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☆ Olga Kharlan: Ukraine's top fencer granted place at Olympics after disqualification for not shaking hands with Russian opponent
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Svitlana Vlasova Victoria Butenko Tim Lister | Svitlana Vlasova | Victoria Butenko | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Olga Kharlan, leader of Ukraine’s national fencing team, was earlier disqualified at the tournament after she refused to shake hands with the Russian rival Anna Smirnova she defeated. An athlete’s refusal to shake hands after a contest results in a black card and expulsion, according to International Fencing Federation rules. The federation said it has met with Kharlan and spoken with the International Olympic Committee and finds the reinstatement “in keeping with the Olympic Spirit”. IOC chief’s interventionThat turnaround came came after a pointed intervention from the President of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, himself a former fencer. Meanwhile, Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina took to Twitter to support Kharlan, writing: “We are not shaking hands with Russian and Belarusian athletes.

Persons: Olga Kharlan, Anna Smirnova, Smirnova, Kharlan, Thomas Bach, Bach, ”, Olga Kharlan of, Tadashi Miyamoto, “, Dmytro Kuleba, ” Kharlan, Vladimir Putin, Marta Kostyuk, Kostyuk, Aryna Sabalenka, Sabalenka, won’t, Elina Svitolina Organizations: CNN, International Fencing Federation, Paris, Fencing, International Olympic Committee, IOC, Paris Olympics, Fencing Federation, Ukraine’s, Belarus, Aryna, Twitter Locations: Ukrainian, Italy, Russian, Ukraine, Milan, Olga Kharlan of Ukraine, Russia, Kyiv, Belarusian

CNN —The leader of Ukraine’s national fencing team, Olga Kharlan, said she “acted with my heart” following her disqualification from the world championships for refusing to shake hands with a Russian opponent. The four-time individual world champion and four-time Olympic medalist also called for a rule change regarding the disqualification of athletes who refuse to shake hands with opponents. CNN has contacted the International Fencing Federation for comment on Kharlan’s disqualification. Tadashi Miyamoto/AFLO/Shutterstock“I did not want to shake hands with that athlete and I acted with my heart,” said Kharlan. Ukrainian tennis stars – namely Elina Svitolina, Marta Kostyuk, and Lesia Tsurenko – have all refused to shake hands with Russian opponents.

Persons: Olga Kharlan, “, ” Kharlan, Kharlan, Russian Anna Smirnova, Smirnova, Tadashi Miyamoto, ”, ” Mikhailo Ilyashev, Ilyashev, Elina Svitolina, Marta Kostyuk Organizations: CNN, Fencing Federation, International Fencing Federation, Ukrainian Fencing Federation, Olympics, Wimbledon Locations: Russian, Milan, Ukrainian

☆ IOC urges sensitivity in handling Ukrainian, Russian athletes after fencer's disqualification
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

July 28 (Reuters) - International federations should handle situations involving Ukrainian and neutral athletes with sensitivity, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said after a Ukrainian fencer was disqualified for refusing to shake hands with a Russian opponent. "Therefore, we encourage International Federations to handle situations involving Ukrainian and Individual Neutral Athletes with the necessary degree of sensitivity. "We continue to stand in full solidarity with the Ukrainian athletes and the Olympic community of Ukraine." Kharlan said she stands by her decision not to shake hands with Smirnova. "When I have a choice... where I shake hands I will never shake hands with her.

Persons: Ukraine's Olga Kharlan, Anna Smirnova, Elina Svitolina, Marta Kostyuk, Kharlan, Kharlan's, Smirnova, Tommy Lund, Aadi Nair, Claudia Greco, Pearl Josephine Nazare, Christian Radnedge Organizations: International Olympic Committee, Ukrainian Fencing Federation, Olympic Games, IOC, Reuters, Olympic, Thomson Locations: Ukrainian, Russian, Milan, Ukraine, Moscow, Belarus, Russia, Bengaluru

☆ Ukraine's Kharlan disqualified after refusal to shake hands with Russian opponent
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

July 27 (Reuters) - Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan has been disqualified after refusing to shake hands with Russian Anna Smirnova at the World Championships in Milan on Thursday. Kharlan, a four-time Olympic medallist and world champion, won the individual sabre bout 15-7 and then refused to shake hands with her opponent. Smirnova remained on the piste for over half an hour after the incident, speaking with a number of officials before leaving. In fencing's rules, shaking an opponent's hand is mandatory and failure to do so results in a 'black card'. The women's team sabre event begins on July 29.

