Here is the latest from Ukraine:
- Russian security agents detained Evan Gershkovich, a U.S. citizen covering Russia and Ukraine, in the city of Yekaterinburg, the Federal Security Service said.
- There has been a “significant increase in the number of troops” in Zaporizhzhia and “open talk about offensives and counteroffensives” involving Ukrainian and Russian forces, IAEA chief Rafael Mariano Grossi said during a visit Wednesday to the nuclear plant.
- The situation at the Zaporizhzhia plant will “only become less dangerous” once the facility is returned to Ukraine, Ivan Samoyduk, the deputy mayor of Enerhodar, the city where the nuclear facility is located, told The Post.
- Turkey’s parliament is expected to ratify Finland’s NATO bid on Thursday, paving the way for the Nordic country to join the alliance — but without its ally and fellow membership hopeful Sweden.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky invited China’s leader, Xi Jinping, to discuss the war.
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- Russian security agents detained Evan Gershkovich, a U.S. citizen covering Russia and Ukraine, in the city of Yekaterinburg, the Federal Security Service said.
- There has been a “significant increase in the number of troops” in Zaporizhzhia and “open talk about offensives and counteroffensives” involving Ukrainian and Russian forces, IAEA chief Rafael Mariano Grossi said during a visit Wednesday to the nuclear plant.
- The situation at the Zaporizhzhia plant will “only become less dangerous” once the facility is returned to Ukraine, Ivan Samoyduk, the deputy mayor of Enerhodar, the city where the nuclear facility is located, told The Post.
- Turkey’s parliament is expected to ratify Finland’s NATO bid on Thursday, paving the way for the Nordic country to join the alliance — but without its ally and fellow membership hopeful Sweden.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky invited China’s leader, Xi Jinping, to discuss the war.
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Turkey approves Finland’s NATO bid, clearing path for it to join alliance
BRUSSELS — Turkey’s parliament has voted to approve Finland’s NATO membership bid, paving the way for the Nordic country to join the security alliance.
The decision only applies to Finland, not Sweden, its neighbor and fellow membership hopeful. Both countries applied on the same day last year, having made the decision to join the alliance after Russia invaded Ukraine.
Thursday’s vote was the last hurdle in Finland’s quest to join NATO. Its eventual accession would remake European security, doubling NATO’s land border with Russia and bringing the full force of the alliance to Europe’s far north.
Turkey was the last holdout among NATO member countries, who need to approve new members unanimously. Once it notifies the U.S. that it has approved Finland’s bid, Jens Stoltenberg, the secretary general of the alliance, will formally invite Finland to accede to the Washington Treaty, according to NATO.
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BRUSSELS — Turkey’s parliament has voted to approve Finland’s NATO membership bid, paving the way for the Nordic country to join the security alliance.
The decision only applies to Finland, not Sweden, its neighbor and fellow membership hopeful. Both countries applied on the same day last year, having made the decision to join the alliance after Russia invaded Ukraine.
Thursday’s vote was the last hurdle in Finland’s quest to join NATO. Its eventual accession would remake European security, doubling NATO’s land border with Russia and bringing the full force of the alliance to Europe’s far north.
Turkey was the last holdout among NATO member countries, who need to approve new members unanimously. Once it notifies the U.S. that it has approved Finland’s bid, Jens Stoltenberg, the secretary general of the alliance, will formally invite Finland to accede to the Washington Treaty, according to NATO.
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Here is the latest from Ukraine:
- Gershkovich was arrested on Wednesday in the city of Yekaterinburg and faces up to 20 years in prison if he is convicted in Russia’s politicized justice system.
- Russia is scheduled to take on the presidency of the U.N. Security Council on Saturday, a role that rotates between member states monthly.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin is unlikely to deploy newly conscripted soldiers to Ukraine “due to concerns about the stability of his regime,” the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank, said in a report Thursday, citing local Russian media.
- Russia’s Foreign Ministry clarified Thursday that Moscow will continue alerting Washington of any ballistic missile launches.
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- Gershkovich was arrested on Wednesday in the city of Yekaterinburg and faces up to 20 years in prison if he is convicted in Russia’s politicized justice system.
