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Dozens are injured in Ukraine by Russian missile strikes.The news comes as Moscow claims it has intercepted 158 drones launched from Ukraine over night, according to the news.
The billionaire founder of Telegram, Pavel Durov, was arrested in France last Saturday. Russia urges France not to turn the investigation as “political persecution,” and this arrest is reverberating around the world.Durov is under formal investigation over alleged illegal activities on Telegram.
Ukrainians are moving quickly to get power and transportation after Russia’s massive air attacks across Ukraine on Monday.The Ukrainian military says Russia launched more than 200 missiles and drones during the attacks, with more strikes on Tuesday.
The first prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine since the beginning of the Ukrainian operation in the Kursk region conducted. As Ukraine marks its 33rd Independence Day, the exchange happened symbolically.
Serhiy Danilets is one of the more than 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers who have wounded during Russia’s war on Ukraine. Despite suffering severe injuries during combat, he and other fighters continue to enjoy life and, in some cases,are even planning to return to the front lines.
The Russian language program in Latvian schools is gradually being phased out, according to government policy. In the midst of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, it’s a part of an attempt to shrink Moscow’s power. But some educators and security experts say the move might be helping the Kremlin’s propagandists.
Reports this year emphasizing San Marino’s ties to Russia have drawn attention to the landlocked independent republic that is surrounded by Italy. San Marino’s financial services industry has raised fears among EU regulators that illegal money from Russia may use it as a backdoor into the EU trading bloc, despite the country’s officials’ denials of any wrongdoing.
Hundreds of the most promising athletes in the country have killed as a result of the war in Ukraine.But that hasn’t stopped Kyiv from sending a 140-member Olympic team to the Paris Games.Others watch and worry from outside their homeland.
Russia has been accused by the US and European countries for months of sabotaging both military and civilian facilities on the continent. In April, London police said that they had charged two British men of providing aid to Russian intelligence in connection with an alleged arson attack on an organization having ties to Ukraine.
Exercises are conducted in the South China Sea by China, Russia, the US, and the Philippines.Taiwan says it will commit to bolstering own defenses. Thailand authorities investigate hotel poisoning deaths. Rare whale washes ashore in New Zealand.