Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says foreign aid delays are helping Russian advances

Delays in weapons deliveries from Western allies to Ukraine are opening a door for Russian battlefield advances, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says, making the fight “very difficult” along parts of the front line where the Kremlin’s forces captured a strategic city last weekend ahead of the war’s two-year anniversary. Zelenskyy and other officials have often […]

Russian defector who fled with army helicopter found shot to death in Spain

Police in Spain say a recently discovered body is believed to be a Russian soldier who previously defected to Ukraine. Spanish authorities are identifying the victim, who was found on Feb. 15 with multiple gunshot wounds in the town of La Cala, as Russian defector Maksim Kuzminov. Last year, Kuzminov abandoned his post and flew […]

Putin gifts North Korea’s Kim Jong Un with Russian made limo

From Russia with love. Vladimir Putin has gifted North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un a luxury Russian Aurus limousine in a show of the countries deepening ties, although observers said it could violate a U.N. resolution that bans supplying luxury items to North Korea in an attempt to pressure the country to abandon its nuclear weapons. The […]

Guinea’s military dissolves government abruptly, announcing plan for new administration

Military leaders in Guinea have dissolved the government without explanation, saying they will appoint a new one, the president’s secretary general said. Gen. Amara Camara, in a video address on Monday night, added that daily business would continue as usual under the deputy secretary generals until a new government was formed. The West African nation […]