Tennis players from Russia and Belarus will be allowed to compete at Wimbledon 2023 as neutrals after being fully banned from the tournament last year following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As neutrals, Russian and Belarusian athletes won’t have flags shown next to their names, nor will their national anthems be …
Read More »The Forgotten Villages of Ukraine's 'Zero Line'
BILOZERKA COMMUNITY, UKRAINE – The van bursts out of a treeline and there is black smoke in the distance. I see it from the right side window as we turn east down a dirt road. “Where’s that coming from?” I ask the aid workers in the front seat. “I think …
Read More »Iranian Weapons Are Now Being Used on Both Sides of the Ukraine War
The video shows a Ukrainian soldier unboxing his prize to a soundtrack of dance beats — a brand-new crate of 125mm tank ammunition. On the surface, the clip posted to social media is no different than thousands that Ukrainian soldiers have filmed depicting the day-to-day logistical drudgery of war. But …
Read More »Putin Continues to Terrorize This Ukraine City, Long After His Troops Left
KHERSON, Ukraine — The city is free between the hours of eight a.m. and three p.m. The rest of the day belongs to the Russians: by late afternoon, the streets are empty, the few businesses left operating mostly closed. Traffic dies down to almost nothing. Before the war, 220,000 people …
Read More »These Musicians are Supplying Ukraine With Drones
Speaking by Zoom from an undisclosed location in the north of Ukraine, Andrii Dmytrenko points to the knee pads hidden beneath his fatigues. The uniform is a far cry from what he would have worn onstage with his alt-pop band Adm:t, for which he’s lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist, but …
Read More »Trump Defends Putin as Biden Visits War-Torn Ukraine
Donald Trump on Monday night touted his great relationship with Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin and defended his past assertion that he trusted the foreign leader over his own intelligence community. “Putin never, ever would have gone into Ukraine if I were president,” Trump told supporters at a Florida rally. “I …
Read More »President Biden Makes Surprise Visit to Ukraine
President Joe Biden arrived in Ukraine’s capital city of Kyiv on Monday in an early morning surprise visit to underscore American support for President Volodymyr Zelensky and his war efforts against Russia. Shrouded in secrecy, and coming days before the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion, the trip marks the first …
Read More »Russia Asks 'Putin Apologist' Roger Waters to Speak on Ukraine Weapons at UN
Russia has invited Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters — who has never held office, but has been involved in left-field political rants in the past — to speak to diplomats at the United Nations about the delivery of weapons to Ukraine on Wednesday, according to a Reuters report. “Let’s see what …
Read More »How Do You Hide a 255-Foot Superyacht? Poorly
How Do You Hide a 255-Foot Superyacht? If you’re Putin crony and sanctioned-billionaire Viktor Vekselberg, the answer is relatively straightforward: pay someone else to do it for you. Unfortunately for Vekselberg, the men he delegated the task to fell short of expectations, causing his $90 million superyacht, Tango, to become …
Read More »'There Will Be No Third World War': Zelensky Interrupts Golden Globes With Powerful Message
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had a strong message to share during the Golden Globes Tuesday: the war with Russia is not yet over, but Ukraine will be victorious. After being introduced by Sean Penn, Zelensky shared a pre-recorded message where he assured attendees at the film and TV awards ceremony …
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