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☆ A Russian missile strike blew apart a grocery store and cafe, Ukraine says, and the attack looks to be one of the deadliest this year
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A Russian missile hit a small village in northeast Ukraine on Thursday, killing at least 51 people. The strike appears to mark one of the deadliest Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilians this year. AdvertisementAdvertisementDozens of people are dead after a Russian missile struck a grocery store and cafe in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, officials said on Thursday. Rescues work at a site of a Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the village of Hroza, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine October 5, 2023. AdvertisementAdvertisementRescues work at a site of a Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the village of Hroza, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine October 5, 2023.

Persons: —, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Rustem, Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleg Syniehubov, REUTERS Mykhailo Podolyak, Vladimir Putin, Andriy, Moscow's Organizations: Service, Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, REUTERS, REUTERS Hroza, United, UN, Human Rights Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Kharkiv, Hroza, Kharkiv region, Ukrainian, Russia, Kupiansk, Dnipro, United Nations

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A self-described gangster who police and prosecutors say masterminded the shooting death of Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas in 1996 is due to make his first appearance Wednesday before a Nevada judge. In mid-July, Las Vegas police raided Davis’ home, drawing renewed attention to one of hip-hop music's most enduring mysteries. The car was stopped at a red light near the Las Vegas Strip when a white Cadillac pulled up on the passenger side and gunfire erupted. Shot multiple times, Shakur died a week later at age 25. Sheriff Kevin McMahill, who oversees the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, has acknowledged criticism that his agency was slow to investigate Shakur's killing.

Persons: Tupac Shakur, Duane “ Keffe, ” Davis, Davis, he's, “, ”, there’s, Davis ’, Marion “ Suge, Shakur, Orlando, Lane ” Anderson, Mike Tyson, Knight, Marc DiGiacomo, Anderson, Dre, ” Smith, Terrence “, Brown, Kevin McMahill, McMahill, Sekyiwa, ” Shakur Organizations: LAS VEGAS, Court, Associated Press, East Coast, West Coast, MGM, BMW, Cadillac, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Locations: Las Vegas, Nevada, Henderson, Clark County, Las, Knight, Compton , California, Compton, Compton . Knight

☆ How a Google loophole lets drug dealers hijack nearly any website — including our own
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Katherine Long | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Nor does it always appear to pay attention to other signals webmasters code in asking Google not to index their search results. It's why someone advertised how to buy cocaine and fentanyl in Pittsburgh on a National Institutes of Health website. It directs searchers to the Telegram user who offered to sell Insider cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamines. The proliferation of drug ads in search results lands amid a growing upswell of discontent with what some users and website owners say is the declining quality of Google Search. For now, a simple Google search leads prospective drug buyers to markets on Telegram.

Persons: Jake Swearingen, Jane, Ted Kubaitis, Katherine Long, Monica Barratt, Barratt, Kubaitis, Davis, Timothy Mackey, Mackey, Erin Lalor, Eric Schwartzman, They're, Zack Onisko, Dribbble Organizations: Google, Food and Drug Administration, Interpol, United Nations, Food, FDA, Ontario, UN, Drugs, US Postal Service, Cash, Telegram, Scottish, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Centers for Disease Control, National Institutes of Health, Cleveland Clinic, Drug, Australian Alcohol and Drug Foundation, IRS, Tricare, Alabama Department of Public Health, East Tennessee State University, University of California, University of Chicago, The New York Times, Bloomberg, CNBC, The Washington Post, UC San Diego's Global Health, Data, Alcohol, Drug Foundation, East Tennessee University Locations: Ontario, Canada, cryptocurrency, Fresno , California, Pittsburgh, Clairton , Pennsylvania, New York, Dayton , Ohio, Goodlettsville , Tennessee, Alabama, Maine, Seattle

[1/7] A general view of the Torrance County Detention Facility, where migrants are housed, in Estancia, New Mexico, U.S., September 21, 2023. But ICE ultimately only ended contracts with two of the detention centers flagged in the memo. Six of the nine detention centers identified in the August 2022 memo were operated by private companies. The lawsuit cites ICE contracting reports that said Torrance staffing shortages impacted safety, security and care. The Biden administration has held more migrants in ICE detention in recent months following the mid-May implementation of stricter asylum rules.

