Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 818 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 818 | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the war enters its 818th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Thursday, May 23, 2024. Fighting At least 10 people were injured in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-biggest city, after a Russian-guided bomb destroyed a cafe and damaged a high-rise apartment block and a nearby trolleybus….

Russia launches ‘space weapon’ in path of US satellite: Pentagon | Space News

Russia launches ‘space weapon’ in path of US satellite: Pentagon | Space News

US believes Russia’s recently launched satellite can inspect and attack other satellites in low Earth orbit. The United States says Russia has launched a satellite that US intelligence officials believe to be a weapon capable of inspecting and attacking other satellites. A Soyuz rocket blasted off from Russia’s Plesetsk launch…

Russia starts ‘tactical nuclear drills’ near Ukraine border | Nuclear Weapons News

Russia starts ‘tactical nuclear drills’ near Ukraine border | Nuclear Weapons News

‘First stage’ of exercises involves Iskander and Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and is seen as a warning to Ukraine’s Western allies. Russia has begun the first stage of tactical nuclear weapons drills, involving Iskander and Kinzhal missiles, in areas bordering Ukraine. The Russian Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday that the…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 817 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 817 | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the war enters its 817th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. Fighting Ukrainian President Volodymy Zelenskyy said his country’s troops are achieving “tangible” results against Russian forces in the northeastern Kharkiv region but the situation on the eastern front near…

Russian playwright and director go on trial over ‘justifying terrorism’ | Courts News

Russian playwright and director go on trial over ‘justifying terrorism’ | Courts News

Director Yevgeniya Berkovich and writer Svetlana Petriychuk were arrested over their play entitled Finist, the Brave Falcon. A Russian playwright and theatre director accused of “justifying terrorism” have told a Moscow court that they are innocent on the first day of their trial over the staging of an award-winning play….

Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Kharkiv region kill at least 11 people | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Kharkiv region kill at least 11 people | Russia-Ukraine war News

Dozens of people also wounded, Ukrainian officials say, as Moscow continues offensive in Ukraine’s northeastern region. Russia has struck a busy lakeside resort on the edge of Ukraine’s second-largest city Kharkiv and also attacked villages in the surrounding area, killing at least 11 people and wounding many others, Ukrainian authorities…

Russian court seizes two European banks’ assets amid Western sanctions | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russian court seizes two European banks’ assets amid Western sanctions | Russia-Ukraine war News

Freezing hundreds of billions of dollars in lenders’ assets was part of dispute over gas project halted by sanctions. A Russian court has ordered the seizure of the assets, accounts, property and shares of Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank in the country as part of a lawsuit involving the German banks,…