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☆ Russia pledges to develop more nukes, submarines, and bombers, calling them its main guarantee of sovereignty
  + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Russia will continue to develop its nuclear triad, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday. The triad consists of ICBMs, nuclear submarines, and strategic bombers. Shoigu said that Russia will push ahead with the development and maintenance of ballistic missiles, submarines, and strategic bombers, a combination known as a nuclear triad, Reuters reported. Russia's nuclear triad delivery systems are currently in the process of modernization, the non-partisan think tank said. Those modernization efforts include the construction of Borei-class nuclear submarines, the development of a new ICBM, and equipping its air fleet with nuclear cruise missiles.
☆ Russia is holding back on using its most advanced fighter jets over Ukraine because it's scared they will get shot down, UK intel says
  + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Russia is using its most advanced combat jets against Ukraine, British intelligence said Monday. But the jets are only firing missiles into Ukraine from Russian territory, the brief added. Russia is keeping them back over worries about "reputational damage" if they're shot down, it said. In its latest intelligence update, the UK's Ministry of Defence said Moscow has "almost certainly" used Su-57 Felon fighter jets to conduct missions against Ukraine since at least June 2022. "These missions have likely been limited to flying over Russian territory, launching long-range air-to-surface or air-to-air missiles into Ukraine," the brief said.
☆ 15 of the most powerful images from Ukraine since the start of Russia's invasion
  + stars: | 2022-12-31 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: 1 min
Tides of people pushed to evacuate as Russian forces blasted the smaller cities surrounding Kyiv, prompting scenes like this in Irpin. Ukrainians crowd under a destroyed bridge as they try to flee crossing the Irpin river in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 5, 2022. AP Photo/Emilio MorenattiSince the start of the war, around 7.8 million Ukrainians have left the country, 4.8 million of which have sought refuge in Europe, according to the UNHCR.
☆ Moscow's exiled chief rabbi says Jews could be scapegoated for hardships caused by the war in Ukraine and should leave while they can
  + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
The chief rabbi of Moscow left Russia earlier this year in protest over its invasion of Ukraine. Pinchas Goldschmidt told The Guardian that Jews should leave Russia while they can. "This is why I believe the best option for Russian Jews is to leave," he said. Goldschmidt resigned from his post as Moscow's chief rabbi earlier this year, after refusing to support Russia's invasion of Ukraine. After leaving the country, Goldschmidt said in a statement that he was leaving the Russian Jewish community "in distress," according to The Times of Israel.
☆ Putin's inner circle is frustrated because the Russian president 'doesn't know what to do' with war in Ukraine, report says
  + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Putin continues to be isolated and has no plan for the war in Ukraine, The Washington Post reported. Putin's inner circle is getting increasingly frustrated with him, sources told The Post. As Russia continues to struggle in Ukraine, Putin has retreated from the public eye. Sources told The Post that Putin postponing the address was another sign that he has no plan for the war in Ukraine. "But," the official told The Post, Putin is willing to talk "only on his terms."
☆ Russia fired more than 120 missiles across Ukraine in the biggest wave of attacks in months, official says
  + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Ukraine says Russia fired more than 120 missiles across the country on Thursday morning. Cities that were targeted include Kyiv, Odesa, Lviv, and Zhytomyr, the BBC reported. The Ukrainian Air Force said Russia was attacking multiple cities from "various directions with air and sea-based cruise missiles," the BBC reported. Alongside Kyiv, explosions were also reported in the cities of Kharkiv, Odesa, Lviv, and Zhytomyr, the BBC said. Most of the western city of Lviv is also without power, and citizens were warned of water disruptions, Mayor Andrii Sadovyi said.
☆ Trump shares article saying Melania put up better Christmas decorations in the White House than Jill Biden
  + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Trump shared an opinion article that complimented his wife's White House Christmas decor on Tuesday. It is titled "Flashback to When Things Were Better: Melania Trump's WH Christmas Decorations Throughout the Years" and compares the Christmas decorations of the former first lady and Jill Biden. Melania Trump's non-traditional Christmas decorations during their time in the White House were frequently mocked on social media. Melania Trump herself has privately expressed exasperation with the process of decorating the White House. The theme of 2022's White House Christmas decorations was "We the People."