Persons: Olga Kharlan, Anna Smirnova, Smirnova, Elina Svitolina, Marta Kostyuk, Mykhailo Illiashev, Illiashev, Kharlan, Aadi Nair, Anna Pruchnika, Pritha Sarkar Organizations: Fencing Federation, Thomson Locations: Ukrainian, Milan, Ukraine, Moscow, Belarus, Russia

☆ Ukraine’s top fencer disqualified from world championship after refused handshake with Russian
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Svitlana Vlasova | Tim Lister | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The leader of Ukraine’s national fencing team, Olga Kharlan, has been disqualified from participating in the world championships after she refused to shake hands with Anna Smirnova, who is from Russia. Kharlan had just beaten Smirnova at the tournament in Milan, but rather than shake hands the Ukrainian offered her sabre to tap blades. Mikhailo Ilyashev, President of the Ukrainian Fencing Federation, told Ukrainian television that Ukraine would protest the decision, saying the referee had not disqualified Kharlan, who was banned later. But the refusal to shake hands after a contest results in a black card and expulsion, according to federation rules. Meanwhile, Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina took to Twitter to support Kharlan, writing: “We are not shaking hands with Russian and Belarusian athletes.

Persons: Olga Kharlan, Anna Smirnova, Kharlan, Smirnova, Vadym Guttsait, ”, Mikhailo Ilyashev, Andreas Solaro, Marta Kostyuk, Kostyuk, Aryna Sabalenka, Sabalenka, won’t, Elina Svitolina Organizations: CNN, Ukrainian Sports, Facebook, Ukrainian Fencing Federation, International Fencing Federation, Getty, Fencing Federation, Belarus, Aryna, Twitter Locations: Russia, Milan, Ukraine, AFP, Ukrainian, Kyiv, Belarusian

While it still maintains some combat power in reserve, it has now deployed the “main bulk” of the forces committed to the counteroffensive forces, one of the US officials said. “The second wave of the [Ukrainian] counteroffensive has begun” on the Zaporizhzhia front, said Vladimir Rogov, a member of the Russian-installed military-civilian administration in the region. The New York Times was first to report on the commitment of additional Ukrainian forces to the counteroffensive. Zelensky said last week that one reason for the slow progress of the counteroffensive was its later-than-planned start. However, some Ukrainian military officials have recently noted that Russia’s advantage in electronic warfare has blunted the effectiveness of drone operations.

Persons: “, Vladimir Rogov, Rogov, ” Rogov, Bradley, ”, Vladimir Putin, Ukraine’s, Volodymyr Zelensky, Lloyd Austin, ” Austin, they’ve, Oleksii Reznikov, Reznikov, Putin, Zelensky, ” Zelensky, Denys Shmyhal Organizations: CNN, Kyiv, Ukrainian, Leopard, Brigade, Artillery, Bradley, US, The New York Times, Ukraine’s, Aspen Security, United, Army Tactical Missile Systems Locations: Ukraine, Russian, “, Robotyne, Orikhiv, Papua New Guinea, Crimea, Donbas, St . Petersburg, Russia, Kyiv, United States, France, United Kingdom, Ukrainian, Odesa, Moscow

☆ Russia's Bolshoi, performing in China, vows to return to the West
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BEIJING, July 26 (Reuters) - The artistic director of Moscow's state-owned Bolshoi Ballet has vowed that his company will eventually perform in the West again, having been subject to a cultural boycott since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The storied ballet company performed at Beijing's National Centre for the Performing Arts on Tuesday in its first international tour since the pandemic. Speaking in Beijing on the eve of the performance, artistic director Makhar Vaziev insisted the troupe was "not suffering" from being unable to perform in the West. Cancellations in other Western cities soon followed, and creative collaboration with Western venues and choreographers evaporated. Several Russian and foreign leading dancers also quit the company in opposition to the Ukraine war, including former principal ballerina Olga Smirnova.

Persons: Makhar Vaziev, Empress Catherine the Great, Don Quixote, Vladimir Putin's, Olga Smirnova, Elizaveta Kokoreva, Laurie Chen, John Geddie, Raju gopalakrishnan Organizations: Bolshoi Ballet, National, Performing Arts, Reuters, London's Royal Opera House, Western, Thomson Locations: BEIJING, Ukraine, Beijing, Russia, Minsk, Oman, Moscow

☆ Greece sees some wildfire respite, though stubborn blazes rage on
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"Wildfires across Greece have abated but firefighters are still operating at different spots," a fire brigade official said. Greece is heavily reliant on tourism and Rhodes, one of its biggest islands, is among its top summer destinations, attracting about 1.5 million foreign tourists in the summer months. [1/4]Flames and smoke rise as a wildfire burns near the village of Gennadi, on the island of Rhodes, Greece, July 25, 2023. REUTERS/Nicolas Economou/File PhotoTourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni said that wildfires have affected only a small part of the island. On the island of Corfu, where a wildfire rekindled overnight without threatening homes, a local governor said he suspected arson.

