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Russian Forces Free American Seized While Evacuating

Minnesota native who was living in Ukraine has reached safety and his wife, stepdaughter

(Newser) - An American evacuee pulled from a bus by Russian forces while fleeing the Ukrainian city of Kherson has been released after being jailed for 10 days. Tyler Jacob, 28, was taken at a checkpoint in Russian-occupied Crimea, NBC News reports. His mother, Tina Hauser, said from Minnesota that after Kerson...

Near Ukraine Border, Biden Assesses Crisis

President meets with Poland's president as well as US troops

(Newser) - Just 60 miles from Ukraine, President Biden saluted Poland on Friday for welcoming more than 2 million refugees who have fled Russia's invasion. Then he met with humanitarian experts on the ground about what will be needed to mitigate the growing suffering. Biden said he had hoped to get...

Russian Comments Suggest a More Limited War Goal

Defense official says focus will be on eastern region of Donbas

(Newser) - Comments made by a Russian defense official on Friday are being interpreted as a signal that Moscow may be "scaling back its ambitions in Ukraine," as Reuters puts it. Maj. Gen. Sergei Rudskoi declared that the "first stage" of its military operation had been "mainly accomplished,...

US, EU Announce Massive Energy Deal
US, EU Announce
Massive Energy Deal
Mar 25, 2022 11:05 AM CDT

US, EU Announce Massive Energy Deal

Bloc is trying to cut reliance on Russia

(Newser) - Some of the hit to Russian exports from its invasion of Ukraine is going to become permanent. The US and the European Union have reached a deal that will reduce Europe's long-term reliance on Russian energy, the BBC reports. The EU currently gets around 40% of its liquefied natural...

Ukraine Shares Death Toll in Mariupol Theater Attack

'We still do not want to believe in this horror,' city council says

(Newser) - At least 300 people were killed in last week's Russian attack on a theater in Mariupol, Ukrainian authorities say. "We still do not want to believe in this horror," the city council said in a statement Friday, per CNN . "We still want to believe that everyone...

Ukraine Says Russia Has Taken 400K Civilian 'Hostages'

Moscow accused of confiscating passports of Mariupol residents

(Newser) - Ukraine is accusing Moscow of forcibly removing hundreds of thousands of civilians from shattered Ukrainian cities to Russia to pressure Kyiv to give up. Lyudmyla Denisova, Ukraine’s ombudsperson, said 402,000 people, including 84,000 children, had been taken against their will into Russia, where some may be used...

West Wrong to Assume World Has United Ukraine Stance

Western nations are indeed aligned, but this is not a 'global consensus,' writes Edward Luce

(Newser) - Edward Luce thinks what Russia is doing in Ukraine is "barbaric" and the West's united condemnation is laudable. But in an essay at the Financial Times , Luce warns that the West is, again, "mistaking its own unity for a global consensus." Consider the recent UN vote...

US: 4 Russians Tried to Hack Energy Sites

Justice Department calls cases a warning during Ukraine tensions

(Newser) - The Justice Department made public on Thursday charges against four Russians accused of trying to hack energy sites for their government. Had one of the efforts succeeded, US officials said in a statement, Russia would have gained the capability to disrupt energy sector computer systems whenever it wanted, which could...

Biden: I'd Be 'Lucky' if Trump Is Nominee

He also suggests Russia should be ejected from the G20

(Newser) - President Biden said Thursday he thinks Russia should lose its place in the Group of 20. At a news conference in Brussels after meetings with NATO allies over the invasion of Ukraine, Biden said he backed the ejection of Russia from the world forum but said it's up to...

Russian Journalist, a Putin Foe, Killed in Ukraine

Oksana Baulina worked to expose corruption inside Russia

(Newser) - Another journalist has been killed in Ukraine, this one hailing from Russia. Oksana Baulina died Wednesday during shelling in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, the BBC reports. The 42-year-old, who previously worked as a producer for jailed Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation, had been reporting for an...

