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Putin says he won't start a war with NATO. But Western bases hosting Ukraine F-16s would be targets

Mar. 28, 2024 12:22 PM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin scoffed at the possibility of his country launching an attack on a NATO member, calling it “sheer nonsense,” but warned that any Western air base hosting U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets that are slated for deployment in Ukraine would be a...

Russia arrests another suspect in concert hall attack that killed 143

Mar. 28, 2024 12:14 PM EDT

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's top investigative body said Thursday that another suspect has been detained as an accomplice in the attack by gunmen on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed 143 people. A statement from the Investigative Committee said the latest person detained was...

In Vienna, 2 portraits of Alexei Navalny are painted near a monument to Soviet soldiers

Mar. 27, 2024 21:15 PM EDT

VIENNA (AP) — Two large portraits of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have been spray-painted on a property owned by the family of a former Czech foreign minister behind a monument to Soviet soldiers in Vienna. The portraits were completed Wednesday on the wall...

How events in Moldova's breakaway Transnistria region raised fears of Russian interference

Mar. 27, 2024 12:02 PM EDT

Since Russia invaded Ukraine two years ago, fears have risen in neighboring Moldova that it could also be in Moscow’s crosshairs. Like Ukraine, Moldova is a former Soviet republic that has aligned itself with the West and aspires to join the European Union. And both countries hope...

Ukraine, Georgia and Poland are going to Euro 2024 after late drama in qualifying playoffs

Mar. 26, 2024 19:54 PM EDT

Ukraine found another late winning goal in another comeback win. Georgia and Poland held their nerve in penalty shootouts. All are going to the European Championship. The 24-nation Euro 2024 lineup was finalized Tuesday with three qualifying playoffs giving a stronger eastern...

Russia persists in blaming Ukraine for concert attack despite its denial and Islamic State's claim

Mar. 26, 2024 17:12 PM EDT

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials persisted Tuesday in saying Ukraine and the West had a role in last week's deadly Moscow concert hall attack despite vehement denials of involvement by Kyiv and a claim of responsibility by an affiliate of the Islamic State group. Without offering...

Austrian police given small gifts after protecting Russian Embassy, told to reject them in future

Mar. 26, 2024 09:52 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — Austrian police officers who provided security around the Russian Embassy on the day of that country's presidential election were given small presents as they left, Vienna police said Tuesday. Police were told to reject such gifts in the future. Receiving the gifts...

‘Duty to warn’ guided US advance warning of the Moscow attack. Adversaries don’t always listen

Mar. 26, 2024 00:17 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. warning to Russia couldn't have been plainer: Two weeks before the deadliest attack in Russia in years, Americans had publicly and privately advised President Vladimir Putin's government that “extremists” had “imminent plans” for just such slaughter. ...

Kyiv endures a third bombardment in 5 days as Russia steps up targeting of Ukrainian cities

Mar. 25, 2024 21:39 PM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched missiles against Kyiv for the third time in five days and also targeted other regions Monday as Moscow escalated its aerial bombardment of Ukrainian cities while the front line in the war remains largely stationary. Nine people were injured in...

Putin says Islamic extremists raided concert hall but attack masterminds are yet to be found

Mar. 25, 2024 17:30 PM EDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that the gunmen who killed 139 people at a suburban Moscow concert hall are “radical Islamists,” but he repeated his accusation that Ukraine could have played a role despite Kyiv's strong denials. Two days after the Islamic State's...