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New Russian Radio Programming: Ukraine National Anthem

And anti-war protest songs; looks like somebody got hacked

(Newser) - Russian radio station Kommersant FM was hacked on Wednesday and was quickly pulled off the air after it started broadcasting Ukraine's national anthem and anti-war songs protesting Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "The radio station has been hacked. The internet stream will soon be reinstated," Kommersant said...

Ex-Russian PM: 'I'll Do Anything' to Disappear Ukrainians

Dmitry Medvedev's chilling social media rant is latest in former leader's turn to 'belligerent' rhetoric

(Newser) - A former president and prime minister of Russia who was once thought by some to be "a hope of Russian liberals and the West" isn't flying under that descriptor anymore after recent harsh statements against Ukrainians amid the Russian invasion . The Daily Beast reports that Dmitry Medvedev—who...

African Nations Face Tough Choice Over Stolen Grain

Should they decline to buy it from Russia, or use it to feed their people?

(Newser) - Ukraine says Russia has been stealing its grain since the invasion began, and the allegation isn't in much dispute, reports the New York Times . Now the US State Department is warning that Russia is trying to sell this "stolen Ukrainian grain" to other nations. The newspaper frames it...

Ukraine Argues With Macron on Humiliating Russia

French president had urged leaving a path for diplomacy, which didn't impress Ukrainian official

(Newser) - Ukraine's government made clear Saturday that it doesn't share French President Emmanuel Macron's concern about embarrassing Russia. "We must not humiliate Russia so that the day when the fighting stops we can build an exit ramp through diplomatic means," Macron had said in an interview...

Zelensky Offers Grim Stats on Ukrainian Troops

President says 60 to 100 soldiers are dying daily, but some note this will only galvanize Ukrainians

(Newser) - As soon as they'd finished burying a veteran colonel killed by Russian shelling, the cemetery workers readied the next hole. Inevitably, given how quickly death is felling Ukrainian troops on the front lines, the empty grave won't stay that way for long. Col. Oleksandr Makhachek left behind a...

Zelensky Talks 'One of Russia's Most Heinous War Crimes'

He says 200K children have been forcibly taken to Russia; millions of others are displaced

(Newser) - About two out of every three children in Ukraine have been displaced since war erupted nearly 100 days ago, according to the United Nations' children's agency. More than 5 million children—3 million in Ukraine and over 2.2 million in refugee-hosting countries—are in need of humanitarian assistance,...

Eye on Ukraine, Taiwanese Make a Move

Citizens who've never handled firearms are increasingly taking lessons in handling airsoft guns

(Newser) - China has scoffed at comparisons of itself and Taiwan to the Russian invasion of Ukraine . But that hasn't eased the fears of Taiwanese residents, who are now taking a step many never expected: getting firearms training. Although gun ownership is strongly regulated in Taiwan, people who've never picked...

Ukraine Will Get What It's Been Asking For

Biden confirmed the US will send advanced rocket systems

(Newser) - The US will supply Ukraine with advanced rocket systems to "help it strike enemy forces more precisely from a longer distance," per the BBC. Ukrainian officials have been begging for longer-range weapons to counter Russian firepower, which has pummeled cities and Ukrainian military positions in the Donbas region...

Biden: &#39;Americans Will Stay the Course&#39; With Ukraine
Biden: I Won't
Try to Oust Putin
OPINION
Jun 1, 2022 7:43 AM CDT

Biden: I Won't Try to Oust Putin

In 'NYT' op-ed, president vows to keep helping Ukraine, but says he doesn't want NATO-Russia war

(Newser) - President Biden has proclaimed the United States a staunch ally of Ukraine amid the Russian invasion there, and he re-upped that commitment Tuesday with a New York Times op-ed stressing America's main goal in the conflict: "to see a democratic, independent, sovereign, and prosperous Ukraine with the means...

Ukraine Has Been Declared a Crime Scene

ICC makes declaration as 15K war crimes have been reported since Russia invaded

(Newser) - Since Russia invaded Ukraine, around 15,000 suspected war crimes have been reported so far—and 200-300 more reports come in every day, Ukraine's chief prosecutor says. Several thousand of those were reported in the eastern Donbas region, where fighting is particularly heavy, the BBC reports. Some of the...

