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When invading Russian troops advanced towards Kyiv and the first explosions rang out in the suburbs, Daria Zymenko took refuge in Gavronshchyna, her parents' village near the Ukrainian capital. - Thousands of victims -
Since Russia invaded in February 2022, Ukrainian authorities say they have documented over 300 cases of sexual violence perpetrated by the Russian troops.

Raped by Russian soldiers, Ukraine women speak out to erase stigma

Mediaite

“Freaking decimated” is how President Joe Biden described the state of the Russian military following challenges they’ve faced during their invasion of Ukraine. And according to a fact check of that comment, it’s a fair description. Biden sat with TIME magazine for a lengthy interview about US...

‘Fair Assessment’: Biden’s Claim that Russian Military Has Been ‘Freaking Decimated’ Supported By Time Fact Check

The Conversation UK

Western leaders are becoming increasingly frustrated by China’s role in enabling the war in Ukraine. Some have even openly threatened to sanction the country if it continues to provide Russia with the materials it needs to build more weapons. And they are right to focus on China’s position of...

Russia has become so economically isolated that China could order the end of war in Ukraine

POLITICO

Trump advisers envision a ‘radical reorientation’ in which Washington takes a back seat to Europe — and cuts a deal with Putin over Ukraine.

Trump’s Plan for NATO Is Emerging.

A Russian soldier has reported that Ukrainian troops almost wiped out his entire unit amid heavy fighting in Kharkiv. Anton Andreev, assigned to the fifth company of Moscow’s 1009th regiment, told Russian Telegram channel Astra that half his unit had been eliminated on the first night of fighting in Vovchansk.

Russian Soldier Says Ukraine Almost Wiped Out His Entire Unit in Kharkiv

The Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Donald Trump has repeatedly said he could settle the war between Russia and Ukraine in one day if he’s elected president again. Russia’s United Nations ambassador says he can’t. When asked to respond to the claim from the presumptive Republican nominee, Vassily...

Trump says he can end the Russia-Ukraine war in one day. Russia’s UN ambassador says he can’t

Recent Ukrainian counterattacks have targeted Russian air defense systems in anticipation of Ukraine receiving F-16 fighter jets later this summer. These attacks have also hit military, naval, logistics hubs and communications centers, most recently the NIP-16 Space Tracking and Deep Space Communications Center. Watch the above video as Straight Arrow...

Ukraine delivers killing blow to Russian space operations

Business Insider

The US was wrong in thinking it won the Cold War, and is now "just one step away from losing it completely," Dmitry Medvedev said.

Russia's former president said the US thinks it won the Cold War but is now on the verge of losing it

Vladimir Putin has said Ukraine would need to fully withdraw troops from territories Russia claims to have annexed before a ceasefire could begin - a proposal Ukraine immediately called "offensive to common sense". Its President, Volodymyr Zelensky, has long said Ukraine will not negotiate with Moscow until Russian forces leave...

Putin lays out his terms for ceasefire in Ukraine

WashingtonExaminer

On Sunday, gunmen linked to Islamic State attacked several locations in Russia’s Dagestan province, leaving at least 20 killed and 46 wounded. The attackers burnt down an empty synagogue and killed a Russian Orthodox priest while assaulting his church. On the same day, an ATACMS strike by Ukrainian forces was intercepted by Russian air defense, […]

Attacks rock Russia and Putin’s image

The New Republic

Donald Trump claimed during Thursday night’s debate with President Joe Biden that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by Vladimir Putin wouldn’t have happened on his watch. Trump claimed that the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan was so chaotic that it encouraged Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine.“When Putin saw that, he said, ‘You know what? I think we’re gonna go in and maybe take my …’ This was his dream. I talked to him about it. His dream,” Trump said. Did Putin actually speak to Trump about attacking Ukraine, or is this Trump being braggadocious? But Trump has made no secret of his close, sometimes subservient relationship with Putin.Trump also blamed Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel on Biden, claiming that Iran was broke during the Trump presidency and couldn’t fund Hamas. Watch Trump’s bizarre recollection here: "You had no terror at all under my administration. ... The whole world is blowing up under him."— Trump hits Biden over the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas wars, arguing they never would have happened if he was president. pic.twitter.com/lAqObQsmHn— The Recount (@therecount) June 28, 2024

Trump Confesses He Spoke to Putin About “Dream” to Invade Ukraine

Brahim Saadoun left Morocco to study in Ukraine in 2019 and when the Russians invaded in February 2022 he joined the Ukrainian army. He was captured by pro-Russian forces and sentenced to death for being a mercenary. In an agreement mediated by Saudi Arabia, Mr Saadoun was released in September 2022 and returned to Morocco.

The Moroccan man sentenced to death for fighting for Ukraine

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov on Monday warned the U.S. against the potential "fatal consequences" of allowing Kyiv to deploy U.S.-supplied weapons against targets inside Russia. "I would like to warn American leaders against miscalculations that could have fatal consequences. For some unknown reason, they underestimate the seriousness of...

Kremlin warns Washington of 'fatal' miscalculation to let Kyiv use U.S.-supplied weapons inside Russia

Reuters

MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Friday Russia would end the war in Ukraine only if Kyiv agreed to drop its NATO ambitions and hand over the entirety of four provinces claimed by Moscow, demands Kyiv swiftly rejected as tantamount to surrender.

Putin demands more Ukrainian land to end war; Kyiv rejects 'ultimatum'

Russia is ready to hold security talks with NATO states, Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin said Friday, while affirming Moscow's intentions to ramp up the national nuclear arsenal. Senior Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev separately said that conversations over a new treaty on limiting nuclear firepower with the U.S. are only...

Putin says Russia is ramping up its nuclear arsenal — and is open to security talks with NATO states

The Admiral Gorshkov frigate, now docked in Cuba, can carry an arsenal of hypersonic missiles, touted by Putin as being unbeatable weapons.

A Russian warship that just sailed into Cuba can carry Putin's new prized hypersonic missiles

Russia has sent around 10,000 naturalized citizens to fight in Ukraine, a top official said Thursday, adding that some had chosen to leave the country rather than face being enlisted. Moscow has been accused of pressuring Central Asian migrants to join its armed forces amid an intense recruitment drive to...

Russia Sent 10,000 Naturalized Citizens to Fight in Ukraine: Official

Fox News

An alleged plot to overthrow the Ukrainian government by forcibly ousting military and civilian leadership in Kyiv was stopped by security officials following a months-long investigation.

Ukraine thwarts plot to overthrow government in failed coup attempt

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he is drawing up a “comprehensive plan” on ending the war with Russia that he would put forward in a matter of months. Thousands have died since the war started on Feb. 24, 2022, when Russia attempted to invade Ukraine, and the two sides appear far apart on a peace […]

Zelensky reveals timeline for ‘plan’ to end war in Ukraine: ‘We don’t have too much time’

Bianna Golodryga speaks to former CIA Senior Analyst Sue Mi Terry about Vladimir Putin’s trip to North Korea.

‘Putin is very desperate’, says former CIA Senior Analyst

Axios

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Ukraine has \"freaking decimated\" Russia's military, Biden says

Russia's military has been \"freaking decimated\" throughout Moscow's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, President Biden said in a wide-ranging interview with Time magazine published on Tuesday. Why...

Russia's military has been "freaking decimated" throughout Moscow's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, President Biden said in a wide-ranging interview with Time magazine published on Tuesday. Why...

Ukraine has "freaking decimated" Russia's military, Biden says

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