- Russia is scheduled to take on the presidency of the U.N. Security Council on Saturday, a role that rotates between member states monthly.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin is unlikely to deploy newly conscripted soldiers to Ukraine “due to concerns about the stability of his regime,” the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank, said in a report Thursday, citing local Russian media.
- Russia’s Foreign Ministry clarified Thursday that Moscow will continue alerting Washington of any ballistic missile launches.
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Russia says notifications of ballistic missile launches will continue
The Russian Foreign Ministry clarified Thursday that Moscow will continue to notify Washington of any ballistic missile launches, despite a statement Wednesday that “all forms of notifications” were terminated as a result of President Vladimir Putin suspending the New START nuclear nonproliferation agreement.
In February, during a speech marking the first anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine, Putin announced that he was “suspending” participation in New START, which is the last remaining arms control agreement between the United States and Russia.
But since then, the Russian Foreign Ministry has issued several seemingly contradictory statements.
On the same day as Putin’s speech, the ministry issued a statement saying that Russia would voluntarily adhere to some core components of New START, including its limits on the total number of certain types of nuclear weapons.
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The Russian Foreign Ministry clarified Thursday that Moscow will continue to notify Washington of any ballistic missile launches, despite a statement Wednesday that “all forms of notifications” were terminated as a result of President Vladimir Putin suspending the New START nuclear nonproliferation agreement.
In February, during a speech marking the first anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine, Putin announced that he was “suspending” participation in New START, which is the last remaining arms control agreement between the United States and Russia.
But since then, the Russian Foreign Ministry has issued several seemingly contradictory statements.
On the same day as Putin’s speech, the ministry issued a statement saying that Russia would voluntarily adhere to some core components of New START, including its limits on the total number of certain types of nuclear weapons.
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Here is the latest from Ukraine:
- The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board called on the Biden administration to expel Russia’s ambassador in Washington and Russian journalists in the United States after Moscow detained Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.
- In Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky marked the anniversary of the recapture of Bucha, the town in the Kyiv suburbs where Russian forces are alleged to have committed atrocities against civilians before retreating.
- NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Finland would formally join the alliance “in the coming days,” describing the Nordic nation’s accession as a “historic occasion.”
- Russia on Saturday is to assume the U.N. Security Council presidency, a role that rotates among member states monthly.
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- The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board called on the Biden administration to expel Russia’s ambassador in Washington and Russian journalists in the United States after Moscow detained Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.
- In Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky marked the anniversary of the recapture of Bucha, the town in the Kyiv suburbs where Russian forces are alleged to have committed atrocities against civilians before retreating.
- NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Finland would formally join the alliance “in the coming days,” describing the Nordic nation’s accession as a “historic occasion.”
- Russia on Saturday is to assume the U.N. Security Council presidency, a role that rotates among member states monthly.
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Here is the latest from Ukraine:
- The Wall Street Journal accused Russia of taking a U.S. citizen hostage on “phony espionage charges.” Gershkovich is the first U.S. journalist arrested in Russia on spying allegations since the Cold War and his detainment has drawn condemnation from governments and organizations around the world.
- Finland will formally join NATO “in the coming days,” the alliance’s head Jens Stoltenberg said, finalizing what he described as “the fastest ratification process in NATO’s modern history.”
- The International Monetary Fund approved a $15.6 billion economic program for Ukraine, allowing around $2.7 billion to be immediately disbursed to Kyiv, the organization announced Friday.
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- The Wall Street Journal accused Russia of taking a U.S. citizen hostage on “phony espionage charges.” Gershkovich is the first U.S. journalist arrested in Russia on spying allegations since the Cold War and his detainment has drawn condemnation from governments and organizations around the world.
- Finland will formally join NATO “in the coming days,” the alliance’s head Jens Stoltenberg said, finalizing what he described as “the fastest ratification process in NATO’s modern history.”
- The International Monetary Fund approved a $15.6 billion economic program for Ukraine, allowing around $2.7 billion to be immediately disbursed to Kyiv, the organization announced Friday.
