Ukraine said Russian shelling of a border village in the northeastern Sumy region on Tuesday killed three people, including a seven-year-old child. The office of Ukraine’s Prosecutor General said Russia shelled civilian areas in Seredyna-Buda, a village on the border with Russia, at around 12:30 pm local time. “Two dead women and two wounded men…
SYUNIK PROVINCE, Armenia — “When I go to bed at night, I don’t think: ‘Is my phone on charge or have I brushed my teeth?’ I think: Do I know where my parents are and is my bag packed to evacuate?” These are the nightly thoughts of Mariam, a 22-year-old teacher living in southern Armenia’s…
Finland’s prime minister said Tuesday that the country will temporarily close its last border crossing with Russia following an influx of migrants that Helsinki claims is a “hybrid operation” orchestrated by Moscow. Interior Minister Mari Rantanen said the closure would come into effect overnight between Wednesday and Thursday and last until Dec. 13. The Nordic…
Relatives of mobilized Russian soldiers sent to fight in Ukraine have started placing anti-mobilization stickers on their cars as they continue to call for the return of their loved ones from the front. Images shared by the Put’ Domoi (“Way Home”) Telegram channel, a group of relatives calling for an end to mobilization in Russia,…
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania said Tuesday that their top diplomats will not take part in an upcoming OSCE meeting in the North Macedonian capital Skopje over the decision to invite Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. In a joint statement, the Baltic countries’ foreign ministers said Lavrov’s planned attendance “risks legitimizing aggressor Russia as a rightful member of…
Russia’s parliament will officially announce the start of the 2024 presidential race on Dec. 13, the head of Russia’s Communist Party Gennady Zyuganov told reporters during a press briefing on Tuesday. Next year’s presidential election is scheduled to take place in March, with President Vladimir Putin widely expected to run for a fifth term in…
A Moscow court on Tuesday said it had extended the detention of U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested in Russia earlier this year on spying charges. The court said Gershkovich’s “period of detention” was extended by two more months until January 30. The 32-year-old Wall Street Journal correspondent in Moscow, his employer and the…
Under the grant program of Vostsibneftegas (a member of Rosneft Oil Company), scientists of the Federal Research Center “Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center SB RAS” studied the ability of Evenkiya forest to restore.