A UTair Boeing 737, en route from Moscow to Khanty-Mansiysk in central Russia, was compelled to make an emergency return to Moscow due to a mechanical issue. This incident occurred while the aircraft was reportedly transporting a “radioactive cargo,” as stated by Russian sources linked to the security services.As perContinue Reading
MOSCOW: Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on social media on Friday that he had been informed of new criminal charges against him.Navalny, 47, is already serving sentences in a penal colony totalling more than 30 years on charges including extremism, which he denies, and has spent much of the lastContinue Reading
JERUSALEM: The Telegram channel of Israeli President Isaac Herzog was briefly hacked before being “very swiftly” restored, his spokesman said on Thursday.The breach on Wednesday evening was thought to be “criminal in nature”, the spokesman said, suggesting it was not linked to a foreign power or tied to the Israeli-PalestinianContinue Reading
KYIV: Fierce fighting raged Thursday in southeastern Ukraine, where a Western official said Kyiv has launched a major push and Russian President Vladimir Putin said “hostilities have intensified significantly.” Battles in recent weeks have taken place on multiple points along the over 1,000-kilometer (over 600-mile) front line as Ukraine wagesContinue Reading
KYIV: Sirens rang out shortly after midnight Thursday as Russia targeted Kyiv with a barrage of Iranian-made Shahed exploding drones that wounded two people and destroyed several homes.Explosions were heard in different parts of the city, and debris from intercepted drones fell on four districts of the Ukrainian capital, accordingContinue Reading
MOSCOW: Two people were killed and two injured by Ukrainian artillery fire on Russia’s Belgorod region on Saturday, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said. “Since this morning, settlements in the Shebekino urban district have been under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces,” he wrote on Telegram. On Friday, Gladkov said that moreContinue Reading
KYIV: Six civilians were killed and eight wounded in Russian shelling of Kostiantynivka in eastern Ukraine on Sunday morning, a senior Ukrainian official said.Kostiantynivka, home to about 70,000 people before the war, is just 20 km (12.5 miles) west of Bakhmut, the epicentre of fighting for at least eight monthsContinue Reading
KYIV: The Russian military reported on Monday that it shot down a Ukrainian drone approaching an airbase deep inside Russia, the second time the airbase has been targeted this month, raising questions about the effectiveness of Russia’s air defences if drones can fly that far into the country. Russia’s DefenseContinue Reading
KYIV: Ukrainian authorities reported explosions in at least three cities Friday, saying Russia has launched a major missile attack on energy facilities and infrastructure. Local authorities on social media reported explosions in the capital, Kyiv, southern Kryvyi Rih and northeastern Kharkiv as air raid alarms sounded across the country, warningContinue Reading
BALASHIKHA (RUSSIA): A shopping centre in the Moscow region was damaged in a major fire on Monday, emergency services said, the second such blaze in less than a week. Pictures published on Telegram by Russia’s emergencies ministry showed that the fire at a construction supplies hypermarket in Balashikha, a satelliteContinue Reading