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North Korean state media has released footage of Kim Jong-un seemingly overcome with emotion as he pays his respects to soldiers killed fighting for Russia against Ukraine.The images were shown as slides in a performance in Pyongyang to mark the anniversary of Kim’s treaty with President Putin, attended by the North Korean leader and a visiting Russian minister.The television broadcast of the event shows Kim, seated with his young daughter and sister[1], his eyes glistening as he watches images of himself projected on a screen.In the photographs, he is seen ...

Russia on Monday slammed NATO as an “instrument of aggression” ahead of an expected call from the alliance’s chief Mark Rutte for a 400-percent increase in air defence spending. NATO “is demonstrating itself as an instrument of aggression and confrontation”, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters when asked about the plans, which Rutte was scheduled to announce in a visit to London on Monday.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official[1]. Rutte is expected to urge a “quantum leap” in defence capabilities including a “400-percent increase” in ...

Moscow’s forces have seized all of Luhansk – one of four regions Russia illegally annexed from Ukraine in September 2022 despite not fully controlling a single one – Leonid Pasechnik, a Russia-appointed official there, said on Monday. If confirmed, that would make Luhansk the first Ukrainian region to be fully occupied by Russia after more than three years of war. There was no immediate comment from Kyiv on Pasechnik’s claim. In remarks to Russia’s state TV Channel One that aired Monday evening, Pasechnik said he had received a report “literally ...

By Mike Eckel(RFE/RL[1]) — At Russia’s annual marquee event for business investment, a Kremlin-funded bubbly celebration of promise and opportunity, the country’s top economic minister poured cold war on the party.“According to the numbers, yes, we’ve got a cooling down now,” Maksim Reshetnikov said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum[2]. “Based on current business sentiment, it seems to me we are on the brink of transitioning into recession.”If that wasn’t enough of a damper, the head of the Russian Central Bank seconded the downbeat sentiment.“We have been growing for two years ...

In the opening moves of Trump’s second presidency, a pattern has emerged: Washington sets the agenda, Beijing adapts with precision, and Brussels capitulates. What emerges is a bipolar[1] order where Europe has relegated itself to the role of financier and cheerleader.Trump plays poker, Xi plays go and Europe struggles with simple puzzles. Within five months, Trump secured defense spending commitments previous presidents only theorized about. While China’s rare earth export restrictions forced Washington into rapid recalibration, Europe responded with nothing but hollow laments. The asymmetry reveals everything: One bloc wields leverage, another answers with resolve, and the third writes checks.Trump’s return ...

The Moscow murders case is coming to an apparent conclusion, with an abrupt announcement just weeks before a planned Aug. 18 trial date[1]. According to multiple news outlets, including ABC News[2], the victims' families were notified Monday that Bryan Kohberger will plead guilty to all charges. Kohberger, 30, was facing four counts of first-degree murder and one felony charge of burglary. He was suspected in the 2022 killings of University of Idaho students Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, Kernodle's boyfriend.On Nov. 13, 2022, the four victims were found ...

Bryan Kohberger will admit to the vicious killings of four University of Idaho undergrads in 2022 as part of a shocking plea deal he accepted just weeks before the highly anticipated trial was set to begin[1]. Kohberger, a PhD criminology student who had previously claimed he was totally innocent of the quadruple homicide that shocked the nation, will avoid the death penalty [2]in exchange to pleading guilty to the slayings, according to the Idaho Statesman[3], citing a letter sent to the victims’ families.He’ll also waive his right to an appeal.Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of ...

Could a new European alliance produce a nuclear Euro-bomb arsenal to defend against Russia's ... More escalating aggression? (Photo by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images)Getty ImagesAs the Kremlin escalates missile blitzes on Ukraine, and threatens to target its Western backers with plutonium bombs, some European leaders have started debating whether they need their own nuclear arsenal as the ultimate shield against a new Russian invasion, says a global expert on atomic arms.Since Russia’s last race to take over Eastern Europe, when World War II bullets and Soviet tanks were still whizzing across ...

REUTERS/Nacho DoceFarmers in France blocked several motorways on Friday as they stepped up their challenge to the new prime ministerAcross Europe, tens of thousands of farmers have downed tools, mounted their tractors and taken to the streets.They were already struggling with the cost of living crisis and they have now come out in force to air their grievances, from the European Union's sustainability policies to the effects of the war in Ukraine. In France, farmers have blocked large stretches of motorways, creating a crisis for new Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, ...

