Russia-Ukraine war

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Nobody Seems to Know This Oligarch's Role in Peace Talks

Roman Abramovich seems to be ever-present, and he may have been poisoned for his trouble

(Newser) - One of the people spotted at the Russian-Ukraine peace talks on Tuesday was Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, which turns out to be interesting on a few fronts. For one thing, reports emerged Monday that Abramovich had been poisoned along with Ukrainian diplomats during peace talks in early March. All of...

Russia Says It Will Scale Back Kyiv Attacks

Declaration comes as peace talks wrap up for the day in Turkey

(Newser) - Some actual signs of hope in the Ukraine war? Russian and Ukrainian diplomats met for three hours on Tuesday in Turkey, reports the BBC , and some positive-sounding headlines have emerged in the immediate aftermath:
  • Kyiv: Russia said it would "fundamentally" cut back military operations around the capital of Kyiv
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&#39;The Whole World Is Waiting&#39;
'The Whole World Is Waiting'
Mar 29, 2022 6:33 AM CDT

'The Whole World Is Waiting'

Face-to-face talks between Russia and Ukraine underway in Turkey

(Newser) - The first face-to-face talks between Russian and Ukrainian diplomats in more than two weeks was underway Tuesday morning in Turkey, though expectations of a major breakthrough were small. "The whole world is waiting ... for good news from you," said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as he opened the...

Graphic Video Shows Violent Treatment of Russian POWs

Video has not yet been independently verified as authentic

(Newser) - A video that the New York Times has deemed too graphic to post shows Russian prisoners of war in Ukraine being beaten and shot in the legs. The video, shared online elsewhere Sunday, shows people who appear to be Ukrainian soldiers interrogating five prisoners who are on the ground, bound,...

Amnesty Accuses Russia of War Crimes in Mariupol

'That is the reality of Ukraine right now'

(Newser) - Amnesty International is accusing Russia of committing war crimes in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol. The human rights organization will soon release an in-depth report on the devastation caused by Russia's assault on the city on the Sea of Azov, Amnesty's Secretary-General Agnes Callamard said at a...

Russia's Leading Independent Paper Halts Operations

'Novaya Gazeta' received repeated warnings from authorities

(Newser) - Russia's leading independent newspaper suspended operations Monday after pressure from Russian authorities, a move that comes less than six months after its editor won the Nobel Peace Prize for his paper’s courageous reporting under difficult circumstances. The paper, Novaya Gazeta, said it will remain closed for the duration...

Oligarch in Peace Talks May Have Been Poisoned

'Wall Street Journal' reports on Roman Abramovich, who is recovering

(Newser) - The Wall Street Journal is out with a startling, if unconfirmed, story about peace talks to end Russia's war in Ukraine. The newspaper reports that a Russian oligarch who is participating in the talks has been the victim of suspected poisoning by hard-liners in his country who want to...

Ukraine Official: Russia Wants to Split Ukraine in Half
Zelensky Accuses
West of Cowardice
Mar 28, 2022 12:09 AM CDT

Zelensky Accuses West of Cowardice

As top Ukraine official issues a warning

(Newser) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused the West of cowardice Sunday while another top official said Russia was trying to split the nation in two, like North and South Korea, the AP reports. Zelensky made an exasperated plea for fighter jets and tanks to help defend his country from Russia’s...

Biden&#39;s Big Line on Putin Wasn&#39;t Planned
Biden's
Big Line
on Putin
Wasn't Planned
the rundown
Mar 27, 2022 7:04 AM CDT

Biden's Big Line on Putin Wasn't Planned

US continues to insist White House isn't advocating regime change in Russia

(Newser) - The fallout continues over President Biden's bombshell of a line about Vladimir Putin on Saturday: “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power.” Biden delivered the line at the end of a speech in Poland, and both Politico and the Washington Post say the president...

Strikes Hit Lviv, Where Ukrainians Felt Safer
Rocket Attacks Shake
Security of Lviv
the rundown
Mar 26, 2022 5:50 PM CDT

Rocket Attacks Shake Security of Lviv

No city in Ukraine is safe now, new arrival says

(Newser) - Multiple rockets struck Lviv on Saturday, injuring at least five people and unnerving the western Ukraine city that people have fled to for its relative safety during the Russian invasion. An oil depot and a factory linked to the military were hit, the regional governor said. A large plume of...

Biden Denounces Putin, Saying He 'Cannot Remain in Power'

Kremlin says that's Russia's decision, and White House aide says it wasn't a call for a regime change

(Newser) - President Biden denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin in his strongest terms yet on Saturday, calling him "a butcher" after meeting with Ukrainian refugees and saying he "cannot remain in power" in a forceful speech in Warsaw. Biden's declaration came at the end of an address intended to...

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...

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