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“Live Grenade” Removed From Ukrainian Soldier’s Body by Surgeon
A surgeon was able to successfully extract a grenade from inside a Ukrainian soldier's body, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have claimed on Twitter.
The unexploded grenade remained "live" inside of the soldier's body and could have...
Europe
Scores of Russian Soldiers Killed by Missile Strike in Occupied Ukraine
Ukraine says it killed around four hundred Russian soldiers in a missile attack in the occupied Donetsk region just after midnight on New Year's Day. Russia has said that sixty-three of its troops were killed.
The missile targeted a building...
Europe
2022, the Year Russian Oligarchs Kept Dying in Suspicious Ways
The year 2022 was apparently a bad year to be a Russian oligarch. Members of Russia's business elite, particularly those linked to big energy firms, started dying one by one under what have been described as "suspicious" circumstances over...
Europe
Russia Warns the US Against Assassination Attempt on Putin
Russia warned the US on Tuesday against ordering a “decapitation strike” on President Vladimir Putin.
“Some 'unnamed officials' from the Pentagon actually threatened to deliver a 'decapitation strike' against the Kremlin,” Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Russia’s TASS news agency...
Europe
Russia Intensifies Bombing as Ukraine Braces for New Offensive
Russia fired 76 missiles and carried out drone attacks across Ukraine on Friday, officials said, striking the capital Kyiv and other cities as Kyiv says Putin is preparing a major offensive in the new year.
Power was completely down in...
Politics
Sen. Menendez Blasts Turkish Aggression Under Erdogan
On Wednesday, US Senator Robert Menendez repeated his pledge that he will veto F-16 jet sales to Turkey as long as President Erdogan continues his aggression against neighbors.
Speaking at an online event organized on the occasion of the 39th...
Europe
Ukraine Celebrates Retaking City of Kherson from Russia
Ukraine celebrates the retaking of the strategic city of Kherson from Russia on Friday in a major setback in Vladimir Putin's military invasion.
Ukrainian soldiers were welcomed into Kherson by jubilant residents after Russia said it had fully withdrawn from...
Energy
U.S. Slams Turkey-Russia Deal to Form a Natural Gas Hub
On Wednesday, the U.S. expressed its opposition to the agreement announced by Turkey for the creation of a natural gas hub in cooperation with Russia.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that he had agreed with his Russian counterpart,...
Europe
The Five Countries that Opposed Condemnation of Russia at the UN
Five countries voted against a UN Resolution condemning Russia's attempts to annex four regions of Ukraine on Wednesday.
Apart from Russia, against the resolution were Belarus, North Korea, Nicaragua and Syria. The resolution was supported by 143 countries, while 35...
Europe
Russia Seeks Revenge for Crimea Bridge by Bombing Ukrainian Cities
Russia launched missile strikes against cities in Ukraine on Monday following the explosion on the main bridge that links Crimea and Russia on Saturday.
At least eight civilians have been killed and twenty-four wounded as a result of missile strikes...