A refugee who had an affair with a Brit dad-of-two said that she is heading back to Ukraine after being dumped. Sofiia Karkadym, 22, is packing her bags and returning to her war-torn home nation after he rejected her last bid pleas to get back together, The Sun reports. In a phone call last night, … Read more
Russian bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons have been detected near Finland, as fears of all-out war mount following Moscow’s formal annexation of four occupied regions of Ukraine. Israeli intelligence firm ImageSat International (ISI) detected an “irregular presence” of Russian TU-160 and TU-95 strategic bombers deployed to the Olenya Airbase, The Jerusalem Post reports. Satellite … Read more
CNN — The House of Representatives voted on Friday to approve a stopgap bill to fund the government through December 16, averting a shutdown just hours ahead of a midnight deadline when funding was set to expire. President Joe Biden signed the bill Friday afternoon. The Senate passed the measure on a bipartisan basis on … Read more
Ukraine has officially applied to join Nato after Vladimir Putin declared four territories of Ukraine to be Russian, raising fears that nuclear war could break out. In a rambling speech, Putin formally signed decrees declaring Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia to be Russian in the biggest land grab since World War II. The move was … Read more
House impeachment manager Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) delivers part of the impeachment managers’ opening argument in the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, on charges of inciting the deadly attack on the US Capitol, on the floor of the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington , US, February 10, 2021. US Senate TV … Read more
The body of a man in a checkered jumper inside a car with blown-out windows, his tattooed hand still clutching the steering wheel. A woman’s purple manicure and golden rings visible as her body lies in a pool of blood on the ground. The deadly attack came in the morning, when hundreds of people were … Read more
Ukraine’s forces pushed forward their counteroffensive against Russian troops in the Kharkiv region on Friday, as more evidence emerged of violence against civilians in formerly occupied territory. Just to the east of the village of Kyrylivka in the Kharkiv region, on an exposed section of road close to the frontline, lay the bodies of a … Read more
Vladimir Putin has officially declared four occupied territories in Ukraine to be Russian in the land grab since World War Two. In a ceremony at the Kremlin, Putin formally signed decrees declaring Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia to be Russian. The annexation of the four regions follows a series of sham referendums that have not … Read more
Authorities in Russia attempted to serve a military summons to a man who died nearly a decade ago, the man’s relatives claimed. The deceased man’s niece told independent Russian media outlet Mediazona that a male police officer and another person in civilian clothing knocked on the St. Petersburg woman’s apartment on the evening of Sept. … Read more
The Russian army is now sending HIV-positive individuals to the war in Ukraine despite being ineligible for mobilization, according to a human rights defender. In a Telegram post published Thursday, human rights defender Pavel Chikov said many HIV-positive men in Russia request for help after receiving summons from Moscow’s military registration and enlistment office despite … Read more