Persons: Adria Malcolm, Alejandro Mayorkas, Joe Biden, Biden, There's, Torrance, Jenny Burke, CoreCivic, Brian Todd, Rebecca Sheff, Christopher Ferreira, Ted Hesson, Kristina Cooke, Mica Rosenberg, Suzanne Goldenberg Organizations: REUTERS, Adria, Biden, Immigration, Customs Enforcement, Reuters, ICE, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Homeland, U.S, Residential Center, American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU, ICE Processing, GEO Group, Immigration Centers of America, GEO, ICA, Thomson Locations: Torrance, Estancia , New Mexico, U.S, New Mexico, Mexico, Albuquerque, Berks, Pennsylvania, Yuba County Jail, California, Yuba, Farmville, Virginia, COVID, Adelanto, San Francisco, New York City

☆ Exclusive-Biden Officials Kept Immigration Jails Despite Internal Cost Concerns
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +6 min

But ICE ultimately only ended contracts with two of the detention centers flagged in the memo. Six of the nine detention centers identified in the August 2022 memo were operated by private companies. U.S. President Joe Biden promised during the 2020 campaign to reform immigration detention and cut out for-profit companies. The lawsuit cites ICE contracting reports that said Torrance staffing shortages impacted safety, security and care. The Biden administration has held more migrants in ICE detention in recent months following the mid-May implementation of stricter asylum rules.

Persons: Ted Hesson, Alejandro Mayorkas, Joe Biden, Biden, There's, Torrance, Jenny Burke, CoreCivic, Brian Todd, Rebecca Sheff, Christopher Ferreira, Kristina Cooke, Mica Rosenberg, Suzanne Goldenberg Organizations: Biden, Immigration, Customs Enforcement, Reuters, ICE, Homeland, U.S, Residential Center, American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU, ICE Processing, GEO Group, Immigration Centers of America, GEO, ICA Locations: Torrance, New Mexico, U.S, Mexico, Albuquerque, Berks, Pennsylvania, Yuba County Jail, California, Yuba, Farmville, Virginia, COVID, Adelanto, San Francisco, New York City

The night-time assault is part of a coordinated Ukrainian offensive push near the beleaguered eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, to which CNN obtained exclusive access. “Sometimes there are a lot of them,” Groove says, searching the area with his drone, trying to scope out Russian forces. They chase a few Russian vehicles, dropping bombs on them as they go. Ukrainian drone pilots are able to see their targets through their controllers, even at night, with the help of night vision. German-made Leopard 2 tanks, American Bradley infantry fighting vehicles among others were sent to the area to support Ukrainian forces as they stormed Russian positions.

Persons: They’ve, ”, “, ” Ukraine’s, Mykhailo Fedorov, ‘ Flint ’, Wagner Organizations: Eastern, Eastern Ukraine CNN —, CNN, Ministry for Digital Transformation, Digital Transformation, Russia, “, US, American Bradley, Southern Locations: Eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian, Bakhmut, Kyiv, Russian, Ukraine, zeroing, East Kyiv, Melitopol, Berdiansk, American, Crimea, South, “, Russia

☆ Scientists have found the great white sharks that fled for their lives from gruesome liver-eating killer whale attacks
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Maiya Focht | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Killer whales have been killing great white sharks off South African shores. But lately, there's been a mysterious disappearance of great white sharks in these waters. AdvertisementAdvertisementFor years, great white sharks were turning up dead on South Africa's False Bay and Gansbaai shores missing something crucial — their livers. The tourism industry in Gaansbi, South Africa relied on the large population of great white sharks found in the area. In North America, for example, at the Southeast Farallon Islands great white sharks have been recorded fleeing from hunting areas after killer whales showed up.

Persons: there's, —, Michelle Jewell, Dan Kitwood, Jewell, There's Organizations: Service, Michigan State University Museum, Hakai, KwaZulu, Hakai Magazine Locations: Algoa, Natal, Gaansbi, South Africa, North America, Farallon

☆ 'Thrown to the wolves': How private investors are jacking up rents and ripping off college students
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( James Rodriguez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +19 min

The eye-popping numbers are part of a longer-term shift toward private college housing. Moody's Analytics recently warned of an "affordability crisis" for college students, noting that since 2019, rents for student housing in a sample of notable college towns had grown faster than those of regular apartments. Student housing goes privateThe gold rush in student housing is a relatively new phenomenon. Back in the 1980s and '90s, most college students either lived in bland, cinder-block-walled dorms or in conventional apartments farther from campus. Even with his frugality, he came to realize that the prices in West Campus were "impossible to rationalize" for a college student.

