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AI-Powered Fake News Campaign Targets Western Support for Ukraine and US Elections
The Hacker News - Mon Dec 2, 2024
A Moscow-based company sanctioned by the US earlier this year has been linked to yet another influence operation designed to turn public opinion against Ukraine and erode Western support since at least December 2023. More»

Russia's Missile 'Warning' to Ukraine and West: What We Know
AFP - Sat Nov 23, 2024
Russia on Thursday fired an experimental missile at Ukraine in a clear warning of its capabilities, officials from Western governments said, even as they pushed back against Ukrainian claims of a more provocative action by Moscow. More»

Undersea Cable Between Germany and Finland Severed
BBC - Tue Nov 19, 2024
Germany and Finland say they are "deeply concerned" after an undersea cable linking the countries was severed. More»

North Korean Troops Have Been Sent to Russia, U.S. Confirms
NBC - Wed Oct 23, 2024
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has sent troops to Russia, the United States said Wednesday, its first public confirmation of a move that has rattled Western allies and could mark a major escalation of Moscow’s war in Ukraine. More»

Democratic US Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his Wife are Indicted over Ties to Azerbaijan
Yahoo! News - Sat May 4, 2024
WASHINGTON — Democratic US Representative Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife were indicted on conspiracy and bribery charges and taken into custody Friday in connection with a US Department of Justice probe into the couple's ties to the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan. More»

Medvedev Threatens Berlin, London and Washington with Nuclear Retaliation if Russia is to Return to 1991 Borders
Ukrainska Pravda - Sun Feb 18, 2024
Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Federation's Security Council, has threatened the United States and Europe with nuclear war if Russia is returned to its recognised borders from 1991. More»

Russia Strikes Ukraine's Big Cities, Bears Down on Mariupol
Associated Press - Sun Apr 17, 2022
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces renewed missile strikes on Kyiv and intensified shelling of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, in an apparent strategy to hobble Ukraine's defenses in preparation for what is expected to be a full-scale Russian assault in the east. More»

Russia Warns of Nuclear, Hypersonic Deployment if Sweden and Finland Join NATO
Reuters - Thu Apr 14, 2022
One of Russian President Vladimir Putin's closest allies warned NATO on Thursday that if Sweden and Finland joined the US-led military alliance then Russia would deploy nuclear weapons and hypersonic missiles in an exclave in the heart of Europe. More»

China Makes Delivery of Missiles to Serbia
Associated Press - Sun Apr 10, 2022
BELGRADE, Serbia — Russian ally Serbia took the delivery of a sophisticated Chinese anti-aircraft system in a veiled operation this weekend, amid Western concerns that an arms buildup in the Balkans at the time of the war in Ukraine could threaten the fragile peace in the region. More»

China Accused of Hacking Ukraine Days Before Russian Invasion
The Times - Thu Apr 7, 2022
China staged a huge cyberattack on Ukraine’s military and nuclear facilities in the build-up to Russia’s invasion, according to intelligence memos obtained by The Times. More»

Russian Troops Suffer ‘Acute Radiation Sickness’ After Digging Chernobyl Trenches
Daily Beast - Thu Mar 31, 2022
Several hundred Russian soldiers were forced to hastily withdraw from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine after suffering “acute radiation sickness” from contaminated soil, according to Ukrainian officials. More»

Russian Troops Disturbed Radioactive Dust in "Suicidal" Move
Reuters - Tue Mar 29, 2022
Russian soldiers who seized the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster drove their armoured vehicles without radiation protection through a highly toxic zone called the "Red Forest", kicking up clouds of radioactive dust, workers at the site said. More»

Abramovich, Ukrainian Peace Negotiators Hit by Suspected Poisoning
Reuters - Thu Mar 24, 2022
Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich and Ukrainian peace negotiators suffered symptoms of suspected poisoning earlier this month after a meeting in Kyiv, the Wall Street Journal and the investigative outlet Bellingcat reported. More»

Russia Warns the US of "big nuclear explosion" in Threat
Reuters - Wed Mar 23, 2022
LONDON, England - One of President Vladimir Putin's closest allies warned the United States on Wednesday that the world could spiral towards a nuclear dystopia if Washington pressed on with what the Kremlin casts as a long-term plot to destroy Russia. More»

Ukraine Says the Chernobyl Nuclear Site Has Lost Power
NPR - Wed Mar 9, 2022
The Chernobyl nuclear site has lost power, according to a Facebook post by the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine. More»