Persons: Rhodes, Nicolas Economou, Olga Kefalogianni, Nikos Mouzakitis, Angeliki Koutantou, Sharon Singleton Organizations: Firefighters, Canadair CL, Rhodes, REUTERS, ERT, Thomson Locations: ATHENS, Greece, Evia, Rhodes, Gennadi, Corfu, Athens

When the French interior designer Camille Vergnes throws a dinner party in Paris, she opts for unfussy white table linens and white plates. This allows her Art Deco-style set of serving spoons, salad servers and carving knives, all with almond green shagreen handles, to take center stage. “I use [the serving set] as the key piece of the table along with the flowers or candleholders,” she says. Vergnes’s approach reflects a shift in focus when it comes to tableware, away from handblown glassware and patterned napkins to sculptural utensils. - Host Gift Guide: What T’s editors and contributors are bringing to thank their hosts this summer, including surreal serving spoons and cozy quilts.

Persons: Camille Vergnes, ”, Olga Bonne, Alessandra Williams, Frank Traynor, Ben Bodman, Yann Nury Organizations: Fair Trade, Bodman, Credit Locations: French, Paris, Copenhagen, Danish, Brighton, British, Zimbabwe, Nairobi, United States, Melksham, Wiltshire, England, Ibiza, Long, Amsterdam

☆ Russia wants school kids trained to operate combat drones, which have become an inescapable part of the Ukraine war
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Drones have been invaluable for both Ukraine and Russia, completing attacks and conducting reconnaissance. These assets, which come in all shapes and sizes, will have uses in the ongoing war against Ukraine and in future conflicts. Russia previously accused Ukraine of using long-range drones to strike bases deep inside Russian territory. Meanwhile, Russia has used drones for similar purposes, such as battlefield reconnaissance. Kyiv and other cities have repeatedly been battered by one-way explosive drones, like the Iranian-made Shaheds.

Persons: Narciso Contreras, They've, Scott Peterson, Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Olga Maltseva, TB2, Russia's, Ukraine's Organizations: Service, UK Ministry of Defense, Ukraine, Anadolu Agency, Getty, Kremlin, CNN, PMC Wagner, PMC, Radio Free Radio Liberty Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Russian, Moscow, Kerch, Crimea, Ukraine's, Saint Petersburg, AFP, Ukrainian, Bakhmut

☆ Russian troops fought alongside the decomposing corpse of a comrade for weeks. Ukraine's soldiers 'genuinely shocked' at how enemy treats their dead, report says.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The bodies of Russian soldiers are being left behind in Ukraine as Moscow denies the true death toll. Ukrainian soldiers told The Times they were "genuinely shocked" at how Russia treats their dead. And in one case, Russian troops were forced to fight alongside the decomposing corpse of their dead comrade for weeks, a Ukrainian soldier told The Times of London. The first image was of a fresh Russian corpse; the other was of an older corpse reduced to a skeleton about a hundred yards away. Ukrainian soldiers are "genuinely shocked" at how differently Russia treats their dead compared with how they treat their own, with scores of injured and dead Russian soldiers being abandoned on the battlefield, The Times reported.

Persons: OLGA MALTSEVA Organizations: Times, Service, The Times, Iron, Steel, Getty Locations: Ukraine, Moscow, Russia, Wall, Silicon, Ukrainian, London, Ukraine's, Mariupol, AFP, Meduza

CNN —Igor Girkin, a prominent Russian military blogger and former official in the separatist so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) in Ukraine, has been arrested in Moscow, according to a message attributed to his wife and posted on his Telegram account and in Russian news reports. Girkin, also known by the nom de guerre Igor Strelkov, was reportedly taken from his apartment by Russian security officials Friday morning. Russian state news agency TASS said Reginskaya informed them about the extremism charge, and that law-enforcement agencies confirmed Girkin’s detention. Girkin is a former colonel in Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) and served as defense minister in the DPR in eastern Ukraine. According to the court, Girkin participated in the conflicts in Chechnya, Transnistria and Bosnia.

Persons: Igor Girkin, Girkin, Igor Strelkov, ”, Miroslava, “, ” Reginskaya, Reginskaya Organizations: CNN, Donetsk People’s, Investigative, Federal Security Service, DPR, Malaysia Airlines Flight Locations: Russian, Donetsk, Donetsk People’s Republic, Ukraine, Moscow, Chechnya, Transnistria, Bosnia

But Shautsou’s statement was the first time the Belarus Red Cross has admitted taking part in the deportations. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the Red Cross umbrella organization, expressed “grave concern” and called for the practice to stop. Dzmitry Shautsou, the Secretary General of the Belarusian Red Cross, pictured near the Polish border. “We have contacted the Belarus Red Cross to express our grave concern and to stop any similar activity in the future,” the statement said, adding that “actions by any of our member national Red Cross or Red Crescent Societies in contradiction with our humanitarian mission” are “taken extremely seriously.”The Ukrainian branch of the Red Cross has called for the IFRC to denounce the Belarus Red Cross’ involvement in the deportations. “We implore them to carefully consider the matter of excluding the Belarus Red Cross from the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement,” the group said in a statement.