Persons: behemoth Blackstone, Evan Scope, UT Austin who's, Carl Whitaker, Austin Kristian Alveo, Whitaker, Mark Austin, Kristian Alveo, David Willson, Willson, Gina Cowart, Cowart, David Kanne, lounging, Ann, Kanne, Lu Chen, RealPage, Donald Cohen, Cohen, Graham Sowden, Dan Allen, Allen, Austin, James Rodriguez Organizations: Waterloo, University of Texas, Wall Street's, American, Communities, National, Housing, Evan Scope Crafts, UT Austin, University, UT, LV, UTs, Crafts, American Campus, HBO, West, haven't, State College ,, Moody's, Power, Middlebury College, University of Tennessee, Arizona State University, Urban Institute, Investors, Power Five, RREAF Holdings Locations: Austin, Wall, Waterloo, UT Austin, Rio, Villas, West, West Campus, Gainesville , Florida, Ann Arbor , Michigan, State College , Pennsylvania, Knoxville, South

Three producers listed in the customs data confirmed to Reuters they had shipped coal from the two regions to Turkey during that period. Reuters was unable to find any information in customs data about deliveries of coal produced in the DNR to Turkey or other countries in 2022. Customs data shows Nedra-06 made two shipments of coal to Turkey totalling 1,600 tonnes in May and June. The buyers were Belize-based Brig Management LTD and Green Rabbit LTD of Hong Kong, the customs data showed. Coal bought at Russian ports by Brig Management LTD and Green Rabbit LTD was taken to Turkey, the data showed.

Persons: Vitaliy Khotsenko, Adzhmal, Vostokugol, Anton Nadeyev, Nadeyev, I'm, Denis Karashchuk, Karashchuk, Filipp Lebedev, Gleb Stolyarov, Humeyra Pamuk, Tom Balmforth, Julia Payne, Jose Sanchez, Mike Collett, White, Daniel Flynn Organizations: NATO, Reuters, European, British Virgin Islands, Donetsk People's Republic, Russia's Ministry of Energy, Federal Customs Service, Luhansk People's Republics, European Union, United, Ukraine, U.S . State Department, UN, Assembly, Florance, Management, Hong, Brig Management, Rabbit, Belize Companies, Corporate Affairs, Green Rabbit, Coal, Toksabay, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Turkey Ankara, Russia, Turkey, Donetsk, Luhansk, United States, European Union, Moscow . Washington, Moscow, Ankara, Ukrainian, Hong Kong, UAE, Belize, British Virgin, East, Africa, Russian, Rostov, Novorossiisk, Turkey . U.S, Antratsyt, Yasynuvata, Tbilisi, Washington, Kyiv, Brussels

☆ Journalists ordered out of flood-hit Libyan city after protests
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/6] Volunteers carry victims of a powerful storm and heavy rainfall that hit Libya to bury them at a cemetery in Derna, Libya September 19, 2023. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra Acquire Licensing RightsSept 19 (Reuters) - Journalists reported they were ordered out of the devastated eastern Libyan city of Derna on Tuesday, the day after protesters torched the home of the ousted mayor in fury over the authorities' failure to protect the city from floods. Essam Abu Zriba, interior minister in the eastern administration, told Arab TV channel al Hadath that journalists and aid workers were operating normally. Arab broadcaster Al Hurra reported that the authorities had asked all journalists to depart as soon as possible. Hichem Abu Chkiouat, minister of civil aviation in the administration that runs eastern Libya, told Reuters by phone that some journalists had been told to move, in a step unrelated to the protests there overnight.

