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☆ Zelenskyy gave his nightly address from a pitch-dark Kyiv as Russian strikes force blackouts on Ukraine
  + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Ukraine is facing a shortage of energy supply after continued Russian strikes on its power plants. Posing next to a shot-down Russian drone, he pledged to "clip the wings of all metal monsters." Though no location was given, Financial Times correspondent Christopher Miller said it was filmed in Kyiv, the capital. Last week, Russian forces used 40 cruise missiles and 16 Iranian-made drones to strike Ukrainian cities far from the front. During his nightly address, Zelenskyy also posed alongside what he said is a drone shot down by Ukrainian forces.
☆ Marjorie Taylor Greene led Trump supporters in a victory lap as Elon Musk took over Twitter
  + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Elon Musk completed his $44 billion takeover of Twitter on Thursday. Trump supporters and right-wing political pundits celebrated the news on Twitter. "The bird is freed," Musk tweeted after he completed his $44 billion acquisition of the company. Greene tweeted in response to the news. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) October 28, 2022Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, another prominent Trump supporter in Congress, tweeted: "Congratulations, @elonmusk!
☆ CIA director made a secret visit to Ukraine to meet Zelenskyy and pledge deeper US support, CNN says
  + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
CIA Director William J. Burns secretly went to Ukraine earlier this month, two sources told CNN. Burns met with Zelenskyy and pledged continued US support amid Russia's invasion. Burns traveled to Kyiv earlier this month, CNN said. It is unclear how many trips Burns has made to Ukraine since the start of Russia's invasion in February. But Burns told CBS News last month that the intelligence community has not seen "any practical evidence" that there is an "imminent threat."
☆ Russian women worried about their sons dying in Ukraine should have more babies, influential Orthodox priest says
  + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Vladimir Putin ordered the partial mobilization of 300,000 military reservists last month. An Orthodox priest was asked if he sympathizes with the mothers of mobilized Russian recruits. Mikhail Vasilyev said women should have more babies if they are sad about their sons going to war. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAn influential Orthodox priest said that Russian women worried about their sons dying in Ukraine should have more babies. On Tuesday, Putin admitted that Russia faces "issues" in the Ukraine war and urged his team to "provide support for the special military operation."
☆ Jan. 6 defendant spared prison after judge finds his Asperger's Syndrome played a part in him joining the riot
  + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
A January 6 defendant who broke two windows in the Capitol was spared prison on Wednesday. A federal judge sentenced Nicholas Rodean to home confinement instead, Politico reported. The judge said that Rodean's Asperger's Syndrome influenced him to join other rioters that day. But on Wednesday, US District Court Judge Trevor McFadden sentenced him to 240 days of home confinement instead, saying that his Asperger's Syndrome made him "particularly susceptible" to the influences that day, Politico reported. "I am really sorry about breaking the window," Rodean told McFadden, according to Politico.
☆ Russia Airport Selling Packge With Secrutiy, Check-in — but No Flight
  + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Anapa Airport's "I Wanna Fly" program offers everything a flight does, except movement. Details of the package at Anapa Airport, called "I Wanna Fly," were published by independent Russian news outlet The Insider. Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency suspended all flights from the airport at the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February. Anapa is near the border between Russia and Ukraine's Crimea peninsula, which has been occupied by Russia since 2014. The "I Wanna Fly" tour is similar to when different airlines started offering "flights to nowhere" during the COVID-19 pandemic, though these often did involve taking off.
☆ Judge orders NYC to rehire group of workers fired for refusing COVID-19 vaccines and give them back pay
  + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
New York City ordered a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all city workers last year. A judge said Tuesday that a group of workers fired for refusing a vaccine must be rehired and paid. The New York City Law Department did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. New York City ordered a vaccine mandate for all of its city workers last year. Mayor Eric Adams announced last month that he would be dropping a vaccine mandate specifically for private sector employees as of November 1.
☆ Russian billionaire behind mercenary army in Ukraine confronted Putin about botching the war, report says
  + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Russian tycoon Yevgeniy Prigozhin met with Putin in private this month, The Washington Post said. It said Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner Group, criticized the handling of the Ukraine war. In a statement to The Post, Prigozhin denied that he spoke to Putin and said he has no right to criticize Russia's army. "I did not criticize the management of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the conflict in Ukraine. Prighozin is not the only Putin loyalist to voice criticism of the Russian military amid the ongoing conflict.