Note: View the indictment here[1].The Justice Department today announced the indictment of North Korean nationals Jin Sung-Il (진성일) and Pak Jin-Song (박진성), Mexican national Pedro Ernesto Alonso De Los Reyes, and U.S. nationals Erick Ntekereze Prince and Emanuel Ashtor for a fraudulent scheme to obtain remote information technology (IT) work with U.S. companies that generated revenue for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea).“The Department of Justice remains committed to disrupting North Korea’s cyber-enabled sanctions-evading schemes, which seek to trick U.S. companies into funding the North Korean regime’s ...

Russia is preparing for new operations on EU territory, so a new effective security architecture for Europe needs to be created. According to Ukrinform, President Volodymyr Zelensky said this in an evening video address[1].Video: Zelensky / Official"Germany, along with almost all Alliance countries, considers Ukraine's path to NATO irreversible. One way or another, we will all have to guarantee security in Europe[2] with a strong and truly effective security architecture — one that will provide Europe with reliable protection in any scenario. Russia is not changing its plans and is ...

A multi-story residential building damaged after a Russian drone attack in Odesa on June 28, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. OLEKSANDR GIMANOV/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption OLEKSANDR GIMANOV/AFP via Getty Images Russia attacked Ukraine with over 500 drones and missiles over the weekend, it was the largest air assault since the Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine over three years ago. The barrage included targets in Western Ukraine, a region far from the front lines that doesn't often see bombardments. We get the latest from our ...

2022 annexation of areas in UkraineRussian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia OblastsRussian-installed officials at the annexation ceremony in MoscowDate30 September 2022; 2 years ago (2022-09-30)LocationSouthern and Eastern UkraineOrganised byRussiaOutcomeDeclared annexation of an undefined area in and around Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts by the Russian Federation,[1] including a part of Mykolaiv Oblast[2]143 members of the United Nations condemn the annexation and declare it illegal under international law[3]Ukraine applies for NATO membership[4]On 30 September 2022, Russia, amid an ongoing invasion of Ukraine, unilaterally declared its annexation of areas in and ...

The draft resolution, circulated by the United States and Albania, was supported by ten of the fifteen members of the Council, with Russia voting against it. Four members abstained, Brazil, China, Gabon and India.The draft described the so-called referendums held by Russia in the four regions of Ukraine which Moscow now regards as sovereign territory – Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhya – as illegal and an attempt to modify Ukraine’s internationally recognized borders.Withdraw nowIt called on all States, international organisations, and agencies not to recognize the Russian annexation declaration, and ...

The draft resolution, circulated by the United States and Albania, was supported by ten of the fifteen members of the Council, with Russia voting against it. Four members abstained, Brazil, China, Gabon and India.The draft described the so-called referendums held by Russia in the four regions of Ukraine which Moscow now regards as sovereign territory – Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhya – as illegal and an attempt to modify Ukraine’s internationally recognized borders.Withdraw nowIt called on all States, international organisations, and agencies not to recognize the Russian annexation declaration, and ...

Russia[1]’s much-vaunted “Day of Unification” holiday on Saturday was marked by a grand speech from President Putin but a touch of confusion and mixed messages from other Kremlin officials. The day was supposed to celebrate the first anniversary of the signing of the so-called “agreements on the inclusion of new territories into the Russian Federation,” the illegal annexation of Ukrainian lands occupied by Moscow’s forces[2].JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official[3]. But in marking the day, it became apparent the Kremlin had not specified exactly ...

NATO’s decision in The Hague to spend[1] 5% of GDP on defense and security by 2035 looks bold on paper, but money will deter only if it underwrites dominance, not faint advantage.The 12-day Iran-Israel clash that began[2] on June 13 shows what real dominance looks like. Tehran poured three decades and tens of billions into a missile force designed to saturate Israel, yet about 90% of the 550 ballistic missiles and more than 1,000 drones it fired were shot down; within three nights, Israeli aircraft and loitering munitions had wrecked ...

NATO-first modernization would upgrade the alliance for the challenges of the era of Russian aggression, great-power competition, and technological disruption. Defense spending targets above the 2% threshold will further strengthen the alliance’s capabilities. Discipline and coordination in areas like procurement and investments, especially in research and development (R&D) for critical and emerging technologies, would modernize the alliance’s militaries and provide qualitative advantages. Early moves in this direction include NATO’s Innovation Fund[1] and NATO’s defense innovation accelerator, DIANA[2].Furthermore, NATO is working with global and regional coalitions to further enhance its capabilities ...

