Before the Bagel There Were Baranki and Apple Jelly

As soon as our compatriots hear the word “baranka” — a hard round bread roll — they immediately begin to hum the famous song “Golden Domed Moscow” where “candy and baranki are like swan sleighs…” It’s good that Putin’s patriots don’t know the awful truth: this anthem of the old Russia we lost is set…

Two Killed in Overnight Strikes on Ukraine

At least two people were killed and four wounded in a Russian airstrike overnight on Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, the regional prosecutor said Saturday. “Around 3:15 in the morning the enemy launched a missile attack on the town of Barvinkove, in Izyum district,” the prosecutor said in a statement. The prosecuted said two men aged…