Gone as Soviet spacecraft, back as Russian debris: Kosmos 482 to hit Earth on Saturday

[ad_1] Representational AI image A Soviet spacecraft called Kosmos 482 is about to fall back to Earth more than 50 years after it failed to reach Venus. Launched in 1972 as part of the USSR’s Venera programme, the aircraft aimed to study the solar system’s hottest planet. But due to a rocket failure, it never […]

A Russian missile-and-drones attack kills 2 people in Ukraine’s capital

[ad_1] Ukraine, aftermath of attack (AP) KYIV: Russia launched a missile and a barrage of drones targeting the Ukrainian capital before dawn on Wednesday, leaving at least two people dead, Ukrainian officials said. Eight people were also wounded in the attack, including four children, the Kyiv City military administration said in a post on Telegram. […]

Zelenskyy says does ‘not believe’ Russian truce promises

[ad_1] Czech Republic’s President Petr Pavel and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy attend a press conference at the Prague Castle, Czech Republic (Image: AP) PRAGUE: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that he did “not believe” Russia would adhere to a coming three-day truce to coincide with Moscow’s Victory Day celebrations.Russian President Vladimir Putin […]

Watch: Ukraine claims it shot down Russian fighter jet from sea drone for first time

[ad_1] Ukrainian drone downs Russian Su-30 fighter jet Ukraine destroyed a Russian Su-30 fighter jet using a missile fired from a seaborne drone, the Ukrainian Defence Intelligence (DIU) announced on Saturday, and said this was the world’s first downing of a combat aircraft by a maritime drone.“On May 2, the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine special […]

Brain removed, bones broken, head shaved, electrocuted: Who was Viktoriia Roshchyna? Ukrainian journalist’s horrific end in Russian custody, says report

[ad_1] When the remains of 757 Ukrainian military casualties were exchanged in a frozen forest in February, Red Cross officials noted a disturbing anomaly: body number 757 was recorded as “NM SPAS”, an unidentified male, cause of death listed as heart failure. Weeks later, forensic experts identified the corpse: it was Viktoriia Roshchyna, a 27-year-old […]

Video: Russian general Yaroslav Moskalik killed in car blast near Moscow

[ad_1] A senior Russian general has been killed in a car bombing just outside Moscow, in what authorities described as a targeted assassination likely carried out by Ukrainian special services. The incident, which claimed the life of Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik, marks the second deadly attack on high-ranking Russian military officials in recent months.The Russian […]

Russian general killed by a car bomb just outside Moscow

[ad_1] A Russian general was killed by a car bomb Friday, Russia’s top criminal investigation agency said, in the second such attack on a top Russian military officer in four months that Moscow blamed on Ukraine. The committee said Lt Gen Yaroslav Moskalik, a deputy head of the main operational department in the general staff […]

Russian state TV was celebrating Trump’s surrender before his ‘Vladimir, STOP!’ message: Report

[ad_1] Trump blasted at Putin after Russia’s fresh attack on Kyiv. President Donald Trump’s recent stance in the Russia-Ukraine war entertained Kremlin’s premier propagandists as they reveled how they could not ever imagine that Trump would say that Crimea belongs to Russia. Daily Beast reported that state TV showed the clips of Trump, Vice President […]

Russian drones batter Ukraine’s Odesa as peace talks come to a crux | World News

[ad_1] AI Image KYIV, UKRAINE: Russian drones battered the Ukrainian port city of Odesa in a nighttime attack, local authorities said Tuesday, less than 24 hours after a purported Easter ceasefire unilaterally declared by Moscow ended and just over a day before Ukrainian, British, French and US officials are due to meet in London to […]

Zurab Tsereteli, whose monumental works won over Russian elites, dies aged 91 | World News

[ad_1] Zurab Tsereteli (File Photo) MOSCOW: Georgian-Russian sculptor Zurab Tsereteli, a politically connected artist known for his monumental yet sometimes divisive works, has died aged 91, Russian news agencies reported Tuesday.He died at his home in Peredelkino, a village southwest of Moscow, “surrounded by his works”, his assistant Sergei Shagulashvili told the RIA news agency.Born […]