Persons: Dzmitry Shautsou, ” Shautsou, Ulf Mauder, Shautsou, ”, “, Dmytro Kuleba, Vladimir Putin, Rights Maria Lvova, Alexander Lukashenko, Putin, Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin Organizations: CNN, Cross, International Federation of Red, Red Crescent Societies, Criminal Court, Belarus “, TV, Red Crescent Movement, Crescent, ICC, Twitter, Russian, Rights, Ukraine Russia, Crisis Management Group Locations: Belarusian, Belarus, Ukraine, Republic of Belarus, Russia, Rome, Polish, Severodonetsk

CNN —Belarusian forces will hold joint military exercises with Wagner fighters near its border with NATO-member Poland, Belarus’ Defence Ministry said. Wagner fighters arrived in Belarus following a short-lived mutiny by the private military group last month. “The Armed Forces of Belarus continue joint training with the fighters of PMC ‘Wagner,’” the defence ministry said in a statement. At the beginning of July, Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko invited Wagner forces into Belarus to help train his country’s military. The invite came shortly after the failed armed insurrection by Wagner forces against Moscow, which Lukashenko was credited with helping diffuse.

Persons: Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, PMC ‘ Wagner, ’, Alexander Lukashenko, Lukashenko, ”, Vladimir Putin, Putin Organizations: CNN, NATO, Belarus ’ Defence Ministry, Armed Forces, PMC, Reuters Locations: Belarusian, Poland, Belarus, Moscow, Russia, Asipovichy, Minsk, “

☆ Ukrainian air defenses in Odesa outgunned as Russia targets global grain supply
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Ivana Kottasová Olga Voitovich Mick Krever Alex Marquardt Scott Mcwhinnie Sebastian Shukla | Ivana Kottasová | Olga Voitovich | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Ukraine’s Air Force said it destroyed just five of 19 Russian cruise missiles fired at the country overnight into Thursday. “Systems such as Patriot or SAMP-T could provide protection for this region.”Ukraine has received at least two Patriot systems in April, one from the United States and one from Germany. Grain infrastructure targetedMoscow launched an intense campaign of bombardment against Odesa, Mykolaiv and other settlements in southern Ukraine on Monday when Ukraine struck the key Crimea bridge. Moscow announced on Monday that it was suspending its participation in an agreement that allowed the export of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea. “Not only they withdraw from the grain agreement in order to export grain from Ukraine, but they are burning the grain.

Persons: That’s, Oleh Kiper, Yurii Ihnat, ”, hasn’t, Volodymyr Zelensky, Samantha Power, Putin, Power, Josep Borrell, ” Borrell Organizations: Kyiv CNN —, Ukraine’s Air Force, CNN, Firefighters, Air Force Command, Ukraine’s Armed Forces, “ Systems, Ukraine’s, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Patriot, Monday, Russia’s Defense Ministry, Moscow, U.S . Agency for International Development Locations: Kyiv, Kyiv CNN — Ukraine, Odesa, Moscow, Russian, Ukraine, United States, Germany, Mykolaiv, Crimea, Russia, Africa, Asia

☆ Rare ‘Trojan’ world may share the same orbit as another planet
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Astronomers may have found a rare “sibling” that shares the same orbit of a Jupiter-like planet around a young star. Two Jupiter-like planets, known as PDS 70b and PDS 70c, are already known to orbit the star. Evidence for Trojans beyond our solar system — specifically Trojan planets — has been sparse until now. The signal suggested a cloud of debris with a mass of about twice that of our moon, which could be a Trojan planet or a planet in formation. A cloud of debris (circled by a yellow dotted line) may be a newly forming planet in the same orbit as the planet PDS 70b.

Persons: ”, Olga Balsalobre, Lucy, “ Exotrojans, Jorge Lillo, Itziar De Gregorio, Monsalvo, “, Ruza, ALMA Organizations: CNN —, Astrophysics, Madrid’s, Astrobiology, IAU, Southern, Science, NASA Locations: ALMA, Chile

The Russian-backed leader of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, said on Telegram that “a fire occurred at a military training ground.” Askenov said residents of four surrounding villages – more than 2,000 people – were being evacuated. Smoke and flames billow over a military training ground following an explosion in the Kirovske district, Crimea, on July 19, 2023. Kyiv has not commented on Wednesday’s explosions at the Crimea training ground. Ukraine’s attack on the Crimea bridge dealt a logistical and symbolic blow to Moscow’s faltering military campaign. The $3.7 billion-dollar corridor, which is 12 miles long, is a critical artery for supplying the peninsula with both its daily needs and supplies for the Russian military, in addition to fuel and goods for civilians.

