Ukraine

A member of Wagner group speaks with a local resident in Rostov-on-Don, on June 24, 2023. (Roman Romokohv / AFP)

Russian city at heart of brief rebellion expresses relief, confusion after mutiny

In Rostov-on-Don, some locals say they understand the Wagner mercenaries who rebelled, but one is pleased that things have ‘somehow become calmer’

A serviceman stands atop of an armored vehicle of the Wagner Group military company, as he guards an area at the HQ of the Southern Military District in a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023. (AP)

US spy agencies reportedly detected early signs of Russia revolt by Wagner chief

By AFP

June 25, 2023, 6:53 pm

Russian city at heart of brief rebellion expresses relief, confusion after mutiny

In Rostov-on-Don, some locals say they understand the Wagner mercenaries who rebelled, but one is pleased that things have ‘somehow become calmer’

By AFP

June 25, 2023, 6:50 am

US spy agencies reportedly detected early signs of Russia revolt by Wagner chief

Intelligence officials conducted briefings on potential for unrest in nuclear-armed country a full day before it unfolded, Washington Post and New York Times report

By AFP

In this handout photo taken from video released by Prigozhin Press Service on Friday, March 3, 2023, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, addresses Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asking him to withdraw the remaining Ukrainian forces from Bakhmut to save their lives, at an unspecified location in Ukraine. (Prigozhin Press Service via AP, File)

June 25, 2023, 1:07 am

Kremlin says Wagner chief to move to Belarus after rebellious march on Moscow

Moscow says Yevgeny Prigozhin will not face prosecution as part of deal to end most significant challenge to Putin in more than 20 years in power

By Agencies

In this grab taken from video and released by Prigozhin Press Service on Friday, June 23, 2023, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the outspoken millionaire head of the private military contractor Wagner, speaks during his interview at an unspecified location. Prigozhin assailed the Russian military top brass, accusing it of downplaying the threat posed by the Ukrainian counteroffensive. (Prigozhin Press Service via AP, File)

June 24, 2023, 6:19 am

Wagner chief vows to ‘go to the end’ to oust Moscow top brass, says forces rebelling

Yevgeny Prigozhin claims some mercenary group members have left Ukraine, entered Russian city in ‘a march of justice’; heavy military trucks, armored vehicles seen in capital

By Agencies and ToI Staff

In this Monday, September 20, 2010 file photo, Yevgeny Prigozhin, left, shows Russian President Vladimir Putin, around his factory which produces school meals, outside St. Petersburg, Russia. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

June 24, 2023, 3:58 am

Yevgeny Prigozhin: Russian mercenary chief turned firebrand critic, target for arrest

While gaining acclaim in Russia for his Wagner Group’s capture of key Ukrainian towns, Prigozhin has also accused Moscow’s defense ministry of systemic mismanagement, lies

By AFP

June 24, 2023, 2:29 am

Kremlin orders arrest of Wagner leader after he calls to oust Russian defense chief

Notorious head of mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin posts angry videos accusing Sergei Shoigu of ordering rocket strike on Wagner’s field camps in Ukraine, urges armed rebellion

By AP

French President Emmanuel Macron gestures by a model of RISE Safran motor at the International Paris Air Show at the Paris Le Bourget airport, Monday, June 19, 2023. (Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP)

June 20, 2023, 6:54 am

Macron urges Europe to build own air defense, not rely on US-Israeli system

French leader warns against buying arms ‘off the shelf’ for a continent-wide missile umbrella after German purchase of Arrow 3 from Israel for Sky Shield Initiative

By AP

Water flows over the collapsed Kakhovka Dam in Nova Kakhovka, in Russian-occupied Ukraine, June 7, 2023. (AP Photo)

June 19, 2023, 3:00 pm

UN says Russia preventing aid workers from site of Ukraine dam collapse

After global body complains that it is being denied access to help flooded civilians, Russia claims area not safe because of shelling by Ukrainian forces

By susie blann

Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrive for a working session at the Elysee Palace, on December 9, 2019, in Paris. (Ian Langsdon/Pool via AP)

June 16, 2023, 9:32 pm

Putin: My Jewish friends say Zelensky isn’t Jewish, is a ‘disgrace’ to the faith

Russian president wonders why Ukrainian president with ‘Jewish blood’ is covering ‘for these freaks and neo-Nazis’

By ToI Staff and AFP

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow, Russia, April 18, 2023. (AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

June 15, 2023, 6:46 am

US House passes resolution calling on Russia to free Jewish WSJ reporter

Non-binding measure introduced by Republican Michael McCaul of Texas urges immediate release of journalist Evan Gershkovich as well as jailed ex-marine Paul Whelan

By Jackie Hajdenberg

A damaged building after a Russian rocket hit in Odesa, Ukraine, June 14, 2023. (Ukrainian Emergency Situation Press Office via AP)

June 14, 2023, 11:40 am

At least 6 killed as Russian missiles strike Ukraine’s south and shelling hits east

Three die in cruise missile strike on food factory in Odesa; three more fatalities in Kramatorsk and Konstantinovka

By Jamey Keaten

Tatiana Kovler, a Jewish social worker, is one of tens of thousands of Ukrainians and Russians who had to flee their homes following the rupture of a dam on the Dnipro river in Ukraine on June 6, 2023. (Courtesy of Tatiana Kovler)

June 13, 2023, 12:52 am

As Kherson floods, one evacuee plans return to aid city’s hardy Jewish holdouts

Tatiana Kovler, a social worker with the JDC who fled rising waters, is in constant contact with clients who have remained in the city despite intense bombings and now flooding

By Canaan Lidor

This shows a building damaged by a drone, that was shot down during a Russian overnight strike, in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)

June 7, 2023, 9:34 pm

Israeli-built aerial warning system set to be deployed in Ukraine by September

Ukrainian, Israeli officials set to meet in Poland this week to work on system, which will first be deployed to Kyiv, then duplicated in other cities

By Lazar Berman

This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows an overview of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine on Monday, June 5, 2023. Ukraine on Tuesday, June 6, accused Russian forces of blowing up the major dam and hydroelectric power station in a part of southern Ukraine they control. (Maxar Technologies via AP)

June 7, 2023, 6:45 am

Ukraine, Russia trade blame for devastating dam collapse that displaces thousands

Western powers lean toward pointing finger at Moscow for explosion that set off flooding in dozens of towns; Israel condemns ‘deliberate targeting of critical infrastructure’

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Ukraine's delegation with ambassador-at-large of the ministry of foreign affairs Anton Korynevych, right, and director general of international law of the ministry of foreign affairs Oksana Zolotaryova, second right, wait for judges to enter the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, June 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

June 6, 2023, 2:31 pm

Ukraine brands Russia ‘terrorist state,’ opening hearings in case at top UN court

Kyiv wants the International Court of Justice to order Moscow to pay reparations for attacks in Crimea, including for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17

By Mike Corder