US Plans to Welcome 100K Ukrainian Refugees

Programs will focus on those with family already in the US

(Newser) - More than 3.6 million people have fled Ukraine since the Russian invasion began a month ago, and the White House says the US will do its part to welcome refugees and assist those who remain in Europe. In a statement Thursday morning, the White House said the US is...

Ukrainian Armed Forces: 'Occupiers Are Burning'

Officials claim to have sunk Russian tank-landing ship, damaged others in Berdyansk

(Newser) - The Russian-controlled port of Berdyansk in southern Ukraine is burning. Videos shared on social media Thursday morning showed the port on the Sea of Azov, about 50 miles southwest of besieged Mariupol , where several Russian warships were docked, in flames as the Ukrainian Navy claimed to have sunk a Russian...

Russian Military Chiefs Aren't Taking Calls From US

'We must avoid a scenario of NATO and Russia sleepwalking into war'

(Newser) - Despite the clear risk of escalation, Russian military leaders have been ghosting their American counterparts since the invasion of Ukraine began. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Wednesday that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley have been trying to set up calls with Russia'...

Zelensky Calls for Global Peace Protests

'Say that people matter. Freedom matters. Peace matters'

(Newser) - Ukraine President Volodymr Zelensky called on people worldwide to gather in public Thursday to show support for his embattled country as he prepared to address President Biden and other NATO leaders gathered in Brussels on the one-month anniversary of the Russian invasion. "Come to your squares, your streets. Make...

Ukraine: Russia Destroyed Lab at Chernobyl

Control of radioactive material samples has been lost, Ukraine says

(Newser) - Russian military forces have destroyed a new laboratory at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant that among other things works to improve management of radioactive waste, the Ukrainian state agency responsible for the Chernobyl exclusion zone said Tuesday. The Russian military seized the decommissioned plant at the beginning of the war....

Russia Advertises for Drivers
Russia Advertises for Drivers
Mar 23, 2022 4:27 PM CDT

Russia Advertises for Drivers

Ukrainian agency warns that new hires could be forced to commit crimes

(Newser) - Russia is seeking truck drivers to move goods, including fuel, ostensibly along Ukraine's border with Russia and Belarus. But the Ukrainian government says the online ads really are looking for drivers from the area who are familiar with the roads, to help the Russian military in Ukraine, NPR reports....

NATO Says Up to 15K Russian Troops Dead in Ukraine

High end of estimate equals Soviet toll from 10 years of war in Afghanistan

(Newser) - NATO estimated on Wednesday that 7,000 to 15,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in four weeks of war in Ukraine, where fierce fighting by the country's fast-moving defenders has denied Moscow the lightning victory it sought. By way of comparison, Russia lost about 15,000 troops over...

US Now Unequivocal: Russia Has Committed War Crimes

Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the formal determination

(Newser) - The Biden administration on Wednesday made a formal determination that Russian troops have committed war crimes in Ukraine and said it would work with others to prosecute offenders. "Today, I can announce that, based on information currently available, the US government assesses that members of Russia’s forces have...

Survivor of Theater Bombing: 'Terrible Things Were Happening'

Those who made it out of devastation in Mariupol, Ukraine, detail the day's events

(Newser) - It was just one laser-guided bomb that destroyed a drama theater in Mariupol, Ukraine, last week. That's the conclusion of Mckenzie Intelligence Services, which performed an analysis of the attack for the BBC . But that single bomb is all it took to wreak devastating havoc, and the broadcaster is...

Biden Heads to Europe for &#39;Extraordinary&#39; NATO Summit
Biden Heads to Europe for
'Giant Meeting of NATO'
the rundown
Mar 23, 2022 9:15 AM CDT

Biden Heads to Europe for 'Giant Meeting of NATO'

New sanctions against Russia are expected

(Newser) - President Biden is headed to Europe Wednesday for a four-day trip that has Russia and the Ukraine at its nexus. As national security adviser Jake Sullivan put it to reporters on Tuesday, per the AP , "This war will not end easily or rapidly. For the past few months, the...

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