Persons: Sergey Aksyonov, ” Askenov, Vladimir Putin, Odesa, Volodymyr Zelensky, Hennadii Trukhanov, ”, Denis Pushilin Organizations: CNN, Reuters, Russian Grey Zone Telegram, Ukrainian, Shadow, Atesh, Ukrainian Air Force, Russian Defense Ministry, Monday, Russian, Presidential Press Service, Reuters Odesa, Facebook, Donetsk People’s, DPR, Ukraine’s Security Locations: Crimea, Stary Krym, Crimea’s Kirorvsky, Russian, Kirovske district, Ukrainian, Russia, Ukraine, Odesa, Iran, Moscow, Donetsk, Donetsk People’s Republic

CNN —Russian tour operators are pleading with vacationers to Crimea not to make decisions “based on emotions,” as Ukraine’s strike on the Crimea bridge on Monday played havoc on travel between the occupied Ukrainian peninsula and Russia. Hundreds of cars were waiting Tuesday to cross the bridge both to and from Crimea, and Russian-backed officials were encouraging drivers to travel along the land route through occupied southern Ukraine. Or we shift their reservations in Crimea to later dates.”Road traffic over the Crimea bridge resumed overnight over one of the bridge’s four lanes, but there is heavy traffic. TASS reported that bus services from Rostov, in southern Russia, to Crimea had been restored – via southern Ukraine, rather than over the Crimea bridge. A tourist from the Russian city of Rostov told the Russian tourism website Tourdom about her experience driving to Crimea.

Persons: “, ” Elena Bazhenova, ”, ” Bazhenova, Multitour, ” Kizey, Viktor Korotaev, ” Denis Pushilin, ” Ilya Umansky Organizations: CNN, Russian Union of Tourist Industry, Tourists, AP Rail, Novosti, TASS, Russian Union of Travel Industry, Crimean Locations: Russian, Crimea, Ukrainian, Russia, Ukraine, Kerch, Russia’s Krasnodar, –, Krasnodar Territory, Moscow, Ukraine’s Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Mariupol, Donetsk People’s Republic, Chonhar, Ukraine’s Kherson, Rostov, Alushta

☆ Spain election: Trans youths' families fear for rights under a right-wing government
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Horaci García | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/4] Members of Chrysallis (Association of Transgender Children and Youth Families) take part in a Gay Parade in Barcelona, Spain, July 15, 2023. REUTERS/ Albert Gea/file photo/file photoBARCELONA, July 18 (Reuters) - Ana Valenzuela and her 12-year-old trans daughter, like some other families with transgender children, fear that if Spain's conservative People's Party (PP) and far-right Vox take power in this month's election, they could roll back hard-won LGBT rights. "It's very sad that children are conscious of this," said Valenzuela, who advised the government during the drafting of the "Trans Law". Vox has vowed to repeal the Trans Law and has joined the PP in challenging it before the Constitutional Court, arguing it violates child protection rights and the right to bodily integrity. Olga Nadal, vice-president of trans youth rights group Chrysallis Catalunya, said the community could not afford to see the law repealed.

Persons: Albert Gea, Ana Valenzuela, Valenzuela, Vox, Olga Nadal, Mariano Rajoy, Emi Blanco, Horaci García, David Latona, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: Chrysallis, of Transgender Children, REUTERS, People's Party, Vox, Trans, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: Barcelona, Spain, BARCELONA, Sunday's, Chrysallis, Catalan

☆ Putin's military supply routes are being blocked by Russian tourists after he encouraged them to go on holiday in Crimea, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Russian tourists are snarling up military supply routes near Crimea, a report said. The Institute for the Study of War described the Kerch bridge as one of two supply routes for Russian forces in southern Ukraine battling to resist a Ukrainian counteroffensive. Russian tourists in the resort town of Alushta on the Crimean peninsula on June 18, 2023. Despite this, Russian President Vladimir Putin had ordered Russian military vehicles to help ferry tourists to the location, it said. In the wake of Sunday's attack, Putin urged tourists to avoid the Kerch bridge and instead take the route through occupied east Ukraine.

Persons: OLGA MALTSEVA, Vladimir Putin, Putin Organizations: Service, Kremlin, Institute for, Getty, Moscow Times, Daily Locations: Crimea, Crimean, Wall, Silicon, Kerch, Russia, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Russian, Alushta, AFP

☆ NATO's northernmost members are preparing for an undersea showdown with Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Constantine Atlamazoglou | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

NATO navies worry about those subs and they've increased their focus on countering undersea threats. Nordic navies are investing in their own submarine fleets to keep track of Russia's boats. A particular concern for the alliance is Russia's submarines, many of which are assigned to those two fleets. The potential threat from Russia's undersea forces has prompted its neighbors to reevaluate their own submarine needs. But Sweden's western neighbors, Norway and Denmark, both see a need for bigger sub fleets.