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Wimbledon reverses ban on Russian and Belarusian players
Wimbledon will allow Russian and Belarusian players to compete at this year’s tournament, organizers announced Friday, after they were banned from the 2022 event because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Russian and Belarusian players will compete at the Grand Slam tennis event under a neutral flag, and they will not be allowed to express support for the invasion. Any player who receives funding from the Russian or Belarusian governments, including sponsorships from state-controlled companies, will not be allowed to play.
All England Club chairman Ian Hewitt said in a statement that while Wimbledon continues “to condemn totally Russia’s illegal invasion” and “our wholehearted support remains with the people of Ukraine,” allowing Russian and Belarusian players to compete made the most sense, in part because they are allowed to play as neutral athletes in tennis’s other Grand Slam events.
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Wimbledon will allow Russian and Belarusian players to compete at this year’s tournament, organizers announced Friday, after they were banned from the 2022 event because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Russian and Belarusian players will compete at the Grand Slam tennis event under a neutral flag, and they will not be allowed to express support for the invasion. Any player who receives funding from the Russian or Belarusian governments, including sponsorships from state-controlled companies, will not be allowed to play.
All England Club chairman Ian Hewitt said in a statement that while Wimbledon continues “to condemn totally Russia’s illegal invasion” and “our wholehearted support remains with the people of Ukraine,” allowing Russian and Belarusian players to compete made the most sense, in part because they are allowed to play as neutral athletes in tennis’s other Grand Slam events.
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Analysis | Russia’s covert operations have a major weakness: Hubris
The tale of Brazilian student Victor Muller Ferreira — or rather, alleged Russian agent Sergey Cherkasov — is a remarkable modern story of spycraft. But if this tale details the strengths of Russian covert operations, it also reveals their weaknesses.
As detailed earlier this week, Cherkasov is alleged to have spent almost a decade building a fictitious persona for Ferreira. He appears to have used fraudulent documents including a birth certificate and a driver’s license to create an identity in Brazil, taking advantage of lax record-keeping in the country and perhaps exploiting inside help.
Cherkasov was ultimately exposed. Last year, he was turned away by Dutch authorities who had been alerted to his real history as an agent of Russia’s military intelligence wing, the GRU, by the FBI, according to The Post’s reporting. He was returned to Brazil, where he is currently serving a 15-year prison sentence.
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The tale of Brazilian student Victor Muller Ferreira — or rather, alleged Russian agent Sergey Cherkasov — is a remarkable modern story of spycraft. But if this tale details the strengths of Russian covert operations, it also reveals their weaknesses.
As detailed earlier this week, Cherkasov is alleged to have spent almost a decade building a fictitious persona for Ferreira. He appears to have used fraudulent documents including a birth certificate and a driver’s license to create an identity in Brazil, taking advantage of lax record-keeping in the country and perhaps exploiting inside help.
Cherkasov was ultimately exposed. Last year, he was turned away by Dutch authorities who had been alerted to his real history as an agent of Russia’s military intelligence wing, the GRU, by the FBI, according to The Post’s reporting. He was returned to Brazil, where he is currently serving a 15-year prison sentence.
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Here's the latest from Ukraine:
- Russia’s turn as the head of the U.N. Security Council shows the “complete bankruptcy of such institutions,” Zelensky said Saturday in his evening address. He said reform to the council was “clearly overdue” and added that “terrorists must lose, must be held accountable for terror, and not preside anywhere.”
- The U.S. government is moving quickly to designate Gershkovich as “unlawfully detained,” the Journal’s editor in chief, Emma Tucker, said in an interview Saturday on CNN with Anderson Cooper.
- Russia failed to meet its objective of seizing the Luhansk and Donetsk regions by the end of March, the Institute for the Study of War noted.
- Civilians were killed and wounded in the Donetsk region by missile strikes, the Ukrainian military said in an update Sunday local time.
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- Russia’s turn as the head of the U.N. Security Council shows the “complete bankruptcy of such institutions,” Zelensky said Saturday in his evening address. He said reform to the council was “clearly overdue” and added that “terrorists must lose, must be held accountable for terror, and not preside anywhere.”