In Putin’s Moscow a summer of death and distraction  The Economist

A bombed shopping centre lies in ruins in Odesa. © UNOCHA/Serhii MorozovCivilian casualties and violations in Ukraine have significantly escalated in recent months, including a sharp rise in often deadly drone attacks, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said in a report published on Monday.It covers the period from 1 December 2024 to 31 May 2025, during which 986 civilians were killed and 4,807 injured – a 37 per cent increase compared to the same period the previous year.[1]“The war in Ukraine – now in its fourth year – is ...

Credit: ReutersKim Jong-un appeared to weep during a ceremony honouring North Korean soldiers who died while fighting alongside the Russian army.The North Korean dictator had tears in his eyes as he watched footage of the battlefield in an operatic show marking the one-year anniversary of Pyongyang’s defence pact with Moscow[1].On a giant screen behind an orchestra, images were shown of Kim kneeling and placing his hands on a coffin draped in the North Korean flag. He gulped and breathed rapidly in the footage broadcast on state media.In separate clips, the ...

WEST RICHLAND, Wash. – The city of West Richland announced on Monday that it had hired a new Chief of Police with 29 years of law enforcement experience.On June 30, City of West Richland government officials announced that James Fry had been hired as their new Chief of Police. Fry brings with him nearly 30 years of law enforcement experience, and was most recently the Chief of Police in Moscow, Idaho.Chief Fry began his career with the Moscow Police Department in 1993 as a Reserve Officer, and rose through the ...

STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania judge on Monday ordered that three people whose testimony has been requested by defense attorneys will have to travel to Idaho to appear at the trial of a man accused of stabbing to death four college students in 2022.The defense subpoenas were granted regarding a boxing trainer who knew Bryan Kohberger as a teenager, a childhood acquaintance of Kohberger’s and a third man whose significance was not explained.The 30-year-old Kohberger, who was arrested at his parents’ home in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania, weeks after the November ...

(Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund said on Monday it has completed its eighth review of Ukraine's $15.5 billion four-year support program, paving the way for a disbursement of an additional $500 million to the war-torn country. That will bring total disbursements to $10.6 billion, the IMF said in a statement, following its board's approval of the review of Ukraine's Extended Fund Facility. It warned of ongoing and "exceptionally high" risks to the country's outlook. “Russia’s war continues to take a devastating social and economic toll on Ukraine. Nevertheless, macroeconomic stability ...

The New York Islanders announced today that the club has signed defenseman Alexander Romanov to an eight-year contract.Romanov, 25, scored 20 points (four goals, 16 assists) in 64 games last season during his third season with the Islanders and fifth in the NHL. The Moscow, Russia, native ranked fourth amongst team defensemen in points and placed third on the team overall in average ice time per game at 22:18. Romanov also led all Islanders blueliners in hits (147) and blocked shots (165).In 354 career NHL Games with the Islanders and ...

For a long time, people in Kyiv felt their city was relatively insulated from the war, despite the occasional Russian bombings that struck the city. However, a recent escalation in strikes, conducted over several hours at night and thereby depriving the capital's 3 million residents of sleep, has heightened Kyiv residents' sense of insecurity. These massive bombardments now strike anywhere in the entire country. On the night of Saturday, June 28, alone, Russia launched 477 drones and 60 missiles across six regions, according to Ukrainian authorities, who announced three deaths, ...

The Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback: Anatomy of Russia’s Fighter-BomberIntroduction – A Cold War Platypus in a 21st Century WorldThe Sukhoi Su-34, known to NATO[1] as the “Fullback[2],” is an aircraft of inherent contradictions. Officially entering service with the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) in 2014, it presents as a modern, 4++ generation strike platform.Su-34 Fullback. Image Credit: Creative Commons.Yet, its conceptual DNA is deeply rooted in the final, turbulent years of the Soviet Union, a product of a military requirement from a bygone era.This protracted, 24-year journey from its maiden flight to ...

Editor's note: The story was updated after the Sputnik news agency disclosed the names of those detained in Baku.Azerbaijani police detained two alleged agents of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) on June 30 following searches at the Baku office of the Russian state-controlled news agency Sputnik, the Azerbaijani news outlet Apa.az reported.Sputnik later elaborated that Igor Kartavykh, chief editor of Sputnik Azerbaijan, and Yevgeniy Belousov, managing editor, had been detained in Baku. The agency called the allegations that the detainees were FSB agents "absurd."The move comes amid a major deterioration ...

