Ukraine-Russia War

Russia sentences Pussy Riot activist to six years in absentia for Ukraine 'war fakes'

The Moscow court said Shtein, who served as a Moscow municipal deputy until 2022, would begin her sentence once she could be extradited to Russia.

By REUTERS
27/03/2024

Russian foreign ministry: hard to believe Islamic State could launch Moscow attack

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the massacre and US officials say they have intelligence showing it was carried out by the network's Afghan branch, Islamic State Khorasan.

By REUTERS
27/03/2024

'Lives in danger' after Navalny's death, says wife of dissident Kara-Murza

Vladimir Kara-Murza, who suffers from a neurological condition after surviving two attempts to poison him, was transferred to a new Siberian penal colony in January.

By REUTERS
25/03/2024

Residential building damaged amid several explosions heard in Kyiv

Three story building in Kyiv targeted by Russian missiles on Monday, with missile debris falling in three other districts within the city.

By REUTERS
25/03/2024

Russia casts doubt on Islamic State responsibility for concert attack

Russia on Monday cast doubt on assertions by the United States that the Islamic State militant group was responsible for a gun attack on a concert hall outside Moscow that killed 137 people.

By REUTERS
25/03/2024

Fire at Russian power plant takes two units offline, governor says

A fire today at a power plant in Russia's Rostov closed two power units, briefly disrupting supply.

By REUTERS
25/03/2024

Holiday on the frontlines: 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers given Purim gifts

FJCU said that it was holding the megillah reading in almost 60 cities and towns in Ukraine. Beyond soldiers, the organization distributed 40,000 Purims across 180 Jewish communities.  

Poland scrambles jets after Russian air attack on western Ukraine

Russia launched a major air attack on Ukraine Sunday morning, leading to air alerts in the entire country, and a directive that citizens not leave their shelters.

24/03/2024

Jewish orphanage accepts two siblings from Kyiv suffering from malnutrition

With the help of a Chabad emissary in Kyiv, the siblings found a new home at the Mishpacha orphanage

Russia to close some Siberian prisons as inmates are fighting in Ukraine, Kommersant newspaper

Russia decided to shut down some of its prisons as a result of a major prisoner draft for the ongoing war in Ukraine.

By REUTERS
21/03/2024
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