- The U.S. government is moving quickly to designate Gershkovich as “unlawfully detained,” the Journal’s editor in chief, Emma Tucker, said in an interview Saturday on CNN with Anderson Cooper.
- Russia failed to meet its objective of seizing the Luhansk and Donetsk regions by the end of March, the Institute for the Study of War noted.
- Civilians were killed and wounded in the Donetsk region by missile strikes, the Ukrainian military said in an update Sunday local time.
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The Vulkan Files: Secret trove offers rare look into Russian cyberwar ambitions
Russian intelligence agencies worked with a Moscow-based defense contractor to strengthen their ability to launch cyberattacks, sow disinformation and surveil sections of the internet, according to thousands of pages of confidential corporate documents.
The documents detail a suite of computer programs and databases that would allow Russia’s intelligence agencies and hacking groups to better find vulnerabilities, coordinate attacks and control online activity. The documents suggest the firm was supporting operations including both social media disinformation and training to remotely disrupt real-world targets.
An anonymous person provided the documents from the contractor, NTC Vulkan, to a German reporter after expressing outrage about Russia’s attack on Ukraine. The leak demonstrates another unintended consequence of President Vladimir Putin’s decision to take his country to war.
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Russian intelligence agencies worked with a Moscow-based defense contractor to strengthen their ability to launch cyberattacks, sow disinformation and surveil sections of the internet, according to thousands of pages of confidential corporate documents.
The documents detail a suite of computer programs and databases that would allow Russia’s intelligence agencies and hacking groups to better find vulnerabilities, coordinate attacks and control online activity. The documents suggest the firm was supporting operations including both social media disinformation and training to remotely disrupt real-world targets.
An anonymous person provided the documents from the contractor, NTC Vulkan, to a German reporter after expressing outrage about Russia’s attack on Ukraine. The leak demonstrates another unintended consequence of President Vladimir Putin’s decision to take his country to war.
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The stuffed animals comforting Ukraine’s children in wartime
BUCHA, Ukraine — After Russian forces rampaged through this suburb of Kyiv last year and Anna, now 10, hid in a neighbor’s basement, she sought solace in her stuffed fox, Foxy, and cat, Vatka.
For the past year, fourth-graders from the once idyllic town where Russian soldiers executed many civilians have withstood the toll of an adult war.
For the children in Bucha and throughout Ukraine, plush animals, security blankets and other comfort items have served as lifelines amid the chaos, especially for those who escaped taking only what they could carry.
Such precious belongings are now being slowly collected by the War Childhood Museum, a project dedicated to documenting the experiences of children raised in war by cataloguing and displaying their most personal memories and possessions.
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BUCHA, Ukraine — After Russian forces rampaged through this suburb of Kyiv last year and Anna, now 10, hid in a neighbor’s basement, she sought solace in her stuffed fox, Foxy, and cat, Vatka.
For the past year, fourth-graders from the once idyllic town where Russian soldiers executed many civilians have withstood the toll of an adult war.
For the children in Bucha and throughout Ukraine, plush animals, security blankets and other comfort items have served as lifelines amid the chaos, especially for those who escaped taking only what they could carry.
Such precious belongings are now being slowly collected by the War Childhood Museum, a project dedicated to documenting the experiences of children raised in war by cataloguing and displaying their most personal memories and possessions.
Read the full story here.
Here's the latest from Ukraine:
- Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called for the immediate release American journalist Evan Gershkovich, the State Department said Sunday.
- Blinken also urged the Kremlin to “immediately release wrongfully detained U.S. citizen Paul Whelan,” according to a statement from State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel. Whelan, a former U.S. Marine, was convicted in Russia on espionage charges in 2020.
- St. Petersburg police are investigating the cafe explosion, according to the Russian Interior Ministry.
- A Ukrainian court has placed the head of Kyiv’s most prominent monastery under house arrest on charges of justifying Russia’s armed aggression, the latest escalation in a long-simmering conflict between Ukrainian officials and a local branch of the Orthodox Church they say has ties to Moscow, The Washington Post reported.
