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Two Russian military aircraft detected off of Alaska, NORAD says

Thursday, September 12

(NEW YORK) -- Two Russian military aircraft were detected Wednesday operating in the international airspace off of Alaska, NORAD said.The aircraft were operating in airspace known as the Air Defense Identification Zone, or ADIZ, that stretches 150 miles from the coastline, an area where... Read More.

Russian missile strike on Ukraine military college kills dozens, Kyiv says

Tuesday, September 3

(LONDON) -- Russian missiles and drones again crisscrossed Ukrainian skies on Monday night in strikes that killed more than 50 people and injured hundreds, Ukrainian officials said.Most of the casualties were reported at an attack in Poltava, according to officials. Two ballistic missiles struck... Read More.

Russian missile strike on Ukraine military college kills 41, Zelenskyy says

Tuesday, September 3

(LONDON) -- Russian missiles and drones again crisscrossed Ukrainian skies on Monday night in strikes that killed at least 44 people; 41 of whom died in an attack on a military college in Poltava.President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the strike on his official Telegram channel... Read More.

Russian missile, drone strikes on Ukraine kill three

Tuesday, September 3

(LONDON) -- Russian missiles and drones again crisscrossed Ukrainian skies on Monday night in a strike that killed at least three people.Ukraine's air force said on Telegram that Russia fired three Iskander ballistic missiles from occupied Crimea, one Kh-59/69 air-launched missile from Russia's western... Read More.

Russian missiles strike Kyiv, injuring 2, city officials say

Monday, September 2

(LONDON) -- Russian missiles struck the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv early on Monday, injuring at least two people, the city’s administration said.Moscow fired cruise and ballistic missiles at the city beginning about 3 a.m., officials said in a message posted on the Telegram messaging... Read More.

Russian missiles strike Kyiv, injuring two, city officials say

Monday, September 2

(LONDON) -- Russian missiles struck the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv early on Monday, injuring at least two people, the city’s administration said.Moscow fired cruise and ballistic missiles at the city beginning at about 3 a.m., officials said in a message posted on the Telegram... Read More.

Drone attack sets fire at Russian military airfield

Thursday, August 22

(LONDON) -- A large fire was burning at a Russian military airfield early on Thursday after it was targeted by drones overnight, officials said.Videos circulating on Russia social media showed fires and thick black smoke rising from the Marinovka airfield near Volgograd in southern... Read More.

Russian authorities urge citizens to avoid social media, dating sites in areas where Ukraine is attacking

Thursday, August 22

(NEW YORK) -- Russian authorities are urging citizens in the Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod regions of Russia -- areas where Ukraine has been attacking -- to stop using video cameras, social media and dating sites.The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs issued the memo Tuesday,... Read More.

Former Russian prisoner Vladimir Kara-Murza talks about his confinement, hopes for a post-Putin era

Wednesday, August 21

(NEW YORK) -- When the United States' prisoner exchange with Russia, the largest since the Cold War, happened in early August, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s harshest critics became a free man. Vladimir Kara-Murza had been sentenced to 25 years in prison on... Read More.

Ukraine destroys third key bridge, threatening to cut off Russian troops, amid incursion, Russian military bloggers say

Monday, August 19

(SUMY REGION, Ukraine) -- Ukraine has reportedly destroyed a third and last key bridge in an area of Russia's Kursk region, according to Russian military bloggers, inflicting a potentially significant blow on Moscow's struggling efforts to push back Ukraine's incursion there.Ukraine and Russia have... Read More.