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War in Ukraine
On Aug. 16, 1954, the Ukrainian Service of the US-financed Radio Liberation (later Radio Liberty) made its first broadcast from Munich to Soviet-ruled Ukraine. Here is the text of that message.
Aug. 16, 2023
Russia
While the Kremlin hopes the new cryptocurrency will revive Russia’s flagging economy and help evade sanctions, experts are warning it will be “the ultimate social control tool.”
Aug. 16, 2023
Ukraine
Ukrainian leaders responded angrily to a high-ranking NATO bureaucrat’s “probable solution” of swapping territory that Russia is occupying for membership in the Alliance.
Aug. 16, 2023
Russia
Moscow in April branded Finland's membership of the western alliance an "assault on our security" and vowed to "take countermeasures... in tactical and strategic terms".
Aug. 16, 2023
War in Ukraine
Kyiv announces liberation of Urozhaine; heavy battles raging near Robotyne and Verbove with possibly significant gains for Ukraine; elite air assault units make deep strikes in the south.
Aug. 16, 2023
War in Ukraine
The air attack is at least the fifth this month over the Kaluga region that Russia says it has thwarted.
Aug. 16, 2023
Ukraine
Your news for the morning of Wednesday, August 16 – Day 539 of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine.
Aug. 16, 2023
War in Ukraine
The Swedish company SKF confirmed three of its employees died in the attack which Russia said damaged “Ukraine's military-industrial complex.”
Aug. 15, 2023
War in Ukraine
After the attack on a Russian military command post, the Mariupol city council reports that 50 Russian soldiers were hospitalized in the city, with more than a dozen fatalities.
Aug. 15, 2023
Russia
The IOC has yet to make a decision on whether Russians and Belarusians can take part in the Paris Games – which run from July 26 to August 11 2024 – as neutral competitors.
Aug. 15, 2023
Putin
The Russian President and Defense Minister used opening addresses at a military trade show near Moscow to claim Russian technical superiority against “much-hyped” Western weapons.
Aug. 15, 2023
Putin
The conference was intended as “an essential platform for open discussion of the most pressing global and regional security issues” – more accurately to blame everyone else for the war in Ukraine.
Aug. 15, 2023
Russia
The bad news keeps coming for Russians – not only is the money in their pockets worth less and less, they now have to contend with a 12 percent interest rate.
Aug. 15, 2023
Russia
As long as the war continues, it gets worse for the Russian economy. Hiking policy rates won’t solve anything, they might temporarily slow the pace of depreciation of the rouble, the author writes.
Aug. 15, 2023
War in Ukraine
According to reports, a tussle between two units fighting for Russia escalated from a knife brawl to a full-on shooting match with grenade launchers and automatic weapons.
Aug. 15, 2023
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The June 19 defense pact signed between Russia and North Korea included a promise to provide military assistance to one another – within days Pyongyang said it was sending troops to Ukraine.
Jun. 26