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- Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called for the immediate release American journalist Evan Gershkovich, the State Department said Sunday.
- Blinken also urged the Kremlin to “immediately release wrongfully detained U.S. citizen Paul Whelan,” according to a statement from State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel. Whelan, a former U.S. Marine, was convicted in Russia on espionage charges in 2020.
- St. Petersburg police are investigating the cafe explosion, according to the Russian Interior Ministry.
- A Ukrainian court has placed the head of Kyiv’s most prominent monastery under house arrest on charges of justifying Russia’s armed aggression, the latest escalation in a long-simmering conflict between Ukrainian officials and a local branch of the Orthodox Church they say has ties to Moscow, The Washington Post reported.
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Here is the latest from Ukraine:
- Thirty people were injured in the explosion in St. Petersburg, state media reported, citing the Russian Health Ministry. Six of them were in critical condition, the ministry said. Authorities have detained a woman from the city who is suspected to have been involved in the blast, according to Interfax. Russian authorities said they were investigating Tatarsky’s death as a murder.
- Saudi Arabia and other major oil producers announced production cuts, moves that are expected to raise prices and could create a boon for Russia, whose war has been funded in part by its oil exports.
- Russian forces were still trying to put Bakhmut “under complete control,” the Ukrainian military said in an update Monday.
- Finland’s soon-to-be prime minister, Petteri Orpo, said Finland will “do all that is needed to help Ukraine.” The victory of Orpo’s National Coalition Party over incumbent Sanna Marin’s Social Democrats comes as Finland is poised to join NATO.
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- Thirty people were injured in the explosion in St. Petersburg, state media reported, citing the Russian Health Ministry. Six of them were in critical condition, the ministry said. Authorities have detained a woman from the city who is suspected to have been involved in the blast, according to Interfax. Russian authorities said they were investigating Tatarsky’s death as a murder.
- Saudi Arabia and other major oil producers announced production cuts, moves that are expected to raise prices and could create a boon for Russia, whose war has been funded in part by its oil exports.
- Russian forces were still trying to put Bakhmut “under complete control,” the Ukrainian military said in an update Monday.
- Finland’s soon-to-be prime minister, Petteri Orpo, said Finland will “do all that is needed to help Ukraine.” The victory of Orpo’s National Coalition Party over incumbent Sanna Marin’s Social Democrats comes as Finland is poised to join NATO.
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Russian blogger who pushed for Ukraine war dies in cafe explosion
An explosion at a St. Petersburg cafe killed a popular pro-war Russian blogger and injured at least 16 others, the Russian Interior Ministry said Sunday.
A St. Petersburg woman has been detained on suspicion of being involved in the incident, Interfax, a Russian news agency, reported. Russian authorities said they were investigating the death as a murder.
Vladlen Tatarsky was one of the Ukraine war’s more prominent military bloggers. His Telegram page has more than half a million followers. According to reports, Tatarsky was an alias, and the writer’s real name was Maksim Fomin.
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An explosion at a St. Petersburg cafe killed a popular pro-war Russian blogger and injured at least 16 others, the Russian Interior Ministry said Sunday.
A St. Petersburg woman has been detained on suspicion of being involved in the incident, Interfax, a Russian news agency, reported. Russian authorities said they were investigating the death as a murder.
Vladlen Tatarsky was one of the Ukraine war’s more prominent military bloggers. His Telegram page has more than half a million followers. According to reports, Tatarsky was an alias, and the writer’s real name was Maksim Fomin.
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Russia arrests woman in blast that killed pro-war blogger
Russian authorities on Monday arrested a 26-year-old antiwar activist in connection with an explosion that killed a prominent pro-war blogger and wounded more than 30 people at a cafe in St. Petersburg on Sunday.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denounced the bomb attack that killed the hawkish propagandist, Maxim Fomin, as a terrorist attack, and blamed the Ukrainian government, which he said “supports terrorist actions.”
