The head of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John Ratcliffe has met Russia’s intelligence services during his visit to Moscow, the Kremlin has said. Ratcliffe travelled to the Russian capital on Tuesday in a rare and unannounced visit. “There were contacts with the intelligence services,” Vladimir Putin’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters. “There
WASHINGTON — Robert Gilman’s release from Russian custody this month heralded a long-awaited homecoming for the Marine veteran after more than four years behind bars. But as Harold Jezler followed the media coverage from the United States, he couldn’t help but notice Gilman’s gaunt and sickly appearance and think of the implications for his wife,
At least 14 people have been killed in a Russian double-tap drone strike on a shopping centre in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, local officials have said. Another 121 people – including 22 children – were injured in the city’s biggest mall. More people are also reported to be trapped in the rubble.
KYIV, Ukraine — The intensifying use of drones against civilians and humanitarian workers is a dangerous obstacle for aid operations in Ukraine, the U.N.’s humanitarian chief, Tom Fletcher, said on Wednesday. Fletcher spoke to The Associated Press in an interview after a visit to the southern city of Kherson, where he witnessed how communities there
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A “massive” Ukrainian drone and missile strike on Russia’s port city of Novorossiysk has damaged grain export terminals and hit the last major Russian naval base on the Black Sea. Three people, including an eight-year-old child, were killed and 24 people were injured in the Wednesday nighttime attack. Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed Ukraine had launched