☆ The internet-famous Shiba Inu who inspired 'doge' memes, and a joke cryptocurrency, is seriously ill with cancer
  + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Atsuko Sato said Tuesday that her Shiba Inu, Kabosu, was diagnosed with liver disease and leukemia. Shiba Inu dogs have an average life expectancy of between 12 to 15 years. It is unclear whether the Shiba Inu was Kabosu. Shiba Inu dogs have an average life expectancy of between 12 to 15 years. According to an Instagram post, Kabosu celebrated her 17th birthday in October.
☆ 'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli advises Sam Bankman-Fried on potential prison time, saying he should prepare by listening to rap music and shaving his head
  + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Disgraced FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested and faces eight criminal charges. Martin Shkreli, released from prison in May, advised him on preparing for potential prison time. He told the podcast "Unchained" that Bankman-Fried should shave his head and listen to rap music. Bankman-Fried's charges include wire fraud, wire fraud conspiracy, securities fraud, securities fraud conspiracy, and money laundering. In 2017, he was found guilty of securities fraud and was sentenced to seven years in prison.
☆ How Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich fell from grace after Putin's invasion of Ukraine
  + stars: | 2022-12-24 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
A few days after the start of the war, Abramovich said he was selling Chelsea FC, ending 19 years of ownership. Roman Abramovich celebrates Chelsea FC winning the Premier League in London, England, on May 21, 2017. Catherine Ivill/AMA/Getty ImagesAbramovich announced he was selling the Premier League soccer team on March 2. "Moreover, I have instructed my team to set up a charitable foundation where all net proceeds from the sale will be donated. The foundation will be for the benefit of all victims of the war in Ukraine," he added.
☆ Biden invited the gay nephew of the GOP congresswoman who decried marriage equality to the White House to watch him sign it into law
  + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Andrew Hartzler said Monday he was invited to the White House to watch Biden sign the bill into law. On Monday, Andrew Hartzler, the nephew of GOP Rep. Vicky Hartzler of Missouri, posted a TikTok video of him attending the signing ceremony at the White House on December 13. "So I made a TikTok and it kind of bopped and then I got invited to the White House to watch President Biden sign the bill into law," he added. The TikTok video shows Hartzler walking around the White House during the ceremony, saying "Aunt Vicky, who?" Responding to his aunt's speech in a TikTok video, Hartzler said she was crying "because gay people like me can get married."
☆ Russian soldier says they're suffering more losses 'from their own side' than from Ukrainians, including being fired on by their own tanks
  + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Russian soldiers are getting killed by their own military, according to multiple reports. In audio released by Ukraine, a Russian soldier said 20 men died after a Russian tank fired on them. The soldier told his mother there are more losses "from our own" than from Ukrainians. A report by the independent Russian outlet iStories, also published on Tuesday, found a pattern of negligence and deadly mishaps among troops fighting in Ukraine. The outlet highlighted two incidents in the last few months where a Russian soldier accidentally killed another because of drunkness and the clumsy use of weapons.
☆ Russian military releases propaganda pop song fantasizing about its nukes wiping out NATO and the US
  + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
A branch of Russia's defense ministry released a pop song celebrating its vast nuclear arsenal. The song celebrates the power of the "Sarmat" missile, also known as the "Son of Satan." The music video for the song was published by ParkPatriot.media, an arm of the Russian defense ministry focused on propaganda. It shows images of the Sarmat missile being test-fired and, at one point, showed Maidanov watching Putin speak on TV. The Russian Sarmat is ready/ To strike our enemy," Maidanov sings in the video, translated by Insider.
☆ Russia's Wagner Group officers hide in cover and watch with drones as 'expendable' troops are sent to die in Ukraine, UK intel says
  + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The Wagner Group paramilitary, known for brutality, is fighting on behalf of Russia in Ukraine. Wagner is one of the many feuding factions carrying out Russia's invasion of Ukraine alongside its main armed forces. The UK update said his Wagner militia was taking a "major role in attritional combat" in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region. Prigozhin, was seen traveling to prisons and penal colonies in September to recruit soldiers after Russian troops suffered major losses in Ukraine. Since fighting in Ukraine, the group has been forced to lower its standards in order to replenish its ranks.
