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JTA — Why haven’t Russian troops more forcefully attacked Dnipro, the Ukrainian city that is a spiritual center of the Chabad Hasidic Orthodox movement? According to one provocative Ukrainian Jewish oligarch, the answer is an ancient Kabbalistic curse against Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Hennady Korban, who was stripped of his Ukrainian…

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WASHINGTON — Russian dissident Alexei Navalny has been placed in solitary confinement at the remote penal colony where he is serving a nine-year sentence for supposed fraud, raising renewed concerns for the safety of Vladimir Putin’s top political foe. On his Twitter account, Navalny said that he had been placed…

Philippines in talks to buy US helicopters after dropping Russia deal The Philippines is looking to buy heavy-lift Chinook helicopters from the United States, after scrapping a deal with Russia worth 12.7 billion pesos (£188 million) in order to avoid sanctions, Manila's ambassador to Washington has said. In June, days…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Monday, promising to expand cooperation between the two countries despite being increasingly ostracized on the world stage.  "It said that we would continue to expand the comprehensive and…

A Russian paratrooper has revealed devastating failings inside Vladimir Putin’s military machine. Pavel Filatiev, 33, has written a new book highlighting appalling shortcomings from ill-fitting uniforms to rusty machine guns to army medics without syringes or painkillers. The paratrooper was part of the original botched invasion launched by Putin on…

yesterday05:00 Jack Walters That's all from Ukraine Live reporting tonightThanks for following our live Ukraine coverage tonight. yesterday03:30 Jack Walters Putin's humiliation on show as Russian troop abandons tank and flees on foot after ambushA Russian troop was forced to run away on foot after the tank he was in was…

The Rhine near the key waypoint Kaub, in Germany, on Friday Credit: Thomas Frey/dpa via AP Western sanctions have ‘limited impact’ on Putin regime, warns International Energy Agency GDP fell by 0.1pc in second quarter, first decline since early 2021 FTSE 100 adds 0.5pc Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: The next PM should not…

It has been a difficult week for the Kremlin. For one, a devastating attack on a Russian air base in occupied Crimea had government officials and state media outlets scrambling to convince citizens that Ukrainian forces weren’t responsible for the explosions that rocked the Saki air base, as an exodus…

Sanctions imposed on Russian oil have only had a “limited impact” on production despite a concerted Western effort to isolate Vladimir Putin’s regime, experts have warned. Although Russian oil exports to Europe and the US have dropped in the wake of a crackdown across the Western world, the International Energy…