Sunday’s explosion at Street Food Bar No. 1 was the second bomb attack in a major Russian city targeting an outspoken pro-war commentator. In August, Darina Dugina, a television commentator and staunch war supporter, was killed in a car bombing that Russia blamed on Ukrainian security services. Dugina was the daughter of Alexander Dugin, a far-right nationalist Russian ideologue.
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Russian authorities on Monday arrested a 26-year-old antiwar activist in connection with an explosion that killed a prominent pro-war blogger and wounded more than 30 people at a cafe in St. Petersburg on Sunday.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denounced the bomb attack that killed the hawkish propagandist, Maxim Fomin, as a terrorist attack, and blamed the Ukrainian government, which he said “supports terrorist actions.”
Sunday’s explosion at Street Food Bar No. 1 was the second bomb attack in a major Russian city targeting an outspoken pro-war commentator. In August, Darina Dugina, a television commentator and staunch war supporter, was killed in a car bombing that Russia blamed on Ukrainian security services. Dugina was the daughter of Alexander Dugin, a far-right nationalist Russian ideologue.
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Here is the latest from Ukraine:
- Russian authorities in St. Petersburg detained a woman on Monday as part of their investigation of a cafe explosion Sunday that killed prominent Kremlin-aligned military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky.
- Moscow’s forces made creeping advances in Bakhmut, the besieged city in the eastern Donetsk region that Ukraine has defended against waves of Russian attacks for months.
- Finland is set to join NATO as its 31st member on Tuesday, the military alliance’s secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, announced.
- More than one vessel might have been involved in sabotaging the Nord Stream pipeline last year, according to Western officials.
- Ukraine’s military downplayed the symbolic significance of the Bakhmut administration building’s capture.
- Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons close to NATO’s borders within western Belarus, Moscow’s ambassador to Minsk, Boris Gryzlov, told Belarusian state television, according to the Associated Press.
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- Russian authorities in St. Petersburg detained a woman on Monday as part of their investigation of a cafe explosion Sunday that killed prominent Kremlin-aligned military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky.
- Moscow’s forces made creeping advances in Bakhmut, the besieged city in the eastern Donetsk region that Ukraine has defended against waves of Russian attacks for months.
- Finland is set to join NATO as its 31st member on Tuesday, the military alliance’s secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, announced.
- More than one vessel might have been involved in sabotaging the Nord Stream pipeline last year, according to Western officials.
- Ukraine’s military downplayed the symbolic significance of the Bakhmut administration building’s capture.
- Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons close to NATO’s borders within western Belarus, Moscow’s ambassador to Minsk, Boris Gryzlov, told Belarusian state television, according to the Associated Press.
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Here is the latest from Ukraine:
- Finland is set to become a member of NATO on Tuesday, ending its long-standing policy of neutrality following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The move will help reshape European security, extending the trans-Atlantic military alliance’s reach to the far north of the continent and doubling its land border with Russia.
- President Zelensky will visit Poland on Wednesday. Poland last month announced plans to deliver fighter jets to Ukraine.
- Russian authorities have detained a woman as part of their investigation into a cafe explosion that killed pro-war blogger Maxim Fomin. In a video published by Russia’s Interior Ministry, Daria Trepova admitted bringing a figurine, which exploded, to the cafe, but she would not say on camera who asked her to give it to Fomin.
- Evan Gershkovich, the American journalist detained in Russia last week, has appealed his detention in a Moscow court. A date has not yet been set to consider the appeal.
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- Finland is set to become a member of NATO on Tuesday, ending its long-standing policy of neutrality following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The move will help reshape European security, extending the trans-Atlantic military alliance’s reach to the far north of the continent and doubling its land border with Russia.
- President Zelensky will visit Poland on Wednesday. Poland last month announced plans to deliver fighter jets to Ukraine.
- Russian authorities have detained a woman as part of their investigation into a cafe explosion that killed pro-war blogger Maxim Fomin. In a video published by Russia’s Interior Ministry, Daria Trepova admitted bringing a figurine, which exploded, to the cafe, but she would not say on camera who asked her to give it to Fomin.
- Evan Gershkovich, the American journalist detained in Russia last week, has appealed his detention in a Moscow court. A date has not yet been set to consider the appeal.
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