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On Aug. 14, 45 Russian diplomats were expelled from Chisinau for “activities incompatible with their diplomatic status,”- i.e. spying.
Aug. 16, 2023
War in Ukraine
The announcement came a day after Moscow said it had prevented Ukrainian militants from infiltrating the Bryansk region, which has regularly seen similar attacks.
Aug. 16, 2023
Drones
Despite an overnight attack by Russian drones, the first ship departed from the port of Odesa following Moscow’s termination of the Black Sea Grain Deal.
Aug. 16, 2023
War in Ukraine
The perils that still awaits Ukrainian refugees if they decide to return home.
Aug. 16, 2023
Ukraine
Equipped with the best NATO-delivered infantry armored vehicles and Challenger tanks, the 82nd appears to already be making gains around the village of Robotyne.
Aug. 16, 2023
Russia
Why would Russian officials allow Alexei Navalny to continue writing critically of the Russian government from behind bars? Statistical analysis suggests a ghostwriter is the most likely author.
Aug. 16, 2023
War in Ukraine
Quickly assembled and dismantled, the prototype mobile pop-up Orthodox chapel is designed to serve the spiritual needs of Russian troops fighting in Ukraine.
Aug. 16, 2023
War in Ukraine
Gen. Sergei Surovikin, the commander of Russian forces in Ukraine, disappeared from view in the fall-out following June’s ill-fated Wagner rebellion led by his ally Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Aug. 16, 2023
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