Espionage - Russian-American Charged with Acting as Illegal Russian Agent in the US
CNN - Wed Mar 9, 2022
A dual Russian-American citizen has been charged with acting as a spy in the US, according to court filings that say she ran organizations that "sought to spread Russian propaganda". More»

Fox News Director Jack Hanick Indicted for Helping Russia
Daily Beast - Thu Mar 3, 2022
As the United States increasingly goes after some of the Kremlin’s business tentacles, the latest person arrested for violating US sanctions against Russia is a former Fox News director who left to launch a Russian propaganda network. More»

Radiation Disaster - Europe's biggest nuclear power plant ON FIRE after being attacked by Russian tanks
Daily Mail - Thu Mar 3, 2022
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, the largest of its kind in Europe, was on fire in the early hours of Friday morning after an attack by Russian troops, the mayor of the nearby town of Energodar said. More»

Russia Threatens ‘Nuclear’ World War
Daily Beast - Wed Mar 2, 2022
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned that a third world war would be “nuclear” and “destructive,” essentially warning NATO not to intervene militarily in Ukraine, a day after peace talks failed to temper the bloodshed and as Russian paratroopers descended on the city of Kharkiv, the second largest city in the nation and the epicenter of fierce fighting. More»

Putin Puts Nuclear Forces on High Alert
Associated Press - Sun Feb 27, 2022
KYIV, Ukraine — In a dramatic escalation of East-West tensions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin ordered Russian nuclear forces put on high alert Sunday in response to what he called “aggressive statements” by leading NATO powers. More»

Chernobyl: Radiation spike at nuclear plant seized by Russian forces
BBC - Fri Feb 25, 2022
A radiation spike has been recorded near Chernobyl's nuclear power plant which has been seized by Russian forces, monitoring data shows. More»

Fighting Breaks Out Near Chernobyl, Leading to Fears of Nuclear Contamination Over Europe
Yahoo News - Thu Feb 24, 2022
Russian troops have pushed into the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone — "one of the most radioactive places on Earth" — with shelling reportedly threatening buried nuclear waste storage sites, The Kyiv Independent reports based on comments by Anton Herashchenko, an advisor to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry. More»

New Wiper Malware Targeting Ukraine Amid Russia's Military Operation
The Hacker News - Thu Feb 24, 2022
Cybersecurity firms ESET and Broadcom's Symantec said they discovered a new data wiper malware used in fresh attacks against hundreds of machines in Ukraine, as Russian forces formally launched a full-scale military operation against the country. More»

Putin Has Launched ‘Full-Scale Invasion’
Daily Mail - Wed Feb 23, 2022
Vladimir Putin has ordered an invasion of Ukraine, describing it as a 'special military operation' and saying he wants to 'demilitarize', not occupy, the country. More»

Russia Has Amassed up to 190,000 Troops on Ukraine Borders
The Guardian - Sat Feb 19, 2022
Russia has amassed up to 190,000 troops on the borders with Ukraine, the US warned on Friday, claiming it was “the biggest mobilisation of troops since the second world war” and an increase of more than 90,000 in less than a month. More»

Irish Fishermen Plan Showdown With Russian Navy
Daily Beast - Wed Jan 26, 2022
A group of Irish fishermen plan to take a stand against the Russian Navy and disrupt their upcoming military exercises off the coast of Cork next month. More»

90 Tons of US Military Aid Arrives in Ukraine as Border Tensions with Russia Rise
NPR - Sat Jan 22, 2022
Continued tensions between Ukraine and Russia have led to the US providing 90 tons of military aid that arrived in Ukraine, as roughly 100,000 Russian troops remain stationed along the border. More»

Russia Breached GOP in Ransomware Attack
Bloomberg - Tue Jul 6, 2021
Russian government hackers breached the computer systems of the Republican National Committee last week, around the time a Russia-linked criminal group unleashed a massive ransomware attack, according to two people familiar with the matter. More»

A 'Colossal' Ransomware Attack Hits Hundreds Of U.S. Companies
NPR - Sun Jul 4, 2021
WASHINGTON — A ransomware attack paralyzed the networks of at least 200 US companies on Friday, according to a cybersecurity researcher whose company was responding to the incident. More»

Microsoft Says Group Behind SolarWinds Hack Targeted 150 Organizations This Week
NBC New York - Fri May 28, 2021
The state-backed Russian cyber spies behind the SolarWinds hacking campaign launched a targeted spear-phishing assault on US and foreign government agencies and think tanks this week using an email marketing account of the US Agency for International Development, Microsoft said. More»

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