1+ hour, 35+ min ago   (275+ words) Serhiy Rebrov, the former head coach of Ukraine’s national football team, apologized on Instagram for playing padel with Vasily Berezutsky, a former player for the Russian national team. A video of Rebrov and Berezutsky playing padel as doubles partners in…...

9+ hour, 7+ min ago   (251+ words) Russia attacks Ukraine-Moldova border checkpoint for second night in a row Meduza Russia attacks Ukraine-Moldova border checkpoint for second night in a row Russia struck Ukraine’s Odesa region with drones overnight on August 21, hitting the Tabaky international checkpoint on the…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (246+ words) Russia and Ukraine swap 103 prisoners of war each Meduza Russia and Ukraine swap 103 prisoners of war each Russia’s Defense Ministry said it carried out a prisoner exchange with Ukrainian authorities in which each side handed over 103 people. Ukrainian President Volodymyr…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1157+ words) Since 2014 — and especially since 2022 — Russia has seized and still holds at least 1,878 Ukrainian civilians. These are only the confirmed cases; the real number is likely far higher. At least 223 of them are women. Like Ukrainian prisoners of war, many civilian…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (272+ words) “The Russian side has not received, through official channels, any formal communication from Turkey setting out the terms of this initiative,” Zakharova said. Moscow does not see “grounds for half-measures that only give the Kyiv regime a temporary reprieve,” she…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1034+ words) In the fifth year of the full-scale war, Russia’s political regime finds itself in a somewhat peculiar position. Nearly all the infrastructure for ideological control is already in place. The state bans and blocks independent media, and it hands down…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (185+ words) Organizers have canceled “Dronnitsa,” the all-Russian gathering of combat drone operators that had been scheduled for August 29–30 in Veliky Novgorod, about 100 kilometers (75 miles) from Vladimir Putin’s residence. The event’s Telegram channel said on August 12 that the gathering had been postponed…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (363+ words) Russian advertisers cut ad spending on Wildberries after Ukraine’s strikes on warehouses, Kommersant reports Meduza Russian advertisers cut ad spending on Wildberries after Ukraine’s strikes on warehouses, Kommersant reports Advertising activity on Wildberries has “noticeably declined” following Ukrainian drone attacks…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (255+ words) Lithuanian defense minister warns of possible Russian strikes on Baltic countries using captured Ukrainian drones Meduza Lithuanian defense minister warns of possible Russian strikes on Baltic countries using captured Ukrainian drones Russia may be weighing strikes on critical infrastructure in…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (227+ words) A Wildberries logistics complex in the Tver region had its facade “slightly damaged” by “falling debris” from a Ukrainian drone, Tver Governor Vitaly Korolev said. The company has not commented on the attack. In the Kalininsky district, “drone debris” damaged…...