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It's Game Over for Gazprom in Ukraine

Ukraine halts Russian gas supplies to European customers

(Newser) - Ukraine on Wednesday halted Russian gas supplies to European customers that pass through the country after a prewar transit deal expired at the end of last year. The New York Times reports Ukraine refused to renew the deal. At a summit in Brussels last month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed...

Putin Says Sorry for 'Tragic Incident' After Plane Crash

But Russian leader stops short of saying Russia downed Azerbaijan Airlines flight that killed 38

(Newser) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a "tragic incident" following the crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people, but he stopped short of acknowledging that Moscow was responsible. Putin's apology came amid mounting allegations that...

US Sees 'Early Indications' Russia Took Down Airliner

Kirby says assessment is based on more than photos

(Newser) - Azerbaijan Airlines said Friday its preliminary investigation findings indicate its airliner crashed because of "external physical and technical interference." The Biden administration said there's reason to think the cause of that interference was the Russian military, the Washington Post reports. "We have seen some early indications...

'Worrying Catalog' of Flight Dangers Gets a New Entry

Missile strikes emerge as leading killer of airline passengers over last 10 years

(Newser) - Flying has become safer over the years, in general—but if you're flying near a conflict zone, there's some cause for concern. Missiles have become the biggest killer of airline passengers over the past decade, reports the Wall Street Journal . If Wednesday's crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines...

Report: Ukraine's First North Korean POW Dies

Unnamed soldier succumbed to 'serious injuries,' according to South Korean spy agency

(Newser) - A North Korean soldier became the first of his country taken as a prisoner of war by Ukraine shortly before dying of his injuries, according to reports. The Yonhap news agency reported the death Friday, citing a statement from South Korea's spy agency, which had previously confirmed Ukraine's...

Pilots in Christmas Crash With 29 Survivors Hailed as Heroes

Nearly half the passengers on Azerbaijan Airlines flight survived

(Newser) - Incredibly, almost half of the passengers aboard Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 survived when the plane went down in Kazakhstan on Christmas Day . Among the 38 killed were the two pilots, but the airline was hailing those pilots and the rest of the crew as heroes, saying they saved the lives...

Attack Sank Russian Ship in the Mediterranean, Owner Says

Oboronlogistika says freighter was downed by a series of explosions

(Newser) - The Russian operator of a cargo ship that sank in the Mediterranean Sea between Spain and Algeria said Thursday that it had been hit by a series of explosions in an act of sabotage, reports the AP . Oboronlogistika, a state-controlled company that operated the Ursa Major freighter, said it was...

Russia 'Likely' Shot Down Passenger Jet

Aviation security firm warns airlines operating in the same region

(Newser) - Investigators are still trying to figure out why an Azerbaijani passenger plane crashed on Christmas Day , and accusations are percolating that Russia is responsible. The details:
  • The aviation security firm Osprey Solutions has warned airlines operating in the same region that Azerbaijan Airlines' Embraer 190 "was likely shot down
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Zelensky: Russia's Christmas Attack Is 'Inhumane'

Barrage on power grid leaves about a half-million people without power

(Newser) - Russia launched a major strike on Ukraine's power grid Wednesday morning as millions celebrated Christmas, reports the BBC .
  • Moscow sent a barrage of missiles and drones toward various targets, striking a thermal power plant and forcing an estimated half-million people to seek shelter in metro stations, per the AP
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Russia Sentences American to 15 Years for Spying

Eugene Spector was previously convicted of bribery in Russia

(Newser) - A US citizen is to spend the next 15 years in a high-security Russian prison following a spying conviction on Tuesday. Eugene Spector, who was born in the former Soviet Union and later moved to the US and received US citizenship, is already serving a three-and-a-half year sentence in Russia...

That's No Elephant. That's a Mammoth.

50K-year-old juvenile mammoth carcass discovered in Russia's thawing permafrost

(Newser) - Russian scientists have unveiled what they say is the best-preserved mammoth carcass ever discovered—that of a juvenile dubbed "Yana." The female mammoth, believed to have been about a year old when she died an estimated 50,000 years ago, was discovered this summer in thawing permafrost in...

Kremlin: Nope, Assad Isn't Headed for Divorce

Russia denies Turkish media reports that ex-Syrian dictator and Asma Assad are splitting

(Newser) - Russia on Monday addressed divorce rumors concerning Bashar al-Assad and his wife, Asma al-Assad, denying them outright. "No, they do not correspond to reality," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on a conference call about the media reports out of Turkey alleging the Assads' split, per Reuters . Peskov also...

Putin Vows to Ask Assad About Austin Tice

Russian president speaks on Ukraine war, Syria upheaval in his hourslong annual address

(Newser) - If Russia's reputation has been made weaker by its ongoing war in Ukraine and the recent regime change in Syria, Vladimir Putin isn't acknowledging it. At his annual news conference and call-in show in Moscow on Thursday, which the AP deemed a "tightly choreographed event" that lasted...

Assassinated Russian General Spread Wild Claims About US

Kirillov claimed US-sponsored labs were working on pathogens designed to infect Russians

(Newser) - The Russian general assassinated in Moscow on Tuesday was responsible for spreading misinformation as well as chemical weapons, Western officials say. Ukraine's security services have claimed responsibility for the killing of Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, chief of Russia's Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Protection Troops.
  • Misinformation. Kirillov spread misinformation
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Russia Says It Has Man Who Placed Moscow Bomb

Suspect said Ukraine offered him $100K, European residency, according to FSB

(Newser) - Russia says it's detained a man who confessed to planting and detonating the bomb that killed a top Russian general in Moscow on Tuesday. Ukraine took responsibility for the killing of Igor Kirillov, chief of Russia's Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Protection Troops, after charging him in absentia with...

Ukraine Takes Out Russian 'War Criminal' on His Home Turf

Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov was accused by the West of overseeing the use of chemical weapons

(Newser) - Ukraine says it assassinated a top Russian general responsible for the use of chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops on Tuesday. Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, chief of Russia's Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Protection Troops, and his assistant died outside an apartment building in Moscow when a bomb concealed in an...

Gershkovich Reports From 'Unique Vantage Point'

He looks at powerful but little-known Russian agency that has been arresting Americans

(Newser) - Evan Gershkovich says that when he was arrested in Russia last year and became the first foreign correspondent charged with espionage since the Cold War, he "never stopped reporting." In his first piece for the Wall Street Journal since he was released in August after 16 months in...

Tigers Raised Together, Released Apart Are Now Mates

Love story is one part of a conservation success that could see tigers repopulate Russian range

(Newser) - Siberian tigers inhabit only a tiny pocket of their historical range in Russia's Far East, but a feline love story is raising hopes that the endangered species—numbering no more than 750—could repopulate much of Asia. The story begins in the early 2010s when scientists rescued six orphaned...

Zelensky's Update on Ukraine's War Death Toll Differs From Trump's

Ukraine president gives 'rare update' on death toll, says 43K soldiers have died

(Newser) - In a social media post Sunday, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said 43,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died since Russia invaded the country in 2022. In what the BBC calls a "rare update" on war casualties, he said another 370,000 injuries have been reported, though some of those injuries...

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Russia Says It's Taken In Assad

Biden tells nation US actions 'shifted the balance of power' in the Middle East

(Newser) - Ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has arrived in Moscow with his family, Russian state media reported Sunday, and was granted asylum "for humanitarian reasons." The report could not immediately be confirmed by outside outlets. Russia had supported Assad's government, and a Kremlin official said Syrian rebels provided...

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