It covers the period[1] from 1 December 2024 to 31 May 2025, during which 986 civilians were killed and 4,807 injured – a 37 per cent increase compared to the same period the previous year.“The war in Ukraine – now in its fourth year – is becoming increasingly deadly for civilians,” said[2] Danielle Bell, Head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU).“We continue to document patterns of violence that are inconsistent with obligations under international humanitarian law.”Concern over use of short-range dronesMost casualties occurred in areas under ...

Russia could be forgiven for its aggression in Ukraine if such a move could usher in peace talks, Slovakia's Foreign Minister Juraj Blanár has said in comments that have prompted a rebuke from Kyiv.Blanár said in an interview with Slovak broadcaster STVR that the war in Ukraine could not be resolved militarily, and that the West could forgive Russia as part of a return to diplomacy.The comments from a NATO[1] member's top diplomat sparked anger among Ukrainian voices on social media. Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico already faces criticism among ...

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Azerbaijan later reportedly canceled all cultural events linked to Russia[1] “due to the demonstrative targeted and extrajudicial killings and acts of violence committed by Russian law enforcement agencies against Azeris,” the country’s Culture Ministry stated.The Russian Investigative Committee of the Sverdlovsk region, whose capital is Yekaterinburg, admitted two suspects had indeed died during their arrest, but claimed the detained Azeris were Russian citizens.  “One of the defendants died as a result of heart failure; the cause of death of the second person is currently being established,” said committee spokesperson Svetlana ...

Wess Roley[1], a 20-year-old, has been identified as the suspect in the fatal ambush shooting of two firefighters in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Authorities report that Roley allegedly set a fire on Canfield Mountain to lure the firefighters before opening fire. The motive remains unclear. An armored police vehicle leaves an area where multiple firefighters were attacked when responding to a fire in the Canfield Mountain area outside Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, U.S. June 29, 2025. (REUTERS) Unverified social media reports claim Roley was born in Russia and later lived in several ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced his country might soon quit the Ottawa Treaty banning antipersonnel landmines amid his country’s war with Russia.“Russia has never been a party to this convention and uses antipersonnel mines with extreme cynicism,” he said on Sunday.This was not a mere rhetorical flourish. In August 2023, Russian soldiers booby-trapped the bodies of their fallen comrades with anti-personnel mines as they retreated to kill the Ukrainian sappers who discovered them.Ukraine needs to even the battlefield, Zelenskyy said, because “antipersonnel mines … very often have no alternative ...

Azerbaijan has cancelled all planned cultural events hosted alongside Russian state and private organizations, the country's Culture Ministry announced on June 29, over the deaths of two Azerbaijani citizens during police raids in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg.Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry said on June 28 that Ziyaddin and Huseyn Safarov died during a raid carried out by Russian authorities. Azerbaijan called the killings "ethnically motivated public and deliberate unlawful actions" and said that Russia's action have "recently taken on a systematic nature."The raid was reportedly[1] conducted amid an investigation into an ...

KYIV: Foreign minister Johann Wadephul made an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Monday, in a show of continuing support for Ukraine's fight to repel Russia's invasion as US-led international peace efforts fail to make progress.Wadephul was due to meet with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha.Wadephul said in a statement that Germany will help Ukraine "continue to defend itself successfully - with modern air defence and other weapons, with humanitarian and economic aid".Germany has been Ukraine's second-largest military backer after the United States, whose continuing support ...

Over 45 Ukrainians forcibly deported by Russia from Ukraine's occupied territories are being held in a basement at Russia's border with Georgia without food, water, and basic healthcare, independent media outlet Astra reported on June 21."We are in a basement without utilities: there is no shower or toilet, they don't feed us. Volunteers bring humanitarian aid, but it lasts for a couple of days and not for everyone," one of the held Ukrainians told[1] Astra.A decree by Russian President Vladimir Putin[2] has ordered Ukrainians still living in occupied territories to ...

‘Toadying”, “slavish”, “cringe-worthy” were the words hurled at Nato’s Mark Rutte for the praise he heaped on Donald Trump. But words cost nothing. Keir Starmer went further. He dug into his pocket and gave Trump[1] $1.3bn for just 12 aeroplanes. He promised never to use them, or put any bombs in them, without orders from Washington. He might as well have enrolled in the United States Air Force.Starmer is engaged in a strategic shift in Britain’s global stance – from soft power to hard. He has clearly received the notorious ...

