Russia jails two more of its own warbloggers days apart—one for extortion, one for “justifying terrorism”
Both had cheered the invasion for years, and both had recently started blaming Russia's leadership for a war they say is going wrong.
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EU officials call to strip the IOC of funding after it reinstates Russia’s Olympic committee
Estonia will propose excluding the International Olympic Committee from EU programs, including Erasmus+, over the 7 July decision.
“Even 50% must be destroyed”: Russian MP openly calls for exterminating Ukrainians
Alexei Zhuravlyov told his interviewer that killing Ukrainians is justified "so that no one threatens us," calling the nation a "contagion."
Ukraine arrests eight people accused of cheering on Russian strikes from inside the country and spying
The cases run from Kyiv to Odesa, and one suspect allegedly urged Russia to hit Ukraine with a nuclear missile.
Ukraine denies biolab claims as Gabbard map mislocates Kyiv and invents city “Cherniv”
The foreign ministry said Russia's accusations were already reviewed by BTWC states and the UN Security Council in 2022.
Russian showed his military ID in mud and declared him dead. He survived and went back for gun
He also shot down eight Russian drones in the past few weeks.
Russians stormed empty houses for the cameras 26 km from the town they claimed to take—and Russia’s top general announced its “liberation”
Ukraine's own military command does not even list fighting for the place, which stays under its control beind the frontline.
Russia fabricated an arrest of Ukraine’s first lady—the named agencies deny it
Russian state-owned media disseminated the false claim, referring to unnamed "security structures," and the Ukrainian agencies say none of it is real.
For first time in war, Ukrainian strikes begin worrying Russians more than front
Meanwhile, Russian state TV gave the largest Moscow attack of the war under a minute.
Russia is fighting for a world that strips you of freedom, agency, and humanity
I spent two years in a Russian penal colony watching what Russia wants for the rest of us.
Nicolas Tenzer: stop talking about peace, the question is victory
French geopolitical expert on his book Our War, Putin's nihilist regime, and the strategic autonomy Europe must build with or without Washington
Russia’s “Great Victory” cult wasn’t built in 1945 — it was constructed in 1965
Russian propaganda presents May 9 as a sacred, unbroken tradition stretching back to 1945.
Russian occupation troops fighting in Ukraine are inspired by WWII “generation of victors,” says Putin at 9 May parade at Red Square
This year's parade had no columns of heavy military equipment. Since 2022, Russia has lost 11,894 tanks, 24,486 armored combat vehicles, 40,825 artillery systems, and 1,755 MLRS in Ukraine.
Ukraine emerged from WWII as a “defeated victor,” states Ukrainian historian
Historian Roman Kabachiy on Ukraine’s overlooked role in World War II and defeating Nazism, as well as the staggering human cost of Soviet and Axis rule.
Russian propaganda hailed Polish POW as defector — now Russia jails him for 13 years
Russia jailed 47-year-old Pole Krzysztof Flaczek for 13 years for fighting for Ukraine — as Moscow's own earlier "defector" propaganda about him quietly disappeared.
Russia works on giving Putin legal pretext to invade any country with Russian citizens in it
"Russophobia" Is now officially a reason for Russia to intervene.
Russia listed Ivory Coast as a “promising country” for influence operations — then ran four anti-Ukraine campaigns there in five months
Leaked documents from the Russian network "The Company," analyzed by France 24, reveal how Moscow ran four disinformation campaigns against Ukraine in Ivory Coast in 2024.
“Aggression cannot be normalized through sport”: Ukraine wins landmark chess ruling at CAS
CAS banned Russia from holding chess tournaments in occupied Ukraine. Moscow says it will ignore the ruling and risks a 3-year FIDE suspension.
The drones that crossed into Finland weren’t lost. Ukraine says Russia redirected them there on purpose.
Ukraine's foreign minister said intelligence data confirms the incidents are deliberate Russian provocations, not navigation failures.
Russia faked Ukrainian phone numbers to threaten Hungarians in Ukraine — to help Orbán win Hungary’s election, Kyiv says
Callers impersonating Ukrainian police demanded ethnic Hungarians leave Ukraine and threatened violence, but the SBU traced every call to Russian territory.