where exactly the Russian divisions are being sent. Ukrainian military observer Kostyantyn Mashovets said Wednesday at least ...

ToplineBasketball star Brittney Griner on Wednesday said she had contemplated taking her own life after being arrested by Russian authorities in 2022, in her first televised interview discussing her nearly ten-month imprisonment.Brittney Griner spoke at length about her imprisonment in Russia for the first time in a televised ... [+] interview that aired on ABC News on Wednesday.Getty Images Key Facts In the interview[1], which aired on ABC News on Wednesday night, Griner said “I wanted to take my life more than once in the first weeks,” adding she felt ...

Russia[1] has been accused of using chemical weapons in Ukraine[2] as Vladimir Putin is once again faced with war crime allegations.Moscow's forces are accused of using chloropicrin to "dislodge Ukrainian forces from fortified positions and achieve tactical gains on the battlefield", the US State Department said.Chloropicrin is a toxic substance that was originally designed for use as a poison gas in World War 1[3].The State Department added the use of the gas and other "riot control agents" was "not an isolated incident" and came "from the same playbook as [Russia[4]'s] ...

More than 100 Russian soldiers are believed to have been killed after footage appeared to show a training ground in Ukraine's eastern Luhansk region being targeted with U.S.-supplied long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems, or ATACMS.A volunteer with GeoConfirmed, an OSINT X, formerly Twitter[1], account that geolocates visual content from the Russia-Ukraine war, first shared a video of the attack[2]. The source said the footage showed a "Ukrainian ATACMS strike, with 4 ATACMS, including one dud, hitting a Russian training area in Mozhnyakivka, Luhansk Oblast." Based on the footage, the losses ...

Support independent journalism in Ukraine. Join us in this fight. Become a member [1] Support us just once [2] Russia is trying to break through the front line in the east of Ukraine in three directions, Nazar Voloshyn, the spokesperson of the Khortytsia group of forces, said on May 2.Ukraine has faced a worsening situation on the battlefield in recent weeks that has been compounded by delays[3] in Western assistance. Russian forces have recently intensified offensive operations in the east of Ukraine following the capture of Avdiivka[4] in February.Heavy fighting ...

Illustration: Liu Rui/GTThe Chinese Embassy in the US slammed Washington's latest sanctions against Chinese entities over the Russia-Ukraine conflict, saying that China firmly opposes the US imposing unilateral illegal sanctions on Chinese entities, Russian news agency TASS reported on Thursday.The US on Wednesday issued a new package of sanctions on hundreds of companies and individuals, including more than a dozen Chinese entities, for "helping Moscow find workarounds to earlier penalties," AP reported on Thursday.This is one of the most wide-ranging actions against Chinese companies so far in Washington's sanctions targeting ...

Support independent journalism in Ukraine. Join us in this fight. Become a member [1] Support us just once [2] Since last December, Russian forces likely executed at least 15 Ukrainian soldiers who tried to surrender and possibly six who were already surrendering or had surrendered, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on May 2."These incidents should be investigated as war crimes," the NGO's statement read.[3][4]Over the past months, footage of several instances capturing Russian soldiers killing and surrendering Ukrainian soldiers has emerged online."Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, its forces have ...

A Derbyshire journalist is fundraising to take vital supplies to autistic people in war-torn Ukraine.David Higgs MBE, who is autistic himself, wants to aid and shine a light on how war affects those with sensory issues.The project aims to raise £5,000 to cover the cost of buying at least 100 sets of ear defenders.Mr Higgs, 72, said: "I launched this project because of my own challenges with sensory and social overload."Alongside raising money for ear defenders, the project also aims for the funds to go towards anxiety-reducing aids suitable for ...

Russia accused of jamming GPS navigation  BBC.com

Ruslan Palitsyn was found with serious burns covering 90 per cent of his body after he set himself on fire outside a military enlistment facility in St Petersburg, Russia and has since diedRuslan Palitsyn, 24, has now died after he set himself on fire (Image: social media /east2west news)An actor has died after setting himself on fire outside a Russian military registration[1] and enlistment office in St Petersburg. Ruslan Palitsyn, 24, suffered 90 per cent burns from the self-immolation. The office is in charge of recruitment to the Russian army ...

Paris-based international sales and production company Totem Films[1] has revealed its production slate, with projects by Nastia Korkia[2], Vytautas Katkus[3], Ernst de Geer and Anna Roller. Totem Atelier, the development and production arm of the company, has revealed that it has boarded Korkia’s “A Short Summer.” Korkia’s short documentary “Dreams About Putin” premiered at IDFA last year. Her first documentary feature “GES-2” premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2021. “A Short Summer” is produced by Germany’s TamTam, which produced Albert Serra’s “Pacifiction,” and Serbia’s Art&Popcorn. The film centers on ...