A Russian missile strike on a military training ground in Ukraine’s Sumy region killed six people and wounded more than 10, the Ukrainian National Guard said in a statement posted to Facebook on the morning of May 21. The strike reportedly…
Category: 1. Russia
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The Moscow Metro’s strange ‘gift’ to passengers How Russia’s world-class subway restored a life-sized wall sculpture of Joseph Stalin
On May 15, a life-sized wall sculpture of Joseph Stalin was unveiled in the Moscow Metro. Subway officials described it as “a gift to passengers” to mark the transit system’s 90th anniversary. The following day, unidentified activists…
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Russia has sent 20,000 naturalized citizens to fight in Ukraine, Investigative Committee head says — Meduza
Alexander Bastrykin, the head of Russia’s Investigative Committee, said that 20,000 people who received Russian citizenship have been sent to the front lines in Ukraine.
“Our military investigative department is carrying out raids. We’ve…
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Ukrainians Mourn Mother Who Died Protecting Her Child From Russian Attack Drones
The Russian air strike that killed Ukrainian mother Anna Yefymenko near Kyiv on May 18 was part of a swarm of hundreds of Shahed drones launched by Russia that night.
She was killed while protecting her four-year-old son, Mark, with her body…
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Mourners Honor Ukrainian Mother Killed While Protecting Her Young Son
Neighbors and family gathered in the Ukrainian community of Vasylkiv, outside Kyiv, to mourn a mother who died on May 18 while shielding her 4-year-old son from a Russian air attack. Anna Yefymenko, 27, was killed in the air strike on the…
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Trump administration explores using foreign aid funds for Ukrainian refugees’ ‘self-deportation’ — The Washington Post — Meduza
Last week, the U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security signed an agreement to allocate $250 million in foreign assistance funding toward a plan for the removal and return of people from active conflict zones, The Washington Post reports,…
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Russia Presses Criminal Charges Against Meduza Founder Timchenko
Russian authorities on Tuesday pressed criminal charges against Galina Timchenko, the founder and publisher of the exiled news website Meduza, accusing her of organizing the activities of an…
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Russia Opens Criminal Case Against Meduza Founder Timchenko
Russian authorities on Tuesday opened a criminal case against Galina Timchenko, the founder and publisher of the exiled news website Meduza, on charges of organizing the activities of an “undesirable” organization.
In a…
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‘I should be convicted of stupidity’ A Russian man says his arson plot was a setup to aid law enforcement. He’s headed to prison anyway. — Meduza
Over the past three years, every new headline about an arson attack on Russian railway infrastructure, a police station, or a conscription office has raised the same set of questions. Was the perpetrator a lone anti-war activist trying to hinder…
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EU leaders are making diplomatic efforts to keep Trump out of the Ukraine negotiation process
According to the newspaper, numerous calls and meetings between the leaders of European countries and Ukraine took place today.

They discussed new sanctions against Russian Federation – potentially without US…
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