Persons: Zohra, Essam Abu, Al Hurra, Al, Hichem Abu Chkiouat, Abdulmenam, Ghaithi, Muammar Gaddafi, Derna, Aguila Saleh, Aguila, Mansour, Taha Miftah, Tom Perry, Peter Graff, Alexandra Hudson, William Maclean Organizations: Volunteers, REUTERS, Journalists, Reuters, Communications, Libyan National Army, Islamic, World Health Organization, Thomson Locations: Libya, Derna, Essam, Arab, Al Jazeera, Islamic State, al Qaeda

☆ Sudan: Ukraine's special services 'likely' behind strikes on Wagner-backed forces, a Ukrainian military source says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Victoria Butenko Nima Elbagir Gianluca Mezzofiore Tamara Qiblawi Allegra Goodwin Andrew Carey Pallabi Munsi Mahamat Tahir Zene Barbara Arvanitidis Alex Platt Lauren Kent | Victoria Butenko | Nima Elbagir | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Covert strikes by Ukraine in Sudan would mark a dramatic and provocative expansion of Kyiv’s theater of war against Moscow. Aside from a string of Ukrainian drone attacks that hit deep inside Russian territory, Ukraine’s ongoing counter-offensive has been focused on the country’s occupied east and south. A high-level Sudanese military source said he had “no knowledge of a Ukrainian operation in Sudan” and did not believe it was true. What appears to be a DJI MAVIC 3 drone can be seen in the videos filming the drone strikes. Six drone strikes targeted pickup trucks driving on Shambat bridge.

Persons: Wagner, Sudan ”, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo –, Abdel Fattah al, Burhan, Wim Zwijnenburg, ” Zwijnenburg, Zwijnenburg, Hemedti, Gen, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, Wagner’s, General Khalifa, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Dmitry Utkin, Prigozhin’s, Prigozhin, Yunus, Bek Yevkurov, Andrey Averyanov, Dmytro Kuleba, ” Kuleba Organizations: Chad CNN, CNN, Sudanese, Kyiv, Rapid Support Forces, Ukrainian, Central African, PAX, AK, CAR, PMC Wagner, Reuters Analysts, Kremlin, Agence France, Presse Locations: Kyiv, Ukraine, N'Djamena, Chad, Ukrainian, Sudan’s, Russian, Sudan, Moscow, Omdurman, Khartoum, balaclava, British, al, Zurug, Russia, Africa, Mali, Central African Republic, Libya, Ombada, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Latakia, Bangui, “, Syria, Burkina Faso, St . Petersburg, Eritrea

Three producers listed in the customs data confirmed to Reuters they had shipped coal from the two regions to Turkey during that period. Turkey, a major coal consumer and importer, is bucking the global trend by increasing coal's share in electricity generation. Customs data shows Nedra-06 made two shipments of coal to Turkey totalling 1,600 tonnes in May and June. The buyers were Belize-based Brig Management LTD and Green Rabbit LTD of Hong Kong, the customs data showed. Coal bought at Russian ports by Brig Management LTD and Green Rabbit LTD was taken to Turkey, the data showed.

Former President Donald Trump will travel to the battleground state of Michigan next week to meet with striking autoworkers instead of participating in the second Republican presidential debate, a person familiar with his plans said Monday. That’s the date others in the GOP field will gather at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, for the cycle’s second primary debate. On Monday, the United Auto Workers and Detroit’s Big Three carmakers resumed talks aimed at ending a strike now in its fourth day. Stellantis described the discussion as “constructive.” A spokesperson for General Motors said representatives of the company and the United Auto Workers were continuing to negotiate. Trump earlier this summer traveled to Michigan, where the Oakland County GOP honored him as its Man of the Decade.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Joe Biden, Biden, Ronald Reagan, Tucker Carlson, Ammar Moussa, “ Donald Trump, ” Moussa, Barack Obama, carmakers, Stellantis, ”, General Motors, Dave Green, “, ” Green, Jill Colvin, Joey Cappelletti Organizations: GOP, The New York Times, Associated Press, Ronald Reagan Presidential, Twitter, Trump, Biden, United Auto Workers, General, UAW, Oakland, NBC News Locations: Michigan, Simi Valley , California, Milwaukee, Rust, East Palestine , Ohio, Ohio, Indiana, China

☆ Ukraine retakes more territory in the east, south in counteroffensive
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander of Ground Forces/via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsSept 18 (Reuters) - Ukraine reported on Monday its troops had recaptured more territory on the eastern front and advanced in the south in its military counteroffensive against Russian forces. Kyiv's troops have liberated 51 square km (19 square miles) near Bakhmut since the start of the counteroffensive, Maliar said. Ukrainian forces are trying to advance toward the Sea of Azov in a southern drive intended to split Russian forces retook 5.2 square km (two square miles) in the past week, said Maliar. Overall, Ukraine regained more than 260 square km (100 square miles) in the south during the counteroffensive, she said. During its three-month-old counteroffensive, Ukraine has reported slow, steady progress against entrenched Russian positions, retaking a string of villages and advancing on the flanks of Bakhmut, but taking no major settlements.

