The defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant was being supplied with power as normal on Thursday, Ukrainian officials told AFP, a day after President Volodymyr Zelensky sounded the alarm over a temporary power outage.
Zelensky said a…
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Modified Russian ballistic missiles now able to evade Patriot defense system — FT — Meduza
Russia has likely modified the ballistic missiles it is using against Ukraine so they can evade the Patriot air defense system, the Financial Times reported, citing Ukrainian and Western officials.
The upgrades are believed to involve the…
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Russia Arrests Yabloko Deputy Head Over ‘Army Fakes’
Russian investigators have arrested the deputy chairman of the liberal Yabloko party on criminal charges of spreading “false information” about the military, law enforcement authorities said Wednesday.
The Investigative Committee,…
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Trump is using the shutdown to pressure Democrats,
The Trump administration has frozen $26 billion for states run by Democrats, including $18 billion for transport in New York and $8 billion for green energy in 16 states.
Vice President Pence warned of possible…
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Russia Cut Power to Defunct Chernobyl Nuclear Plant, Ukraine Says
The site of Ukraine’s defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant, which was partially destroyed in a 1986 meltdown, lost power on Wednesday after Russia shelled a nearby substation, Kyiv said.
The UN’s atomic energy watchdog said the blackout…
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Vance stated that the shutdown may soon come to an end
US Vice President Vance said during a briefing at the White House that the US government could soon resume work, as some Democrats in Congress have begun to “give ground.”
“I don’t think it will be a long…
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Prague Pushes EU To Rein In Russian Diplomats
The European Commission opted against including a Russian tourist visa ban when it sent its latest sanctions proposal to EU member states earlier this month.
Too many countries in the bloc, notably those with major tourist destinations, indicated…
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Putting the Romanovs to rest Why the Russian Orthodox Church refuses to recognize the remains of the Tsarist Empire’s last royal family — Meduza
Ten years ago, Russia’s Investigative Committee reopened the investigation into the 1918 murder of Tsar Nicholas II and his family at the insistence of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC). Federal investigators exhumed the bodies of the…
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French Navy Boards Russian ‘Shadow Fleet’ Ship, Arrests 2
France has detained two senior crew members of a tanker linked to Russia, which data showed was off the Danish coast last month during mysterious drone flights, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
The Boracay, a Benin-flagged vessel…
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UK Think Tank Says Leaked Documents Show Russia Is Helping China Prepare To Seize Taiwan
A recently released 800-page cache of contracts and correspondence shows that Russia is helping China prepare its military for a potential invasion of Taiwan, according to an independent think tank that received the files and had them…
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