Persons: Christopher Cavoli, OLGA MALTSEVA, Ronald Reagan, Fredrik Linden, Petty, Marlowe Dix, Michael Aastrup Jensen, Aastrup Jensen, HENRIK MONTGOMERY, Eirik Kristoffersen, Kristoffersen, Constantine Atlamazoglou Organizations: NATO, Nordic, Service, Baltic, US, Command, Allied, Getty, North Atlantic, Baltic Fleet, Navy, Submarine, Reuters, Naval, Norfolk, US Navy, Hudson Institute, Getty Images, Submarines, Armed Forces, Fletcher School of Law, LinkedIn, Twitter Locations: Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Nordic, Gulf of Finland, St . Petersburg, AFP, Finland, North, Russia's, Kaliningrad, Russia, Baltic, Sweden, Swedish, Gotland, Blekinge, Navy Gotland, Sweden's, Norwegian Ula, Norway, Denmark, Danish, Ula, Oslo, Swedish Gotland, Halland, Stockholm

☆ Ukraine is rushing uniforms for female soldiers after complaints that poor-fitting men's clothes are holding them back on the battlefield
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukrainian female soldiers say they struggle with men's baggy uniforms and equipment. The military is now testing clothing specifically for female soldiers, officials and reports said. Her sister, Julia, also serving in the military, told The Beast that women struggle without equipment to help them go to the bathroom while on the battlefield. The women's complaints line up with those previously voiced by female Ukrainian soldiers. The group had sent out free equipment to more than 5,000 female soldiers as of March, CBS News reported.

Persons: Insider's Erin Snodgrass, that's, Yevheniia, Alina, Julia, Olga Ushakova, Anastasia Mohina, Alina Pyrenko Organizations: Service, Agence France, Presse, CNN, Daily, CBS News, Associated Press Locations: Wall, Silicon, Ukrainian

This is how Komsomolskaya School Number 1 is marking the opening of a new school desk, a so-called “hero desk” emblazoned with the face and biography of one of Russia’s war dead, once a pupil at this very school. The desks are part of a pan-Russian initiative called the “New School Project” and are funded by “United Russia,” a staunchly pro-Putin party. As of early May, United Russia said there were more than 14,000 desks in 9,000 schools across the country. Local news reports suggest some schools use the desks to reward good behavior or good grades. The desks across the country are standardized: green, with military photographs, a biography, medals awarded (often posthumously) and the soldier’s date of death.

Persons: It’s, ”, Gennady Alexandrovich Pavlov, Chuvashia, Gennady Pavlov, Russia’s, Daniil Ken, ” Ken, Sergei Shoigu, Ken, Alena Arshinova, Olga, Sergey Kravtsov, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, there’s, “, ‘, Tatyana Chervenko, Chervenko, Mikhail Stepanov, ’, Stepanov, Wagner, “ Artyomovsk Organizations: CNN, New, “ United, Putin, Teachers ’ Alliance, Russian Ministry of Defense, State Duma, United, Kyiv, Russian, Russia’s Security, Novosti, Ministry Locations: Russian, Chuvashia, Russia, “ United Russia, United Russia, Ukraine, Hostomel, Kyiv, United States, State, St . Petersburg, Simferopol, Crimea, “, Leningrad, ”, Moscow, Virginia, Khabarovsk, Russia’s, Ukrainian, Bakhmut

☆ Factbox: List of Wimbledon women's singles champions
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