☆ Trump's billionaire friend Tom Barrack reportedly called his ties to the former president 'disastrous' for his business
  + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Former Trump advisor Tom Barrack is charged with illegal lobbying on behalf of the UAE. In testimony on Monday, the billionaire reportedly said Trump was "disastrous" for his business. The billionaire has been charged with illegally lobbying the Trump administration on behalf of the United Arab Emirates between 2016 and 2018. Barrack was charged in July of last year and his trial began earlier this month. A day before the testimony, Trump took to Truth Social to support Barrack, calling him a "highly respected businessman" who is "being unfairly persecuted."
☆ Bodycam footage shows Russian pilot ejecting before a crash, probably after his jet clipped a power line in training
  + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
The footage matches descriptions of a Russian Su-25 which crashed in June while training. The footage matches descriptions of a crash months earlier, in which a Russian Su-25 crashes in a training flight after clipping a power line. The incident happened in the Belgorod region in Russia in June during a training flight, state-media organization RIA Novosti reported at the time. The Russian news outlet Baza reported that the pilot ejecting after the Su-25 clipped a power transmission tower in a field. RIA Novosti reported the crash was due to a technical malfunction, without giving further detail.
☆ Some Russians drafted to fight in Ukraine say nobody is in charge and they don't know what they're doing there: report
  + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
A group of Russian soldiers in Ukraine complained to the Ministry of Defense, The Insider reported. In a Telegram video, the men said they have no equipment and were thrown into a field "like dogs." Putin declared a mobilization last month, but some draftees said they get no training or equipment. The report comes more than a month after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization of his country's military reservists. Last week, Putin said that around 16,000 mobilized men had already made it into combat in Ukraine.
☆ Lawmakers could rush through $50 billion in aid for Ukraine before a possible GOP-led Congress can block it, report says
  + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Lawmakers are considering sending $50 billion to Ukraine as quickly as possible, NBC reported. Kevin McCarthy said this week that GOP control would be an obstacle to getting funds to Ukraine. $50 billion would represent the largest single package of assistance for Ukraine. Its size would be "to make sure [Ukraine] can get through the year," the Republican senator with knowledge of the matter told NBC News. The senator, who was not named, was referring to the most recent package approved by Congress last month, which was worth around $12.3 billion.
☆ Parler accidentally sent Ivanka Trump's private email to hundreds of users by forgetting to use bcc, reports say
  + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Parler sent an email to over 200 of its verified users to announce Kanye West's acquisition deal. The email cc'd the addressees of its verified users, revealing them as a result, per reports. Among the verified users were Ivanka Trump and conservative commentator Candace Owens. Ryan said in his tweet: "Parler sent an email to all users with 300+ of their verified users CC'd instead of BCC'd""Now hundreds of people are replying and everyone has access to the personal emails of many verified users and Parler investors." It is known for having loose moderating policies than other social media platforms.
☆ Hurricane Ian flooded a hospital's lower floor and tore its ICU's roof off, forcing staff to evacuate its sickest patients
  + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
A doctor at a hospital in Florida told the Associated Press that Hurricane Ian blew its roof off. The destruction forced staff to evacuate their sickest patients, some of whom were on ventilators. The doctor, who stayed overnight, told AP that patients have been moved to other floors. The damage forced staff to evacuate the hospital's sickest patients from the fourth floor to the two floors that were not impacted, Bodine told AP. On Thursday morning, Hurricane Ian downgraded to a tropical storm, according to the National Hurricane Center.
☆ Russia is putting an enlistment office at its border as people continue to flee amid fears Putin will try to seal up country
  + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
A local official said that an enlistment office will be put at one of Russia's borders with Georgia. Poland warned that Russia could close its borders, and told its citizens to leave the country. On Tuesday, a local Russian politician said on Telegram that an enlistment office will be set up in the North Ossetia Alania region, which lies on the border between Russia and Georgia. "In addition, a mobilization point of the military registration and enlistment office will be deployed at the checkpoint in the near future," Sergeev said. "They tried scaring us, saying they'll drag us to the enlistment office, telling us the border is closed – typical military humor," he told Al Jazeera.
☆ Russian soldier says he will 'pray for a wound' in Ukraine so he can leave the front lines, intercepted audio shows
  + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine shared audio it said was intercepted from a Russian soldier. The clip shows a man complaining about Putin and his partial mobilization plans. He also says he will "pray for a wound" in Ukraine so he can go home. A four-minute clip of the intercepted phone call was shared by The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine on Tuesday. It said the conversation was between a Russian soldier based in the occupied city of Kherson and an unidentified woman.
☆ The Kremlin says it hopes its mobilization for Ukraine will 'speed up' after it corrects 'errors' in selecting draftees
  + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
The Kremlin admitted on Monday that it made "errors" in selecting draftees, Reuters reported. Officials are "working to rectify the situation," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said. He added that officials in some regions are now "actively working to rectify the situation," Reuters reported. Putin announced a partial military mobilization last week, pledging to call up 300,000 people. "I don't know anything about this," Peskov told reporters, according to Reuters.
