7 h. ago ‘Numerous signs of torture’: Ukrainian journalist’s detention and death in Russian prison

The Guardian, working with media partners, has tracked down first-hand accounts to reconstruct Viktoriia Roshchyna’s final monthsThe exchange took place on a lonely forest road in February. Moving along a line of refrigerated lorries, the teams in hazmat suits went about their grim work: preparing the remains of 757 Ukrainian military casualties handed over by Russia for the journey back to Kyiv.Clipboards in hand, intermediaries from the Red Cross checked their lists. For each body shrouded in white plastic, the Russians had provided a number, a name, a location, sometimes a cause of death. And then, at the very bottom of the last page, a mystery entry: “NM SPAS 757.” The letters were abbreviations, taken to mean “unidentified man” and “extensive damage to the coronary arteries”. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago ‘Numerous signs of torture’: a Ukrainian journalist’s detention and death in Russian prison

The Guardian, working with media partners, has tracked down first-hand accounts to reconstruct Viktoriia Roshchyna’s final monthsThe exchange took place on a lonely forest road in February. Moving along a line of refrigerated lorries, the teams in hazmat suits went about their grim work: preparing the remains of 757 Ukrainian military casualties handed over by Russia for the journey back to Kyiv.Clipboards in hand, intermediaries from the Red Cross checked their lists. For each body shrouded in white plastic, the Russians had provided a number, a name, a location, sometimes a cause of death. And then, at the very bottom of the last page, a mystery entry: “NM SPAS 757.” The letters were abbreviations, taken to mean “unidentified man” and “extensive damage to the coronary arteries”. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago CIA deputy director's heartbreak as she discovers missing son died fighting for RUSSIA in Ukraine

Pictures show the CIA deputy director's son who - unbeknownst to his mother and father - was fighting for Vladimir Putin in Ukraine.

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4 d. ago Putin and Witkoff meet in Kremlin after car bomb kills Russian general near Moscow – Europe live

US envoy and Russian leader hold planned meeting following the death of Lt Gen Yaroslav Moskalik in BalashikhaPjotr Sauer is a Russian affairs reporter for the GuardianA senior Russian military official was killed in a car explosion near Moscow on Friday, just hours before a Kremlin meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago CHRIS HUGHES: Putin general's assassination reveals chilling covert ops against Kremlin

Another senior Russian 'bombed to death' in a Moscow suburn heralds, a £45m warplane blown-up after a string of covert missions against Putin - the deadly covert campaign against the Kremlin

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2 w. ago Russian captain charged over crewman's death in North Sea collision appears in court

The Solong had departed Grangemouth when it was involved in a fatal collision with the American tanker Stena Immaculate off the coast of Yorkshire on March 10.

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2 w. ago Russian captain appears in court over death of crewman in North Sea collision

Vladimir Motin was master of the Solong which collided with the Stena Immaculate off the coast of Hull.

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2 w. ago Naked Russian woman 'bolts from shower and plunges to her death' from 14th floor Thailand home

A shocked witness claimed Kyznkoba Kyznkoba, 26, was taking a shower at her condo in Pattaya, Thailand, when she "leapt" from the balcony of her home on the 14th floor

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2 w. ago Video shows 4 captive Ukrainian troops killed by men identified as Russian forces

Ukrainian drone video seen by The Associated Press shows four Ukrainian soldiers being shot to death by soldiers with Russian uniform markings in the village of Piatykhatky on March 13

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2 w. ago A video of Ukrainian POWs killed by men identified as Russians raises questions on accountability

Ukrainian drone video seen by The Associated Press shows four Ukrainian soldiers who have surrendered being shot to death by men identified as Russian troops in the village of Piatykhatky last month

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3 w. ago 1 killed in Russian attack on Kyiv as death toll from earlier missile strike rises to 19

One person was killed as Russian air strikes hit the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, Sunday, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said

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3 w. ago Putin's message to Zelensky: Missile and drone attack slaughters 19 civilians including nine children in strike on Ukrainian leader's home city

The death toll from a deadly Russian ballistic missile strike on Volodymyr Zelensky 's home city of Kryvyi Rig on Friday has risen to 19, including nine children.

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3 w. ago Death toll in Russian missile strike in central Ukraine reaches 18

The death toll from a Russian missile strike in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih has risen to 18, including nine children, regional governor Serhii Lysak said

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