Ukraine

Topline The U.K. government on Friday announced a fresh wave of sanctions targeting the friends and family of Vladimir Putin, who Westminster claims are funding the Russian president’s “lavish lifestyle,” as countries continue to crack down on Russia’s elite over its invasion of Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin's friends and…

Topline Ukraine on Friday held a preliminary hearing of a case against a 21-year-old Russian soldier accused of killing an unarmed 62-year-old Ukrainian man, potentially the first of many trials as authorities forge ahead with efforts to investigate what they say are thousands of potential war crimes committed by Russian…

Households who take in Ukrainian refugees will be given a €400 monthly payment under new plans. The Cabinet sub-committee on Ukraine signed off on a recognition payment on Thursday, with the issue going to a full Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. The payment will apply equally to all households, whether it…

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This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Russia hacked a US satellite company one hour before the Ukraine invasion What happened: Just an hour before Russian troops invaded Ukraine, Russian government hackers targeted the American satellite…

The U.S. spy chief said Russian President Vladimir Putin still seeks to control swaths of Ukraine beyond the eastern region known as the Donbas, after local authorities said Russian missiles struck the port city of Odessa overnight, killing one person and wounding others. The Russian military’s pullback to eastern and…

The war against Russia in Ukraine has evolved, but not in the way Western observers predicted. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visits Polish President Andrzej Duda at the Presidential Palace on August 31, 2019 in Warsaw, Poland. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images) “In economics,” wrote John Kenneth Galbraith, “the…

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Journalists of Ukraine awarded a ‘special citation’ by prestigious Pulitzer board for coverage of Russia’s invasion. Published On 9 May 20229 May 2022 The board of the prestigious Pulitzer Prizes has honoured Ukrainian journalists for their “courage, endurance and commitment to truthful reporting” on Russia’s continuing invasion of their country.…

Why is Google like this? — Lots of tech companies have quit Russia over the Ukraine invasion, but not Google. Ron Amadeo - May 9, 2022 7:32 pm UTC Enlarge / The Google doodle for Russia National Day 2016. Google no longer offers paid apps or paid app updates to…