Persons: Oleksandr Syrskyi, Hanna Maliar, Maliar, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Anna Pruchnicka, Michael Perry Organizations: Ground Forces, REUTERS Acquire, Russian, Deputy, Thomson Locations: Klishchiivka, Ukraine, Bakhmut, Andriivka, Donetsk, Ukrainian, Avdiivka, Azov, Russia

AfD members sit in voting booths on the day of the European election assembly 2023 of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Magdeburg, Germany, July 29, 2023. Thursday's vote in Thuringia's parliament, when the far right, the conservative Christian Democrats and the pro-business Free Democrats combined to push through a tax cut against the wishes of the left-wing coalition, is the latest sign of change. But, highlighting the dilemma, the regional CDU leader Mario Voigt said such a course of action would effectively deprive him of the right to oppose. The party's regional leader, Bjorn Hoecke, is currently on trial for hate speech after uttering a slogan that stems from a Nazi chant. "We democrats have to stop the finger-pointing, sit down together and find a position that lives up to that responsibility."

Persons: Annegret, Germany's, Bodo Ramelow, Mario Voigt, Bjorn Hoecke, Stephan Kramer, Daniel Guenther, Thomas Escritt, Rachel More, Nick Macfie Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Christian Democrats, Free Democrats, CDU, Frankfurter Allgemeine, Thomson Locations: Germany, Magdeburg, Rights ERFURT, Thuringia's, Thuringian, Sonneberg, Saxony, Anhalt, Thuringia, East Germany, West Germany, Brandenburg, Berlin, Schlweswig, Holstein

☆ Opinion: Putin’s team of tyrants
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Sheena Mckenzie | Opinion Frida Ghitis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Already last year North Korea was providing artillery shells and rockets to Russia, according to US officials. North Korea leader Kim Jong Un waves from his armoured train in Pyongyang as he leaves for Russia on September 10. For North Korea, the growing links with the Kremlin afford the opportunity to tacitly pressure Beijing — its one other friend — for more support. Just a few weeks ago, North Korea said it had launched a “scorched earth” simulation of a nuclear attack and was rehearsing an occupation of South Korea. Sullivan said North Korea will “pay a price” if it makes an arms deal with Moscow.

Persons: Frida Ghitis, Kim Jong Un, Vladimir Putin, Putin, It’s, vaingloriously, Peter the Great, Kim, Kim Jong, —, Sergei Shoigu, ”, Shoigu, Stalin, Jake Sullivan, Sullivan, Facebook Kim Organizations: CNN, Washington Post, Politics, North, Ukraine, Frida Ghitis CNN, Putin, Kremlin, UN, Russia, Washington, Twitter, Facebook Locations: North Korean, Russia’s Far, Russia, Ukraine, Korea, North Korea, Pyongyang, Iran, China, Moscow, Beijing, Russian, South Korea, United States, East Asia

☆ Ukraine says it regains more territory in the east, south
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko Acquire Licensing RightsSept 11 (Reuters) - Ukraine reported on Monday its troops had regained more territory on the eastern and southern fronts in its military counteroffensive against Russian forces. "There was movement near Opytne; (Ukrainian) defence forces captured part of this settlement," Maliar said. She also reported "some success" near Andriivka and Klishchiivka, a village on heights south of Bakhmut seen as critical to securing control of the city. Kyiv's troops have liberated 49 square km near Bakhmut since the start of the three-month-old counteroffensive, Maliar said. Maliar added that Ukrainian forces had successes south of the villages of Robotyne and west of Verbove in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Persons: Alexander Ermochenko, Hanna Maliar, Maliar, Anna Pruchnicka, Gerry Doyle Organizations: REUTERS, Russian, Deputy, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Donetsk, Russian, Bakhmut, Opytne, Avdiivka, Novomaiorske, Andriivka, Azov, Robotyne, Verbove, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Ukrainian

