Russia-Ukraine war
Russia blames ‘phone scammers’ for tricking elderly into fire-bombing army enlistment offices
Most of the perpetrators of the recent attacks have been identified as aged 50 or older, according to media reports from two dozen Russian regions.
- by Nataliya Vasilyeva
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Russia targets Ukraine’s Danube port, sending global grain prices higher
“Moscow is waging a battle for a global catastrophe,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. “They need world food markets to collapse.”
- by Pavel Polityuk
‘House of cards’: Russia’s booming economy could lead to big problems
A spending splurge has boosted Russia’s economy but there are fears it is threatening the country’s financial stability.
- by Anatoly Kurmanaev
What the Niger coup could mean for Russia’s war in Ukraine
The military power grab is stoking fears Russia and the Wagner mercenary group could use the coup to their advantage.
- by Lucy Cormack and Chris Zappone
Russia invades Minecraft with anti-Ukrainian propaganda
“Glory to Russia,” declared a video tutorial on how to construct a flagpole with a Russian flag on Minecraft. It showed a Russian flag over a cityscape labelled Luhansk, one of the Ukrainian provinces that Russia has illegally annexed.
- by Steven Lee Myers and Kellen Browning
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Putin’s Russia flirts with nuclear catastrophe
Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has delivered a repulsive reminder of the threat of nuclear war.
- The Herald's View
Wagner is not recruiting mercenaries now, but ‘keep in touch’, says Prigozhin
The leader of the aborted “march for justice” on Moscow’s military leadership in late June has published a voice message to would-be fighters with his Wagner Group.
Russia’s Medvedev: We’d have to use a nuclear weapon if Ukrainian offensive was a success
Medvedev, who has cast himself as one of Moscow’s most hawkish voices, appeared to be referring to part of Russia’s nuclear doctrine.
- by Andrew Osborn
Drones strike Moscow buildings in latest wave of attacks, says Russia
The attacks upended the assumption of people in Moscow, 800 kilometres from Ukraine, that the fighting would never touch them.
- by Andrés R. Martínez
Russia extends campaign against Ukraine ports, striking another grain terminal
“In two or three months, we may not have a single port left,” said a spokesperson for the Ukrainian military southern command. “They want to have a monopoly on grain.”
- by Marc Santora and Victoria Kim
Ukraine to celebrate Christmas on December 25 and ‘abandon the Russian heritage’
A day before visiting special forces troops in the partially occupied Donetsk region, President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law bringing the country’s official Christmas holiday forward by 14 days.
- by Felipe Dana and Dasha Litvinova