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Zelensky: Ukraine, Russia Have June Deadline From US

Ukrainian leader says trilateral talks among US, Ukraine, Russia may take place in Miami next

(Newser) - The US has given Ukraine and Russia a June deadline to reach a deal to end the nearly four-year war, President Volodymyr Zelensky told reporters, as Russian strikes on energy infrastructure forced nuclear power plants to cut output on Saturday. If the June deadline isn't met, the Trump administration...

Musk Helps Ukraine Hit Russia in Its 'Achilles' Heel'

SpaceX's Starlink cuts off satellite internet access to Russia on the war's battlefields

(Newser) - Russian soldiers on the front lines in Ukraine are suddenly finding their Starlink connections dark, and Moscow's pro-war bloggers say it's no glitch. At Ukraine's request, Elon Musk's SpaceX has tightened control of its satellite internet service, blocking unregistered terminals inside Ukraine and cutting off what...

Russian General Gunned Down in Moscow

Deputy chief of Russian military intelligence Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev was critically injured

(Newser) - A senior figure in Russia's military has been gunned down in his own stairwell. Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev, a deputy head of Russia's military intelligence agency, the GRU, was shot several times in his apartment building in northwest Moscow on Friday and was hospitalized in critical condition, according...

US, Russia Nuclear Pact Expires Without a Fallback

New START treaty establishing limits on arsenals is no longer in effect

(Newser) - The world's two biggest nuclear superpowers are no longer bound by restrictions on their arsenals. At midnight, the New START treaty between the US and Russia expired, lifting formal caps on how many long-range nuclear warheads each side can deploy and ending the inspections and data-sharing that let both...

As Russia Moved Closer, She Dug Up Husband's Grave

War widow moves spouse's remains to Kyiv as Russian forces near their hometown of Slovyansk

(Newser) - A Ukrainian woman just did something most spouses will never face: She dug up her husband's grave and moved it out of fear the Russians might soon control the soil he was buried in. In a piece for the BBC , correspondent Sarah Rainsford follows Natalia, whose husband, Vitaly, was...

Ukraine and Russia Return to the Negotiating Table

2-days talks are being held in Abu Dhabi

(Newser) - Peace talks are back on in the UAE, even as the war they're meant to resolve grinds on. US, Ukrainian, and Russian delegations began a new round of negotiations in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday, the second trilateral meeting in as many months aimed at ending Russia's full-scale invasion,...

Russia Rains Down Missiles, Drones on Shivering Ukraine

Record number of ballistic missiles target Ukraine's power grid amid frigid winter

(Newser) - Russia fired around 450 long-range drones and 70 missiles of various types at Ukraine in a major attack overnight, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday. Ukraine's air force says it intercepted just 38 of those missiles, per the BBC . The bombardment of at least five regions of Ukraine...

Casualties in Ukraine War Approach Staggering Milestone

Analysts say number of killed, wounded, or missing is almost 2M

(Newser) - A new analysis suggests the human cost of the war in Ukraine is approaching a staggering milestone. A forthcoming report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies estimates that by this spring, Russian and Ukrainian troops killed, wounded, or missing will near 2 million. The think tank puts Russian...

One of Russia's Last 'Old Believers' Still Lives in Siberia

In 1978 in Siberia, Soviet geologists discovered isolated Lykov family, who'd fled into forest in the '30s

(Newser) - Soviet geologists expected rocks, not a religion-fueled time warp, when they spotted a lone garden deep in Siberia in 1978. Writing for the Guardian , Sophie Pinkham revisits the Lykov family, so-called Old Believers who fled into the conifer forests known as the taiga in the 1930s to escape Soviet rule...

It Was a Closely Watched Race. And Yet, Swimmer Disappeared

Nikolai Svechnikov's family vows legal action over safety lapses in Bosphorus crossing

(Newser) - The body of a Russian swimmer who vanished during one of the world's most closely watched open-water races has been found five months later near the finish line. Russia's consulate in Istanbul said Thursday that DNA tests confirm human remains discovered Tuesday near Istanbul's upscale Bebek waterfront...

