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Satellite images taken on Tuesday afternoon by Maxar Technologies showed extensive flooding in southern Ukraine with the region's Nova Kahkovka dam and hydroelectric station largely destroyed. The critical dam, which lies along the Dnipro River in the parts of Ukraine's Kherson region now held by Russia, collapsed on Tuesday, flooding…

Troops’ use of patches bearing Nazi emblems risks fueling Russian propaganda and spreading imagery that the West has spent a half-century trying to eliminate. An image of a Ukrainian soldier wearing a patch containing the Totenkopf symbol, an example of Nazi iconography, that was posted on the Twitter account of…

Sports How Elina Svitolina’s no-handshake policy won over Roland Garros. Would a top-200 player do this? Julian Finney/Getty Images There has been no “sticking to sports” at the French Open this year. Novak Djokovic earned a rebuke from the French sports minister for his comments on clashes in Kosovo. Ukrainian…

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Foreign Affairs Partition for Peace Either we are stuck in both Ukraine and NATO, or we are stuck in neither. (Photo by Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Three out of four major candidates for the White House in 2024, according to current polls, oppose the current nature of U.S.…

Published By: Kavya Mishra Last Updated: June 03, 2023, 19:03 IST Moscow, Russia The Kremlin said on Saturday that journalists from unfriendly countries would not be allowed into the Economic Forum. (Image: AFP File Photo) The Kremlin has repeatedly said it will not close "the window" to Europe which Tsar…

Last Updated: June 02, 2023, 15:26 IST Moscow, Russia Malkevich rose to prominent in 2018, when he launched USA Really, a propaganda website set up in the US. (Credits: Twitter/Russian Embassy in USA) Alexander Malkevich is reportedly involved in projects spreading Russian influence from across countries including Africa and the…

South Africa has close historical ties with Moscow due to the Soviet Union’s support for the anti-apartheid struggle. It abstained from a United Nations vote denouncing the invasion of Ukraine and has resisted calls to condemn Russia. The European Union has aggressively pursued sanctions and a severing of economic ties in a…

As part of "year and a half" attack. Ukrainian developer GSC Game World has asked fans not to share an early test build of Stalker 2, stolen and leaked online by Russian hackers as part of what it calls a "year and a half" attack. GSC Game World - which…

Alamy Stock Photo A Ukrainian soldier covers his ears while firing a mortar at Russian positions on the frontline near Bakhmut, Donetsk region Tom Clonan Ukraine's counter-offensive is imminent - but success will come at a terrible cost The burning question over the coming days will be where, precisely, Zelenskyy’s…