LONDON, July 15 (Reuters) - List of Wimbledon women's singles champions:2023 Marketa Vondrousova (Czech Republic) beat Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) 6-4 6-42022 Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) beat Jabeur (Tunisia) 3-6 6-2 6-22021 Ash Barty (Australia) beat Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) 6-3 6-7(4) 6-32020 Tournament cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic2019 Simona Halep (Romania) beat Serena Williams (U.S.) 6-2 6-22018 Angelique Kerber (Germany) beat Serena Williams (U.S.) 6-3 6-32017 Garbine Muguruza (Spain) beat Venus Williams (U.S.) 7-5 6-02016 Serena Williams (U.S.) beat Kerber (Germany) 7-5 6-32015 Serena Williams (U.S.) beat Muguruza (Spain) 6-4 6-42014 Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) beat Eugenie Bouchard (Canada) 6-3 6-02013 Marion Bartoli (France) beat Sabine Lisicki (Germany) 6-1 6-42012 Serena Williams (U.S.) beat Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 6-1 5-7 6-22011 Kvitova (Czech Republic) beat Maria Sharapova (Russia) 6-3 6-42010 Serena Williams (U.S.) beat Vera Zvonareva (Russia) 6-3 6-22009 Serena Williams (U.S.) beat Venus Williams (U.S.) 7-6(3) 6-22008 Venus Williams (U.S.) beat Serena Williams (U.S.) 7-5 6-42007 Venus Williams (U.S.) beat Bartoli (France) 6-4 6-12006 Amelie Mauresmo (France) beat Justine Henin (Belgium) 2-6 6-3 6-42005 Venus Williams (U.S.) beat Lindsay Davenport (U.S.) 4-6 7-6(4)9-72004 Sharapova (Russia) beat Serena Williams (U.S.) 6-1 6-42003 Serena Williams (U.S.) beat Venus Williams (U.S.) 4-6 6-4 6-22002 Serena Williams (U.S.) beat Venus Williams (U.S.) 7-6(4) 6-32001 Venus Williams (U.S.) beat Henin (Belgium) 6-1 3-6 6-02000 Venus Williams (U.S.) beat Davenport (U.S.) 6-3 7-6(3)1999 Davenport (U.S.) beat Steffi Graf (Germany) 6-4 7-51998 Jana Novotna (Czech Republic) beat Nathalie Tauziat (France) 6-4 7-6(2)1997 Martina Hingis (Switzerland) beat Novotna (Czech Republic) 2-6 6-3 6-31996 Graf (Germany) beat Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (Spain) 6-3 7-51995 Graf (Germany) beat Sanchez Vicario (Spain) 4-6 6-1 7-51994 Conchita Martinez (Spain) beat Martina Navratilova (U.S.) 6-4 3-6 6-31993 Graf (Germany) beat Novotna (Czech Republic) 7-6(6) 1-6 6-41992 Graf (Germany) beat Monica Seles (Yugoslavia) 6-2 6-11991 Graf (Germany) beat Gabriela Sabatini (Argentina) 6-4 3-6 8-61990 Navratilova (U.S.) beat Zina Garrison (U.S.) 6-4 6-11989 Graf (Germany) beat Navratilova (U.S.) 6-2 6-7(1) 6-11988 Graf (Germany) beat Navratilova (U.S.) 5-7 6-2 6-11987 Navratilova (U.S.) beat Graf (Germany) 7-5 6-31986 Navratilova (U.S.) beat Hana Mandlikova (Czechoslovakia) 7-6(1) 6-31985 Navratilova (U.S.) beat Chris Evert Lloyd (U.S.) 4-6 6-3 6-21984 Navratilova (U.S.) beat Evert Lloyd (U.S.) 7-6(5) 6-21983 Navratilova (U.S.) beat Andrea Jaeger (U.S.) 6-0 6-31982 Navratilova (U.S.) beat Evert Lloyd (U.S.) 6-1 3-6 6-21981 Evert Lloyd (U.S.) beat Mandlikova (Czechoslovakia) 6-2 6-21980 Evonne Goolagong Cawley (Australia) beat Evert Lloyd (U.S.) 6-1 7-6(4)1979 Navratilova (Czechoslovakia) beat Evert Lloyd (U.S.) 6-4 6-41978 Navratilova (Czechoslovakia) beat Evert Lloyd (U.S.) 2-6 6-4 7-51977 Virginia Wade (Britain) beat Betty Stove (Netherlands) 4-6 6-3 6-11976 Evert Lloyd (U.S.) beat Cawley (Australia) 6-3 4-6 8-61975 Billie Jean King (Moffitt) (U.S.) beat Cawley (Australia) 6-0 6-11974 Evert (U.S.) beat Olga Morozova (Soviet Union) 6-0 6-41973 King (U.S.) beat Evert (U.S.) 6-0 7-51972 King (U.S.) beat Cawley (Australia) 6-3 6-31971 Cawley (Australia) beat Margaret Court (Smith) (Australia) 6-4 6-11970 Court (Australia) beat King (U.S.) 14-12 11-91969 Ann Jones (Britain) beat King (U.S.) 3-6 6-3 6-21968 King (U.S.) beat Judy Tegart (Australia) 9-7 7-5Pre-Open era:1967 King (U.S.) beat Jones (Britain) 6-3 6-41966 King (U.S.) beat Maria Bueno (Brazil) 6-3 3-6 6-11965 Smith (Court) (Australia) beat Bueno (Brazil) 6-4 7-51964 Bueno (Brazil) beat Smith (Australia) 6-4 7-9 6-31963 Smith (Australia) beat Moffitt (King) (U.S.) 6-3 6-41962 Karen Susman (U.S.) beat Vera Sukova (Czechoslovakia)6-4 6-41961 Angela Mortimer (Britain) beat Christine Truman (Britain) 4-6 6-4 7-51960 Bueno (Brazil) beat Sandra Reynolds (South Africa) 8-6 6-01959 Bueno (Brazil) beat Darlene Hard (U.S.) 6-4 6-31958 Althea Gibson (U.S.) beat Mortimer (Britain) 8-6 6-21957 Gibson (U.S.) beat Hard (U.S.) 6-3 6-21956 Shirley Fry (U.S.) beat Angela Buxton (Britain) 6-3 6-11955 Louise Brough (U.S.) beat Beverly Fleitz (U.S.) 7-5 8-61954 Maureen Connolly (U.S.) beat Brough (U.S.) 6-2 7-51953 Connolly (U.S.) beat Doris Hart (U.S.) 8-6 7-51952 Connolly (U.S.) beat Brough (U.S.) 7-5 6-31951 Hart (U.S.) beat Fry (U.S.) 6-1 6-01950 Brough (U.S.) beat Margaret du Pont (Osborne) (U.S.) 6-1 3-6 6-11949 Brough (U.S.) beat Du Pont (U.S.) 10-8 1-6 10-81948 Brough (U.S.) beat Hart (U.S.) 6-3 8-61947 Osborne (U.S.) beat Hart (U.S.) 6-2 6-41946 Pauline Betz (U.S.) beat Brough (U.S.) 6-2 6-41940-45 No competition1939 Alice Marble (U.S.) beat Kay Stammers (Britain) 6-2 6-01938 Helen Moody (Wills) (U.S.) beat Helen Jacobs (U.S.) 6-4 6-01937 Dorothy Round (Britain) beat Jadwiga Jedr