Kyiv CNN —The United States’ top general has warned Ukraine has just six weeks left before changing weather hampers its counteroffensive, even as Kyiv is signaling it could fight on into the winter. Meanwhile, an online update from the southern ‘Tavria’ command said: “we continue to make small advances in the area of Robotyne. One of Zelensky’s senior security officials, speaking at the same event the following day, indicated Ukraine’s forces might be set to keep attacking well into the coming winter. Kyrylo Budanov, head of military intelligence, acknowledged the counteroffensive was moving more slowly than he would like. Ukraine’s counteroffensive in the south then ran for a further six weeks, only ending around November 10 with the liberation of Kherson.

Persons: Mark Milley, Milley, “, aren’t, haven’t, It’s, ”, Volodymyr Zelensky, Budanov, David Petraeus, Kyiv’s Organizations: CNN, United, United States ’, Joint Chiefs, Staff, BBC, Biden, Russian Locations: United States, Ukraine, Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia, Tokmak, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lyman, Kherson, Russia

☆ Ukraine reports some successes in counteroffensive against Russian forces
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

And it said Ukrainian troops were making gradual progress in their southward advance to the Sea of Azov. Russian accounts of the fighting said their troops had beaten back Ukrainian attacks near Bakhmut. Ukraine began its counteroffensive in June and has focused on retaking Bakhmut, seized by Russian troops in May, and capturing clusters of villages in the south. They face Russian troops that are well dug in and have benefited from extensive mining operations. Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar told national television that Ukrainian forces were pressing their drive near southward from the village of Robotyne, captured last week.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskyi, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Antony Blinken, Zelenskiy, Hanna Maliar, Maliar, Nick Starkov, Ron Popeski, Grant McCool Organizations: Presidential Press Service, REUTERS Acquire, Reuters, Ukraine, Azov, Military, Russia's Defence Ministry, Thomson Locations: Bakhmut, Ukraine, Donetsk region, Azov, Kyiv, Zelenskiy, Mariupol, Robotyne, Russia, Klishchiivka

“They just come and say ‘vote.’ So people vote,” Baska told CNN. “Here, when you buy a SIM card for your phone, you immediately get an SMS from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and United Russia Party,” Baska said. The text messages carry pro-Kremlin messaging, informing voters that “about 90% of voters are ready to vote for Yedianaya Rossiya (United Russia),” or that “United Russia is helping Zaporizhzhia region,” she added. Guerrilla activity by Ukrainian partisans has taken place but is more difficult to achieve now, Baska told CNN. ‘Nothing to do with democracy’Few residents in Melitopol are interested in the bogus elections taking place, Baska told CNN.

Persons: ”, Alexander Ermochenko, ” Baska, Yedianaya Rossiya, ’, Vladimir Putin’s, “, Jens Stoltenberg, Baska, Melitopol, …, Republic Denis Pushilin, Yuriy Sobolevskyi, ” Sobolevskyi Organizations: CNN, Communist, National Resistance Center, Ministry of Internal Affairs, United Russia Party, Kremlin, “, NRC, Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, of, NATO, Yale Humanitarian Research, United Russia, Russian, Russian Guard Locations: Melitopol, Ukrainian, Russian, Russia, Ukraine, Moscow, United Russia, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Luhansk, Kyiv, of Europe, ”, Mariupol, Crimea, Republic

☆ Ukraine Reports Some Successes in Counteroffensive Against Russian Forces
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Antony Blinken, Zelenskiy, Hanna Maliar, Maliar, Nick Starkov, Ron Popeski, Grant McCool Organizations: Reuters, Ukraine, Azov, Military, Russia's Defence Ministry Locations: Bakhmut, Azov, Ukraine, Kyiv, Zelenskiy, Mariupol, Robotyne, Russia, Klishchiivka

☆ Ukraine reports frontline success, Russian minister decries Kyiv's failure
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu chairs a meeting with the leadership of the Armed Forces in Moscow, Russia, in this picture released September 5, 2023. He was referring to a village located on heights south of Bakhmut, seen as critical to recapturing the city. Russian forces had been dealt "a good kick" near the village of Novoyehorivka which halted their advance, he said. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu dismissed the offensive as a failure, while admitting that things were far from easy in parts of southeastern Zaporizhzhia region that Moscow controls. "Ukraine's armed forces have not achieved their goals on any front," the defence ministry quoted Shoigu as saying.

