Section: Newsweek (USA)
Russian Awards For Combat Surge Since Ukraine Conflict: Report
Thousands of Russian armed forces have taken part in operations in eastern Ukraine, according to Russian military awards analysis by investigative group Bellingcat. The report, published Wednesday, is one of the latest to contest Moscow’s claims that the pro-Russian armed separatists stationed on Ukraine’s eastern border regions with...
Russia Practices Shooting Air Incursion Jets Near Black Sea
Russia has shot down over 30 targets of jets in an anti-aircraft drill around the Black Sea, practicing military readiness in case of air incursions, state news agency Itar-Tass reports. Russian President Vladimir Putin called for snap military exercises of Russian military units across the country earlier this month, finishing this week. The...
Kiev and Moscow Call For End in Fighting for First Day of School
Ukraine and Russia’s representatives in trilateral peace talks are calling for an end to all hostilities in the region by midnight, Wednesday, ahead of the start of the new school year. Following talks in Belarus between Ukraine, Russia and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe ( OSCE ), all three parties are calling for a...
Obama and Putin Informal Meeting At G20 Likely
U.S. President Barack Obama will likely have a face-to-face conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of next week’s G20 summit, a White House adviser told Radio Free Europe. U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes said no formal meeting between the two leaders had been agreed, but admitted it is...
New Session, Same Crises and Challenges for European Union
The European Union grinds back into action this week after its August break, still dazed by Britain’s midsummer vote to quit the EU and facing much the same “polycrisis” as a year ago: a mass of refugees, a fragile economy, hostile Russians and, yes, those Brits, now more awkward than ever. When President Jean-Claude Juncker...
Ukraine Claims Rebels Heavy Vehicles Increase Tenfold
The number of tanks in rebel-held eastern Ukraine has increased 20 times in two years, while the number of armored fighting vehicles has spiked more than tenfold, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister on Euro-Atlantic Integration, Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, announced on Friday. Ukraine has been fighting pro-Russian separatist groups in its...
Chinese Cyber Attacks on Russia Nearly Triple
Despite numerous reports of Russian cyberattacks on the West in the last year, the country is also the target of plenty of hack attempts itself—from China, Bloomberg reports. Politically China and Russia have moved closer, as Moscow seeks to fill the economic gap left by reduced trade with the EU and the U.S. as a result of trade sanctions...
Putin Wants Ukraine for His ‘Russian Empire’, Warns President Poroshenko
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko believes his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin wants to return to Ukraine to the “Russian Empire,” he told CNN in an interview on Wednesday. Poroshenko, who was due to meet Putin along with the leaders of France and Germany next month, before Putin decided he did not want to, spoke on the 25th...
Japanese Driver Kills Woman While Playing Pokemon Go Behind the Wheel
A Japanese driver who was playing Pokémon Go behind the wheel has killed a woman after hitting two pedestrians with his car. The 39-year-old man has been taken into custody after admitting to not watching the road due to playing the augmented reality game. The other pedestrian was seriously injured. The suspect was named as Keiji Goo, a farmer,...
Hackers Post ‘Ukraine Is No More’ on Governments’ Social Media Accounts
Ukraine’s National Guard and Armed Forces were given an unwanted independence day gift, as hackers seized their social media channels and declared in Russian “Ukraine is no more.” The apparent hack occurred shortly after midday, while Ukraine’s top officials were still taking part in celebrations, marking the 25 anniversary since the...
