The US will allow Ukraine to fire long-range weapons at Russian territory
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has signaled that the United States and its partners will lift restrictions on long-range strikes on Russian territory. The decision is believed to have been made privately. The Secretary of State said in Kyiv that the United States will continue to review its policy on the use of…
KVN host Alexander Maslyakov has died: how will we remember him and what will happen to the Club of the cheerful and resourceful
In Moscow, the host and director of the KVN program, as well as the president of the Club of the Funny and Inventive, Alexander Maslyakov, has died at the age of 82. The cause of the showman's death has not been reported, but it is known that his health has noticeably worsened after his second postponement in 2022…
The Russians hit a hotel in Kramatorsk: a famous Reuters journalist was killed, two of his colleagues were injured
A British security adviser for the Reuters news agency was killed and the agency's journalists were injured when a Russian missile hit a hotel in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, on the evening of August 24, CNN reports. A team of six members of the Reuters news agency were staying at the Sapphire Hotel while covering the war...
An American woman was sentenced in Russia to 12 years in prison for donating $51
On August 15, a Russian court sentenced Russian-American Ksenia Karelina to 12 years in a maximum security colony on charges of treason. Arriving in Russia to visit her loved ones, she was arrested for donating $51 to an American humanitarian organization helping Ukrainian victims...
An American was arrested for attacking a policeman in Russia: he faces 5 years in prison
A US citizen has been charged with committing a criminal offense in Russia. He allegedly attacked a police officer at a prestigious Moscow hotel, CBS News reported, citing Russian news agencies. As reported, the Russian Investigative Committee said that the American had become aggressive...
Ukrainian offensive on Kursk: Russian territory occupied for the first time since World War II
On August 6, Ukrainian forces crossed the border and headed to the Kursk region. A week later, Ukraine has advanced some 30 kilometers into the region and now controls 100 square kilometers of Russian territory. More than 000 residents from 100 settlements fled. World...
Ukrainian Armed Forces offensive on Kursk: Ukrainian military builds fortifications; Russian propagandists call it 'the worst thing that could happen'
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said that Ukraine launched an invasion of Russian territory to “restore justice” and put pressure on Moscow. On August 10, in his video message, he first raised the topic of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ offensive in the west of the Kursk region, writes Reuters. Meanwhile, the publication...
Ukraine received the first batch of F-16 fighters: how will this affect the course of the war
The first batch of long-awaited F-16 fighter jets has arrived in Ukraine, the Lithuanian Foreign Minister and a US official announced on July 31. Such assistance, according to Kyiv, will contribute to the restoration of the country's air force, writes Global News. F-16s made by Lockheed Martin have been on the list for a long time...
The mausoleum in the Kremlin is 100 years old, but only 23% of Lenin remains in it: the history of the strangest political monument in the world
On August 1, 1924, six months after the death of Vladimir Lenin, a mausoleum was opened on Red Square in Moscow, where the body of the Bolshevik leader was put on display. Since then, the mausoleum has served as the main tribune of the country; the leader’s body was evacuated during the war,...
'Our Alaska': Russian state television again threatens to take away the state from the United States
The odious Russian propagandist and TV presenter Olga Skabeeva said on television that Alaska belongs to Russia. During the broadcast of the “60 Minutes” program on the Russia-1 channel, Skabeeva called the American state “our Alaska.” Alaska once truly belonged to Russia, but in 1867...