BAKU, Azerbaijan — Police in Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku searched the offices of Russia’s state-funded news outlet Sputnik on Monday, local media reported, as tensions rose between the two countries after the deaths of two ethnic Azerbaijanis during a police raid last week in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg.Sputnik had continued working in the country via “illegal financing,” despite having its official accreditation revoked in February, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said.Arrests were made during the search, it said, without elaborating. Images on Azerbaijani media outlets appeared to show two men taken ...

The Ukrainian military on June 30 denied the latest reports that Russian troops had entered Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Since June 29, the Ukrainian battlefield monitoring group DeepState has marked a "gray" zone in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk Oblast[1], identifying potential fighting in this section of the front line. Near the village of Dachne in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, the zone extends almost a kilometer into the region. Meanwhile, Kremlin propagandists claimed on Telegram that Russian troops had captured Dachne. The reports were denied by spokespeople of two Ukrainian brigades and the Khortytsia group of forces ...

Russia’s recently adopted reform of municipal self-governance entered into force on June 19. It caps a years-long series of reforms that solidify a rigid top-down chain of command. The aim is to create a more uniform, interchangeable set of regional and local cadres to manage regions and their elites without actually leading or allying themselves with them. [1]These reforms were proposed in the name of increasing efficiency and saving money. Several government officials, such as Vladimir Yakushev, the head of the governing United Russia party’s general council and Pskov Governor Mikhail ...

A rumor has surfaced in the media claiming that the main goal of Russian President Vladimir Putin is the occupation of Odesa. In reality, the Kremlin's leader seeks the total destruction of Ukraine, according to Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.Media rumorsThe Financial Times[1], quoting an unnamed senior European official, reported that Russia’s current primary objective is the capture of Odesa — a city Putin considers historically Russian.Without Odesa, Ukraine would lose access to its main port.Kovalenko's response"These ...

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BAKU, Azerbaijan — Police in Azerbaijan's capital of Baku searched the offices of Russia's state-funded news outlet Sputnik on Monday, local media reported, as tensions rose between the two countries after the deaths of two ethnic Azerbaijanis during a police raid last week in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg.Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs said it was investigating claims that Sputnik Azerbaijan was continuing its work despite having its license revoked in February 2025, media outlets said.Russian diplomatic representatives in Baku went to the Sputnik offices to investigate, said Margarita Simonyan, ...

BAKU – Police in Azerbaijan's capital of Baku searched the offices of Russia's state-funded news outlet Sputnik on Monday, local media reported, as tensions rose between the two countries[1] after the deaths of two ethnic Azerbaijanis during a police raid last week in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg.Sputnik had continued working in the country via “illegal financing,” despite having its official accreditation revoked in February 2025, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said.Arrests were made during the search, it said, without elaborating. Images on Azerbaijani media outlets appeared to show two ...

BAKU – Police in Azerbaijan's capital of Baku searched the offices of Russia's state-funded news outlet Sputnik on Monday, local media reported, as tensions rose between the two countries[1] after the deaths of two ethnic Azerbaijanis during a police raid last week in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg.Sputnik had continued working in the country via “illegal financing,” despite having its official accreditation revoked in February 2025, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said.Arrests were made during the search, it said, without elaborating. Images on Azerbaijani media outlets appeared to show two ...

BAKU – Police in Azerbaijan's capital of Baku searched the offices of Russia's state-funded news outlet Sputnik on Monday, local media reported, as tensions rose between the two countries[1] after the deaths of two ethnic Azerbaijanis during a police raid last week in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg.Sputnik had continued working in the country via “illegal financing,” despite having its official accreditation revoked in February 2025, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said.Arrests were made during the search, it said, without elaborating. Images on Azerbaijani media outlets appeared to show two ...

BAKU – Police in Azerbaijan's capital of Baku searched the offices of Russia's state-funded news outlet Sputnik on Monday, local media reported, as tensions rose between the two countries[1] after the deaths of two ethnic Azerbaijanis during a police raid last week in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg.Sputnik had continued working in the country via “illegal financing,” despite having its official accreditation revoked in February 2025, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said.Arrests were made during the search, it said, without elaborating. Images on Azerbaijani media outlets appeared to show two ...

BAKU – Police in Azerbaijan's capital of Baku searched the offices of Russia's state-funded news outlet Sputnik on Monday, local media reported, as tensions rose between the two countries[1] after the deaths of two ethnic Azerbaijanis during a police raid last week in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg.Sputnik had continued working in the country via “illegal financing,” despite having its official accreditation revoked in February 2025, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said.Arrests were made during the search, it said, without elaborating. Images on Azerbaijani media outlets appeared to show two ...

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