Persons: Vondrousova, Elena Rybakina, Ash Barty, Karolina Pliskova, Simona Halep, Serena Williams, Angelique Kerber, Muguruza, Venus Williams, Petra Kvitova, Eugenie Bouchard, Marion Bartoli, Sabine Lisicki, Agnieszka Radwanska, Kvitova, Maria Sharapova, Vera Zvonareva, Bartoli, Amelie Mauresmo, Justine Henin, Lindsay Davenport, Sharapova, Davenport, Steffi Graf, Jana Novotna, Nathalie Tauziat, Martina Hingis, Novotna, Graf, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Sanchez Vicario, Conchita Martinez, Martina Navratilova, Monica Seles, Gabriela Sabatini, Navratilova, Zina Garrison, Hana Mandlikova, Chris Evert Lloyd, Evert Lloyd, Andrea Jaeger, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Virginia Wade, Betty Stove, Cawley, Billie Jean King, Moffitt, Evert, Olga Morozova, King, Margaret Court, Smith, Ann Jones, Judy Tegart, Jones, Maria Bueno, Bueno, Karen Susman, Vera Sukova, Angela Mortimer, Christine Truman, Sandra Reynolds, Darlene Hard, Althea Gibson, Mortimer, Gibson, Shirley Fry, Angela Buxton, Louise Brough, Beverly Fleitz, Maureen Connolly, Connolly, Doris Hart, Hart, Fry, Brough, Margaret du Pont, Osborne, Du Pont, Pauline Betz, Alice Marble, Kay Stammers, Helen Moody, Wills, Helen Jacobs, Dorothy Round, Jadwiga Jedrzejowska, Jacobs, Hilde Sperling, Moody, Cilly Aussem, Hilde Krahwinkel, Elizabeth Ryan, Lili de Alvarez, De Alvarez, Kathleen Godfree, Suzanne Lenglen, Joan Fry, Kathleen McKane, Molla Mallory, Dorothea Chambers, Chambers, Ethel Larcombe, Winifred McNair, Charlotte Sterry, Dora Boothby, Boothby, Agnes Morton, Morton, Sutton, Dorothea Douglass, Douglass, Sterry, Thomson, Muriel Robb, Blanche Hillyard, Hillyard, Charlotte Cooper, Cooper, Louisa Martin 6, Alice Pickering, Helen Jackson, Edith Austin, Lottie Dod, Dod, Lena Rice, May, Bingley, Maud Watson, Watson, Lillian Watson, Aadi Nair, Ed Osmond Organizations: Wimbledon, Henin, Davenport, Graf, Evert, King, Brough, Wills, Rice, Bingley, Thomson Locations: Czech Republic, Tunisia, Kazakhstan, Jabeur, Australia, Romania, Germany, Spain, Kerber, Muguruza, Canada, France, Poland, Russia, Belgium, U.S, Switzerland, Yugoslavia, Argentina, Czechoslovakia, Mandlikova, Britain, Netherlands, Soviet Union, Brazil, South Africa, McKane, Bingley, Bengaluru

☆ Secretive and highly paid submariners are behind some of Russia's most worrying undersea operations
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Constantine Atlamazoglou | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Known as GUGI, the directorate is responsible for conducting sabotage and surveillance against critical maritime infrastructure, including undersea cables and energy pipelines. NATO's intelligence chief warned this year that Russia could attempt to sabotage undersea cables in retaliation for Western support of Ukraine. Yantar, the special-purpose survey ship, was spotted lingering near undersea cables west of Ireland in 2021. "We know that Russia has the capacity to map but also potentially to conduct actions against critical infrastructure," NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters on June 16. "That's also the reason why we have, for many years, addressed the vulnerability of critical undersea infrastructure."

Persons: Sidharth Kaushal, Kaushal, GUGI, OLGA MALTSEVA, Sutton, Andrey Luzik, Jens Stoltenberg, That's, Stoltenberg, Constantine Atlamazoglou Organizations: NATO, Service, Directorate, Russian Ministry of Defense, Submarine, Royal United Services Institute, Getty, Barents Observer, Russia Ministry of Defense, US Navy, Norwegian Coast Guard, OLE BERG, NATO Maritime Centre, Fletcher School of Law, LinkedIn, Twitter Locations: Wall, Silicon, Russia, GUGI, British, St . Petersburg, AFP, Belgorod, Moscow, Olenya, Baltic, Severomorsk, Europe, Ukraine, Ireland, GUGI's St, Petersburg

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