Persons: Sergei Shoigu, Kyiv's, Ilya Yevlash, Yevlash, Ukraine's, Shoigu, Serhiy Zgurets, Natalia Humeniuk, Nick Starkov, Ron Popeski, Andrew Osborn, Lincoln Organizations: Russian Defence, Armed Forces, Russian Defence Ministry, REUTERS Acquire, Russian, Espreso, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Moscow, Russia, Ukraine, Kyiv, Azov, Bakhmut, Lyman, Novoyehorivka, Melitopol, Crimea, Zaporizhzhia, Western

☆ Russia Bombards Ukraine, Killing at Least 1: Live Updates
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Andrew E. Kramer | Erin Mendell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Destruction near the village of Robotyne, in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine, late last month. For their part, Ukrainian military officials refrained from making any sweeping claims. Ukrainians forces enjoyed surprising successes earlier in the war by holding Kyiv, the capital, and repelling Russian forces at the end of March last year. The Ukrainian military aims to reclaim land in the south and east of the country. To reach that city, Ukrainian forces would have to fully break through the defenses around Verbove and then breach additional layers.

Persons: Oleksandr Shtupun, Daniel Berehulak, Michael Kofman, Rob Lee, Volodymyr Zelensky, Gen, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Zelensky Organizations: Ukrainian Army, Black Bird Group, The New York Times, Presidential Press Service, Russian Locations: Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Verbove, Russian, Moscow, Kyiv, Dmytrivka, Azov, Melitopol, Crimea, Tokmak, Bakhmut, Donetsk

☆ Africa Climate Summit: Electric motorcycle startup Spiro expands into Kenya
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Nell Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Spiro, a startup looking to eliminate fuel-guzzling motorbikes and scooters from the roads by trading them in for electric two-wheelers, is expanding to Kenya. Ahead of the first Africa Climate Summit, which kicked off in Kenya’s capital Nairobi today, the host government announced on Friday that the e-bike and battery-swapping startup would be entering the East African country with its biggest deployment yet: 1.2 million electric vehicles. In Kenya, they will be offered 50,000 Kenyan shillings (about $344) – around a third of the price of a new electric bike – to swap their existing bike for an electric one. Last week, US company Uber also launched an electric motorbike service in Kenya, promising to roll out 3,000 bikes within six months. “We’re surpassing the symbolic but significant milestone of one million electric bikes signed with a government,” says Samain.

Persons: CNN — Spiro, Jules Samain –, polluters, Samain, Spiro, CLEMENT, CLEMENT DI ROMA, ”, ” Spiro, William Ruto, Ampersand, Uber Organizations: CNN, Africa Climate, CLEMENT DI, AFP, Getty, FIA Foundation, Spiro, McKinsey Locations: Kenya, Africa, Kenya’s, Nairobi, West, Benin, Togo, Rwanda, Uganda, China, Mombasa, Saharan Africa, Swedish, Kenyan, East

☆ Ukraine says it liberates strategic southeastern settlement
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Ukrainian soldiers of the Separate Assault Battalion 'Skala' enter the embattled village of Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, in this screengrab taken from a handout video released on August 25, 2023. Separate Assault Battalion 'Skala' of the Ukrainian Armed Forces/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsKYIV, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Monday its troops had liberated the southeastern settlement of Robotyne and were trying to push further south in their counteroffensive against Russian forces. The Ukrainian military said last week that its forces had raised the national flag in the strategic settlement, but were still carrying out mopping-up operations. She said Russian troops were gathering new forces there and regrouping, and Moscow was aiming to deploy its best troops there. She added that in the past week Ukrainian forces had retaken 1 square km (0.39 square mile) around Bakhmut, and Russian troops had not made any advances.

Persons: Robotyne, Hanna Maliar, Maliar, Tom Balmforth, Anna Pruchnicka, Timothy Organizations: Separate, Ukrainian Armed Forces, REUTERS, Rights, Russian, Reuters, NATO, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Orikhiv, Tokmak, Russian, Azov, Mala Tokmachka, Russia, Moscow, Bakhmut, Poltava, Ukrainian

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