Russian attack on Ukraine’s Kharkiv kills at least six, injures dozens | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russian attack on Ukraine’s Kharkiv kills at least six, injures dozens | Russia-Ukraine war News

A 14-year-old girl was among those killed, Interior Minister Igor Klymenko says, and 55 others were wounded. A Russian attack on the the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv has killed at least six people, including a 14-year-old girl, and wounded dozens of others, Ukrainian officials have said. “Occupiers killed a…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key developments, day 917 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key developments, day 917 | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the war enters its 917th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Friday, August 30, 2024. Fighting At least one person was killed and six injured in Russian shelling of the eastern Ukrainian town of Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Governor Vadym Filaskhin said. Kostiantynivka is miles from…

Russia lashes out against ‘terrorist’ incursion in Kursk, pulls back planes | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia lashes out against ‘terrorist’ incursion in Kursk, pulls back planes | Russia-Ukraine war News

Ukraine’s deep strikes against Russian military targets and its three-week-old ground offensive inside Russian territory have appeared to be yielding military and political results during the past week. Russia was reported to be moving its aircraft back from airfields near the Ukrainian border while glide bomb attacks inside Ukraine were…

Ukraine says it downed 2 missiles, 60 drones during Russia’s overnight attack
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Ukraine says it downed 2 missiles, 60 drones during Russia’s overnight attack

Ukraine said it shot down two missiles and 60 drones over nine regions in an overnight attack, after Russia stepped up its assault on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure earlier this week. More than 2-1/2 years since Russia’s full-scale invasion, Kyiv is pushing the West for additional air defense and support in jointly shooting…

Telegram founder Pavel Durov hit with criminal charges in France after refusing to help authorities wiretap users
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Telegram founder Pavel Durov hit with criminal charges in France after refusing to help authorities wiretap users

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was charged Wednesday with being complicit in the spread of crime on the popular messaging app, including child sex abuse, drug trafficking, and fraud, officials said. Durov, who was arrested on Saturday in Paris, was released on a $5.6 million bail and ordered to stay in…

Drug dealers to Putin critics: Behind Pavel Durov’s rare Telegram audience | Social Media

Drug dealers to Putin critics: Behind Pavel Durov’s rare Telegram audience | Social Media

Once upon a time, buying drugs in Bishkek, the capital of the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan, involved consorting with criminal elements. Now, anyone with a smartphone can place an order for amphetamines, hashish and other illicit substances, and be instantly directed to a dead drop hidden somewhere in the…

Democrats distance themselves from megadonor Gaurav Srivastava who allegedly posed as a CIA operative
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Democrats distance themselves from megadonor Gaurav Srivastava who allegedly posed as a CIA operative

The now defunct Biden campaign and several other Democratic politicians and committees have frozen or returned donations from an Indian national who allegedly duped a foreign businessman into thinking he was connected to the CIA – scamming him out of millions of dollars.  Gaurav Srivastava donated more than $1 million…