☆ Russians are paying up to $27,000 to escape the country on private jets after Putin's partial mobilization, report says
  + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Putin announced a partial mobilization last week, meaning more Russian troops going to Ukraine. Some are paying up to $27,000 to escape on private jets, The Guardian reported. Companies that offer private jet flights have reported a sharp increase in requests for one-way flights out of Russia, according to The Guardian. Many European countries say they will not allow Russians fleeing mobilization to enter, and many had already blocked Russian tourists. "All the European private jet firms have left the market.
☆ A British fighter captured in Ukraine by Russian forces says he was beaten up, stabbed, and 'treated worse than a dog'
  + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
A British fighter who was captured by Russians in Ukraine was freed with other prisoners last week. Aiden Aslin told The Sun on Sunday that he was "treated worse than a dog" under Russian captivity. He said he was beaten if he did not sing the Russian national anthem every morning. Aslin told The Sun on Sunday. Shaun Pinner, another British fighter who was released alongside Aslin, told Good Morning Britain on Monday that the whole experience was "very scary."
☆ Putin's new troops will suffer heavily in Ukraine as they will have basically no training, UK intel says
  + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
The first Russian conscripts have arrived at military bases, a UK intelligence briefing said. Putin's new troops will be provided with "low-level initial training," the intel briefing said. As a result, they will suffer a "high attrition rate" in Ukraine, it added. His announcement was largely seen as a sign of the failure of Russia's military in Ukraine so far. "Even if they [Russian conscripts] don't have motivation, they'll have a gun."
☆ A Russian man who was called up to fight in Ukraine shot an official at a local enlistment office, reports say
  + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
A Russian man shot the head of a local military draft committee in Siberia on Monday, reports said. A video of the incident shared online shows an official collapsing on stage after a shot rings out. The gunman was detained and the official is in critical condition, the reports said. The video shows two military officials on stage in front of a group of new recruits who had been called up to fight in the ongoing war in Ukraine, The Insider reported. Suddenly, a gunshot rings out and one of the officials collapses as everyone else runs out of the enlistment in panic, the video shows.
☆ Russia drafted an old man with diabetes, a 17-year-old, and people with no training to fight in Ukraine, reports say — a sign of desperation
  + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial military mobilization on Wednesday, pledging to call up 300,000 people, but only from Russia's existing pool of military reservists. A 63-year-old man from the Volgograd region was also drafted as part of the mobilization, the independent Russian news site The Insider reported. The man, identified only as Yermolaev, has second-degree diabetes and a brain condition known as cerebral ischemia, The Insider reported. One man from Buryatia, a mountainous region in eastern Siberia, told The Insider that recruitment officers are "combing through the villages." There are 400 people in our village, and they took 20 men," the man, who was not named, told The Insider.
☆ Russian man says he would break his leg or go to prison to avoid Putin's order to fight in Ukraine
  + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Many Russians are desperately trying to get out of being drafted for the war in Ukraine. One man told the BBC that he would break his arm or leg "to avoid this whole thing." "I will break my arm, my leg, I will go to prison, anything to avoid this whole thing," said the man, who was not named, in an article published Thursday. Hours after Putin's announcement, the most-searched term on Google in Russia was "how to break an arm at home," according to Newsweek. Putin's move came after Russian troops were forced into retreat from large areas of Ukraine.
☆ Russian politicians shouldn't be drafted to fight in Ukraine because they need to stay and explain the war, lawmaker says
  + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Dmitry Vyatkin said that it is their "duty" to stay behind and explain the importance of the war. His comments came after one member of the State Duma requested to join the fight. His speech came after another member of the State Duma, who has a military background, said he wanted to join the fighting in Ukraine, Kommersant reported. Yury Shyvtkin, who is also a member of the United Russia political party, had previously been in the army between 1986 to 1992, Kommersant reported. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that around 300,000 people would be called up immediately as part of the mobilization.
☆ Pranksters called the son of one of Putin's closest allies and told him he is being enlisted in the army — but he refused
  + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Pranksters called up the son of a top Kremlin official and said he had been enlisted in the army. Dmitry Peskov's son said he did not intend to go and will resolve the issue "on a different level." The hosts of the Russian YouTube channel Popular Politics called the 32-year-old son of Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday. the younger Peskov told the pranksters, according to a video shared by independent Russian news website The Insider. When he returned to Russia from his studies in the UK, Peskov served in the Russian army from 2010 to 2012, the news site Kommersant reported.
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