Russia possibly tried and failed to test nuclear torpedo
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Russia possibly tried and failed to test nuclear torpedo

ByNews Polite

The Russian navy has made a possible failed attempt to test one of its new nuclear-powered “apocalypse” Poseidon torpedoes designed to trigger radioactive tsunamis from hundreds of miles away, according to US observers. The apparently botched exercise took place in the Arctic Sea in recent weeks and involved Russia’s behemoth…

Biden hopes to get Putin to negotiating table on Brittney Griner
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Biden hopes to get Putin to negotiating table on Brittney Griner

ByNews Polite

President Biden said Wednesday he hopes Russian President Vladimir Putin will be open to “talk more seriously” about securing the release of WNBA superstar Brittney Griner — now that the US midterm elections are wrapped up. “My hope is, now that the election is over, that Mr. Putin will be…

Ukrainian officials say nuclear plant disconnected from grid by Russian shelling
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Ukrainian officials say nuclear plant disconnected from grid by Russian shelling

ByNews Polite

Russian attacks were reported across large areas of Ukraine on Thursday, with heavy shelling in numerous regions damaging infrastructure, including electricity supplies to Europe’s largest nuclear plant, Ukrainian officials said. The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine has again been disconnected from the power grid after Russian shelling damaged…

Ukraine says Russia abducted official from nuclear plant
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Ukraine says Russia abducted official from nuclear plant

ByNews Polite

A senior official at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been kidnapped by Russian forces, the Ukrainian state nuclear energy operator said Tuesday. Valeriy Martyniuk, the plant’s deputy director general for human resources, was abducted on Monday from the Russian-occupied plant, Energoatom wrote on Telegram. “[They] keep holding him at…

Russians protest in the streets, opposing Putin’s draft
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Russians protest in the streets, opposing Putin’s draft

ByNews Polite

Russian men flocked to border crossings with Finland, Georgia, and other neighboring nations Saturday, waiting in long lines to flee President Vladimir Putin’s “partial mobilization” draft as military officers went door-to-door in Russia’s hinterlands to call up the reluctant troops. The exodus — which reportedly resulted in a quarter-mile-long line…