In Ukraine’s northern Chernihiv region, life in villages near the Russian border has been pushed to the edge.
Ongoing Russian strikes have shuttered local shops, pharmacies, and public transportation systems, leaving residents isolated and…
Category: 1. Russia
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The Bus Of Life: Delivering Hope To Ukraine's Isolated Border Villages
Due to constant attacks by the Russian military, settlements in Ukraine’s northern Chernihiv region have become all but cut off from the world. Shops and pharmacies in villages have closed, and public transportation has stopped running.
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Drone Line. Biker Gangs. A Summer Offensive. Ukraine’s Defenses Are Stretched To The Breaking Point. Again.
Sometime around May 13, two battle-hardened Russian motor rifle regiments pushed into the ruined village of Nova Poltavka, crossing the T0504 highway that links the Ukrainian holdout cities of Pokrovsk and Kostyantynivka.
The road has served as a…
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Merz Comments Put Spotlight On Taurus Cruise Missiles For Ukraine
Remarks by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on allowing Ukraine to fire Western-supplied missiles at military targets deep inside Russia have rekindled debate about supplying Taurus cruise missiles to Kyiv amid German media reports that…
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Former Moscow State University professor dies by suicide after losing life savings to scammers — Meduza
A former Moscow State University professor died by suicide on May 27 after scammers stole his life savings. Seventy-eight-year-old Boris Boyarintsev reportedly sold two apartments to raise more than 50 million rubles ($623,000), which he then…
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Man tries to poison lynx and leopards at Moscow Zoo — Meduza
A visitor to the Moscow Zoo tried to poison several lynx and leopards, General Director Svetlana Akulova announced in a statement on May 27, after a routine inspection revealed “scattered pills of unknown origin” in the animals’ enclosures….
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Trump Says Putin ‘Playing With Fire’ As He Again Slashes Out At Kremlin Leader After Bombings
WASHINGTON, D.C. — US President Donald Trump again lashed out at Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin after Russia capped a three-day bombing spree on May 26 with its biggest aerial attack of the more than three-year war.
Trump said he has so far…
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Zelensky vows ‘symmetrical response’ as Moscow threatens Ukraine for ‘playing drone games’ on Russian territory — Meduza
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned on Tuesday that Moscow will retaliate for recent Ukrainian drone attacks on targets inside Russia. In response, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky promised Kyiv’s own “symmetrical response” should…
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Russia Strikes Sumy Amid Week Of Intense Drone Attacks
Moscow launched 60 drones at Ukraine during the night of May 26-27, hitting at least nine targets across the country, including a civilian area in the northwestern city of Sumy, according to Kyiv. The attack injured at least 10 people, including…
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the USSR is still dead A Putin adviser claims the Soviet Union still legally exists — what’s that about? — Meduza
In late May 2025, several Russian public figures — including presidential adviser Anton Kobyakov — claimed that legally speaking, the Soviet Union still exists and that the breakup of the USSR by its constituent republics violated…
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