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Published
September 7, 2023

Bowdoin College, friends of Evan Gershkovich publicize detained journalist’s fight for freedom

The Bowdoin College graduate and Wall Street Journal reporter has been detained in Russia for five months.
Published
September 6, 2023

A Russian strike on a city market in eastern Ukraine kills 17 and wounds dozens, officials say

Associated Press journalists at the site of the attack in the Donetsk region saw covered bodies on the ground and emergency workers extinguishing fires at market stalls, with blackened and mangled cars nearby.
Published
September 5, 2023

Russia says southeast Ukraine is now the main focus of fighting in the war

It is in the south that the Ukrainian brigades have made most recent battlefield gains as the counteroffensive inches forward under heavy fire.
Published
September 4, 2023

Putin says he won’t renew a wartime grain deal until the West meets his demands. The West says it has

The Russian leader's remarks dashed hopes that his talks Monday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan could revive an agreement seen as vital for global food supplies.
Published
September 4, 2023

Ukraine’s defense minister resigns a day after Zelensky announces his replacement

Oleksii Reznikov’s removal follows a scandal around the defense ministry's procurement of military jackets.

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Published
September 3, 2023

Ukraine President Zelensky says defense minister will be replaced this week

The announcement comes as Russia attacked a Ukrainian port on Sunday, a day before key grain deal talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Published
August 30, 2023

Maine Voices: Calling out activism’s free pass for Russia and China

Demanding an end to war and planetary harm without uniformly protesting all participants is just playing the part of yet another antagonist.
Published
August 27, 2023

Ukraine investigates incident that killed 3 pilots while Russia attacks with cruise missiles

Ukraine's Air Force spokesman Yuri Ihnat told Ukrainian television on Sunday it wasn't immediately clear how long the probe would take.
Published
August 27, 2023

Russia confirms Wagner leader Prigozhin died in a plane crash

Genetic testing on the 10 bodies recovered at the crash site “conform to the manifest ” for the flight, Russian Investigative Committee spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko said.
Published
August 26, 2023

Second merchant ship leaves Odesa port following Russia’s exit from grain deal

Although Russian officials insisted there was no link between the span and the decision to exit the deal, they described a missile and drone attack on Odesa the day after Moscow broke off the safe shipping agreement as retribution for the damaged bridge.