Putin: I'll Join Trump's Board of Peace—on One Condition

Moscow links potential $1B in Gaza aid to the US unfreezing Russian assets

(Newser) - Russian President Vladimir Putin says he's ready to put money into President Trump's new Gaza reconstruction effort—if Washington first hands back Russian funds that are locked down. In a Kremlin meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday, Putin said Moscow could channel $1 billion into...

Russian Court Jails US Citizen for 5 Years

'This is an obvious set-up to get another American they can trade,' Chuck Zimmerman's sister says

(Newser) - A Russian court has convicted and sentenced an American citizen on charges of illegally transporting weapons, court officials revealed Monday. Chuck Zimmerman, 58, was handed a five-year sentence by a court in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi after a firearm was found on his yacht in June, the...

Woman Accused of Luring Recruits to Russia's Front Lines

Foreign students, laborers allege deception, threats at the hands of Polina Azarnykh, per BBC probe

(Newser) - A construction worker's passport going up in flames has become a symbol of one woman's apparent mission to funnel foreign men into Russia's war in Ukraine and leave them stuck there. Per a BBC investigation, "Omar," a 26-year-old Syrian who spoke under a pseudonym, says...

Trump: Tariffs Over Greenland Start Feb. 1

Rate will rise to 25% unless a deal is struck for US takeover by June 1, post says

(Newser) - As demonstrators in Greenland and Denmark protested his coveting of their territory, President Trump announced Saturday that he's levying new tariffs on European nations that will remain in effect until the US takes ownership of Greenland. Posting on Truth Social, Trump said he's imposing a 10% tariff on...

The Obstacle to Peace in Ukraine? Not Putin, Trump Says

Kremlin backs the view that Zelensky is the hurdle, which reportedly runs counter to US intel agencies

(Newser) - Blame for the stalled Ukraine peace talks, President Trump says, lies in Kyiv—not Moscow. In an Oval Office interview with Reuters , Trump asserted that Vladimir Putin is "ready to make a deal" to end Russia's nearly four-year invasion, and that it is Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky who...

Finland Makes Big Move on Land Mines

After treaty exit, country plans to start producing advanced mines

(Newser) - Finland is formally stepping back into the landmine business. The country's military said Wednesday it will begin buying anti-personnel mines and training professional soldiers, conscripts, and reservists to use them, following Helsinki's exit from the international treaty that bans such weapons. Finland's withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention...

Report: Pentagon Has Possible Havana Syndrome Weapon

Testing underway on backpack-sized device purchased by Biden administration: CNN

(Newser) - The Pentagon has identified a possible hardware suspect behind Havana syndrome, the supposed mystery ailment that's dogged US personnel for nearly a decade—and it reportedly paid eight figures to get its hands on it. CNN reports a Homeland Security unit quietly bought a backpack-sized device that emits pulsed...

Kyiv Mayor Tells Residents to Leave Due to Heat Issues

Meanwhile, Russia launched its new ballistic missile at capital, killing at least 4

(Newser) - Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles in a large-scale overnight attack, officials said Friday, killing at least four people in the capital. The intense barrage and launch of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile came days after Ukraine and its allies reported major progress toward agreeing on...

US Seizes a Fifth Oil Tanker: 'No Safe Haven for Criminals'

US boards Olina in search for sanctioned Venezuelan oil, heightening tensions with Russia

(Newser) - US forces have quietly expanded their hunt for sanctioned Venezuelan oil , boarding a fifth tanker early Friday as part of a growing maritime crackdown with global implications. US officials say the latest target is the Olina, an East Timor-flagged ship previously known as the Minerva M and under US sanctions...

France Exchanges Russian Wanted by US for Jailed Academic

Laurent Vinatier was accused of espionage

(Newser) - A French academic jailed in Russia is back home after a prisoner exchange that sent a Russian basketball player wanted by the US back to Moscow. French President Emmanuel Macron said researcher Laurent Vinatier, 49, returned to France after being pardoned by Vladimir Putin and exchanged for Russian athlete Daniil...

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