Poland Scrambles Fighter Jets Amid Russian Attack on Ukraine
By Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including China. Brendan joined Newsweek in 2018 from the International Business Times and well as English, knows Russian and French. You can […]
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Video Shows Direct Strike On Sanctioned Russian Military Factory
Video footage released on social media purports to show the moment when a Ukrainian drone hit a critical Russian military site, sanctioned by the EU and the U.S. A clip showed the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flying across the sky before striking the facility in the Stavropol region of southern Russia. Newsweek has contacted the […]
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NORAD Fighter Jets Stage Show of Force Near Russian Border
United States and Canadian fighter jets assigned to the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) recently conducted an exercise over Alaska, near the Russian border. The drill took place on July 10 near Alaska‘s Little Diomede Island, located in the Bering Strait between mainland Alaska and Russia‘s Far East. The remote island lies 2.4 miles […]
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Ukraine Strikes Russian Fighter Jet Airbase in Precision Aerial Attack
A Ukrainian drone strike targeted a warehouse in Russia that stored fighter jets, bombs and other military assets, Ukraine’s General Staff has said. The Borisoglebsk airfield in Russia’s Voronezh Oblast was struck overnight, and imagery shared on social media showed the fiery aftermath of the attacks. Newsweek has contacted the Russian Defense Ministry for comment. […]
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Top Russian Oil Executive Dies in Moscow Window Fall
By Shane Croucher is a Breaking News Editor based in London, UK. He has previously overseen the My Turn, Fact Check and News teams, and was a Senior Reporter before that, mostly covering U.S. news and politics. Shane joined Newsweek in February 2018 from IBT UK where he held various editorial roles covering different beats, […]
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NATO Scrambles Multiple Fighter Jets After Long-Range Russian Strikes
By Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology. She joined Newsweek in January 2023, having previously worked as a reporter at the Daily Express, and is a graduate of International Journalism at City, […]
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China Reacts to Ukraine’s Raid on Russian Bomber Bases
By John Feng is Newsweek’s contributing editor for Asia based in Taichung, Taiwan. His focus is on East Asian politics. He has covered foreign policy and defense matters, especially in relation to U.S.-China ties and cross-strait relations between China and Taiwan. John joined Newsweek in 2020 after reporting in Central Europe and the United Kingdom. […]
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Map Shows Russian Air Bases Hit in ‘Pearl Harbor’ Drone Raid
Coordinated, long-range strikes on multiple Russian airbases thousands of miles from Ukraine took out more than a third of Russia’s strategic cruise missile carriers, according to Kyiv, dealing a stinging blow to Moscow ahead of renewed peace talks. Ukraine on Sunday launched 117 individually-operated drones at four airbases across Russia, officials said, in an attack […]
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Russian Drone Strike on Bus Kills Entire Family
A family was among nine people killed in a drone strike in the northeast of Ukraine, local authorities have said. Saturday’s strike on a bus in Ukraine’s Sumy region showed Russia had no intention of ending the war, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. Newsweek has contacted the Russian Defense Ministry for comment. This illustrative […]
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US Warns of Major Russian Assault Amid Putin’s Victory Day Truce
Russia could launch a significant attack on Ukraine during the period of a ceasefire unilaterally declared by Vladimir Putin, the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv has said. Ukraine rejected Putin’s call for a ceasefire between May 8 and May 11 in honor of Friday’s Victory Day celebrations in Red Square, Moscow, to mark the 80th anniversary […]
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