The European Union condemned Iran’s military partnership with Russia on Monday as a gross violation of international law and announced new sanctions against eight Iranian individuals and entities over their role in supplying drones Moscow has used to attack Ukrainian civilians and infrastructure. Iranian-made drones have been used “indiscriminately by Russia against Ukrainian civilian population […]
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Russia and Iran Are Building Defense Partnership, White House Warns
The Biden administration said on Friday that Russia and Iran were strengthening their military ties into a “full-fledged defense partnership,” warning that their relationship posed a threat to Ukraine as well as Iran’s geographic neighbors. “Russia is seeking to collaborate with Iran on areas like weapons development and trade,” said John Kirby, a National Security […]
Viktor Bout Tells Maria Butina the US Is Trying to ‘Destroy’ Russia
Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer freed in the swap for Brittney Griner, said after returning home that his fellow Illinois inmates were “sympathetically inclined” toward Russia. Then he echoed the Kremlin line that America was trying to “destroy us again.” Mr. Bout spoke in an interview Friday for Russian state television with Maria Butina, […]
Brittney Griner Lands in San Antonio After Release From Russia: Live Updates
WASHINGTON — Brittney Griner, the American basketball star imprisoned in Russia on drug charges, was released on Thursday after nearly 10 months of captivity in a prisoner swap for Viktor Bout, a convicted Russian arms dealer known as the “Merchant of Death.” President Biden announced her release in a brief statement from the Roosevelt Room […]
Brittney Griner Is Flying Home After Prisoner Swap With Russia: Live Updates
WASHINGTON — Brittney Griner, the American basketball star imprisoned in Russia, was released on Thursday after nearly 10 months of captivity in a prisoner swap for Viktor Bout, a convicted Russian arms dealer known as the “Merchant of Death,” President Biden announced. In a brief statement from the Roosevelt Room of the White House, with […]
Drone Attacks Hit Russia for 2nd Straight Day: Ukraine Live Updates
Video People crowded into underground Metro stations as air raid alarms went off across Ukraine’s capital.CreditCredit…Laura Boushnak for The New York Times KYIV, Ukraine — In a city where daily routines have been wrecked by unrelenting Russian missile strikes, unpredictable power cuts and unreliable water supplies, residents of Kyiv know that, at any time, they […]
Missiles Target Ukraine’s Energy Grid; Blasts Reported at 2 Bases in Russia: Live Updates
A gas station in Frankfurt, Germany.Credit…Michael Probst/Associated Press Europe and the United States started enforcing on Monday two of the toughest measures aimed at curbing Russia’s income from oil, the principal source of cash used to fund its nearly 10-month-old war in Ukraine. The first, a price cap initiative led by the United States, aims […]
Paul Whelan, American Prisoner in Russia, Contacts Family After Weeks of Silence
Paul Whelan, an American imprisoned in Russia, called his family on Friday morning, breaking a silence that his family called highly unusual and that led the Biden administration to express concern for his well-being. “Paul called our parents today at around 5:30 a.m. Eastern,” Mr. Whelan’s brother, David, wrote in an email to supporters. He […]
Russia-Ukraine War: 3 Men Tied to Russia Found Guilty of Murder in Downing of Jet Over Ukraine
Video A Dutch court sentenced three men with ties to the Russian security services to life in prison for shooting down a passenger jet over Ukraine in 2014, killing 298 people on board. A fourth suspect was acquitted.CreditCredit…Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters AMSTERDAM — A Dutch court on Thursday convicted three men with ties to the […]
Ukraine’s Troops Enter Kherson as Russia Retreats From City: Live Updates
A satellite image showing a damaged section of the Nova Kakhovka dam, in Nova Kakhovka, Ukraine, east of Kherson, on Friday.Credit…Maxar Technologies/AP KYIV, Ukraine — Shelling and an explosion in recent days near a critical dam that spans the Dnipro River north of Kherson city in Ukraine have heightened concerns about the risk of possible […]