She Was the City&#39;s Only Doctor. Russians Put a Bag Over Her Head
She Was the
City's Only Doctor.
Russians Put a Bag
Over Her Head
in case you missed it
May 28, 2022 7:00 AM CDT

She Was the City's Only Doctor. Russians Put a Bag Over Her Head

Inside the horrors that befell Olena and her family in Hostomel

(Newser) - You likely know Ukraine's Bucha and Irpin and the horrors that have taken place there. Add Hostomel to that list. The small city north of Kyiv completes the "trio of satellites" that Danny Gold writes for Vanity Fair will "go down in history with the likes of...

It&#39;s Time for Biden to Stop &#39;Mollycoddling&#39;
It's Time for
Biden to Stop
'Mollycoddling'
OPINION
May 27, 2022 11:27 AM CDT

It's Time for Biden to Stop 'Mollycoddling'

Critics say he needs to arm Ukraine for victory, not compromise

(Newser) - America is spending billions of dollars to arm Ukraine, while holding back weapons that could provide victory over Russia—an apparent plan to force the two sides into a stalemate and give Ukraine more power at the bargaining table, the Economist reports. But not everyone is pleased with the strategy:...

Russian Soldier, 21, Thrown in Prison for Life for War Crime

Vadim Shishimarin says he was following orders to kill 62-year-old Ukrainian, asks widow to forgive him

(Newser) - In a big first in the ongoing war in Ukraine, a Russian soldier has been convicted of a war crime and sentenced to life behind bars. The Washington Post reports that 21-year-old Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin heard his fate Monday for a crime committed on Feb. 28, just days after the...

Dubya Makes 'Freudian Slip of the Century'

Former president slips up during speech, condemns invasion of Iraq instead of Ukraine

(Newser) - It's been awhile since we were treated to a Bushism , but the internet is once again delivering. The Hill reports that former President George W. Bush was speaking at an event in Dallas on Wednesday when he started slamming Russia's electoral system and how the country persecutes political...

In Battered Mariupol, Surrender at Last

1K holdout fighters have surrendered at steel plant; unclear if more remain inside

(Newser) - The battle that turned Mariupol into a worldwide symbol of defiance and suffering drew toward a close as Russia said Wednesday that nearly 1,000 last-ditch Ukrainian fighters who held out inside a pulverized steel plant had surrendered, the AP reports. The Ukrainian fighters who emerged from the ruined Azovstal...

He Wore a 'Z' After Medaling. Now, a Ban

Russian gymnast Ivan Kuliak sported letter, symbol of Russian invasion, while next to Ukrainian

(Newser) - The letter "Z," a letter proudly tied by the Russians to their invasion of Ukraine, has been spotted everywhere from military tanks to warmongering politicians. One of the country's gymnasts, however, is now paying the price for defiantly wearing his own version of it after medaling in...

Finland, Sweden Officially Want Their NATO Cards
Finland, Sweden
Apply to Join NATO
May 18, 2022 6:02 AM CDT

Finland, Sweden Apply to Join NATO

Spurred by Russian invasion of Ukraine, countries make big move

(Newser) - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that the military alliance stands ready to seize a historic moment and move quickly on allowing Finland and Sweden to join its ranks, after the two countries submitted their membership requests. The official applications, handed over by Finland's and Sweden's ambassadors...

The Fall of Mariupol Appears to Be at Hand

Ukraine abandons defense of steel plant

(Newser) - Mariupol appeared on the verge of falling to the Russians on Tuesday as Ukraine moved to abandon the steel plant where hundreds of its fighters had held out for months under relentless bombardment in the last bastion of resistance in the devastated city. The capture of Mariupol would make it...

Ukraine War Apparently Not Going Russia&#39;s Way
Ukraine War
Apparently Not
Going Russia's Way
THE RUNDOWN
May 16, 2022 6:57 AM CDT

Ukraine War Apparently Not Going Russia's Way

Numerous reports indicate its operation in Ukraine has stalled

(Newser) - The tide may be turning in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and not in the direction Russia wants it to be. A number of recent reports indicate things don't seem to be going so well for Russia:
  • NATO's take: "Russia's war in Ukraine is not going as Moscow
...

A Ukrainian Anthem Wins Eurovision Contest
Ukrainian Band Wins
Eurovision Song Contest
video
May 15, 2022 8:01 AM CDT

Ukrainian Band Wins Eurovision Song Contest

'Stefania' by Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra triumphs in the annual international competition

(Newser) - Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra won the Eurovision Song Contest, a clear show of popular support for the group's war-ravaged nation that went beyond music, per the AP . The band and its song “Stefania” beat 24 other performers early Sunday in the finals of the competition. The public vote...

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