Posts tagged evan gershkovich
WORLD BRIEFING: February 22, 2024

A new U.S. intelligence assessment found it is likely that some employees of a United Nations agency that distributes aid to Palestinians took part in Hamas’s Oct. 7 assault on Israel, but says the U.S. can’t verify Israeli allegations that a larger number of U.N. workers have links to militant groups. The ex-husband of Ksenia Karelina, a dual US-Russian citizen facing a life sentence from the Kremlin for donating $50 to the Razom for Ukraine charity, has broken his silence.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: April 4, 2023

Ukraine's military has disputed claims by Wagner that the Russian mercenary force has captured the center of the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, where fighting has raged for months. A woman has been detained by Russian police as a suspect in the assassination of a prominent Russian war blogger at a St. Petersburg cafe on April 2 that also injured 32 people.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: April 1, 2023

Today marks the one-year anniversary of the liberation of Bucha, the Ukrainian town that has become synonymous with unspeakable Russian war crimes. Bucha and Bucha district saw 33 days of occupation. More than 1,400 deaths, including 37 children. More than 175 people were found in mass graves and torture chambers. 

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