☆ Wild video shows F-35B jet crashing and skidding in botched vertical landing, forcing the pilot to eject
  + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
A video showed a fighter jet crash landing at a military base in Fort Worth, Texas, on Thursday. The pilot was forced to eject from the F-35B aircraft after it spun out of control. The plane was landing at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth on Thursday when things went wrong. The aircraft, however, was being flown by a "US government pilot" at the time of the crash, he said. The next year, a Japanese F-35A crashed into the sea; however, the crash was attributed to pilot error.
☆ Ukraine defense minister rips Putin's 'meat grinder' tactics, says Russia is failing because it's still a 'big Soviet army'
  + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
He said Putin's "meat grinder tactics" were failing, calling his troops a "big Soviet army." Reznikov cited Ukraine's nimble, hybrid tactics as the reason it could match even a larger and better-funded military like Russia's. "If it was meat grinder against meat grinder, we would lose," he said in the interview. "It was a mistake to perceive us as a small Soviet army [that] will fight a big Soviet army. Certainly, a big Soviet army would win and a small Soviet army would lose but we are not a Soviet army."
☆ Oregon Gov. Kate Brown commutes sentences of all 17 inmates on death row in her final month in office
  + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Oregon is one of 27 states in America that allows for the death penalty. Kate Brown commuted the sentences of all 17 inmates on death row. Kate Brown commuted the sentences of all of the state's 17 death row prisoners to life in prison without the chance of parole. Brown added that the commutation "is not based on any rehabilitative efforts by the individuals on death row" but instead "reflects the recognition that the death penalty is immoral." She is the seventh US governor in the past 50 years to commute all death sentences in a state.
☆ Ivanka and Jared Kushner cut ties with Trump because he is 'losing value' and they don't need him anymore, Mary Trump says
  + stars: | 2022-12-13 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner have seemingly distanced themselves from her father, Donald Trump. Mary Trump told MSNBC they are turning their backs on him because he is "losing value." Trump's niece said the couple "don't need" the former president like they used to. "Donald is definitely losing value in terms of the party, and in terms of politics generally," she added. "And Ivanka and Jared are legitimately wealthy people apart from whatever Donald is doing, so they don't need him to the same degree they might have."
☆ Video shows Brittney Griner touching down on US soil after being released from Russian custody
  + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
WNBA star Brittney Griner was released from Russia on Thursday after nine months in custody. Griner was released from Russian custody in exchange for notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout. 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 PolicyA video shows the moment WNBA star Brittney Griner touched down on US soil after nine months in Russian custody. US officials who met Griner upon her arrival told CNN that she was "in good spirits and incredibly gracious." Roger Carstens, a State Department official who was traveling with Griner, tweeted on Friday morning: "So happy to have Brittney back on US soil.
☆ Senior officials argued that Viktor Bout's release in exchange for Brittney Griner would be a mistake, report says
  + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
WNBA star Brittney Griner was swapped for arms dealer Viktor Bout on Thursday. Her release marked the end of prolonged and agonizing negotiations for Biden, CNN reported. Some senior officials told Biden they thought Russia was getting the better deal, the outlet said. But some senior law enforcement officials told Biden prior to his decision that Bout was too notorious of a figure to release in exchange for Griner, whose offense was only minor, one official told CNN. Her release marked the end of prolonged and agonizing negotiations for Biden, CNN reported.
☆ Kyrsten Sinema ditches Democrats to become an independent, undermining party's narrow Senate majority
  + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has announced that she is leaving the Democratic Party. Her move comes days after the Democrats won a narrow majority in the Senate. "Becoming an Independent won't change my work in the Senate; my service to Arizona remains the same," she wrote. Her switch comes just days after the Democratic Party won a narrow majority in the Senate, after Georgia incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock's won a run-off election in the state, beating out retired football player Herschel Walker. Warnock's victory gave Democrats a razor-thin majority of 51-49 in the Senate, which has now been thrown into doubt.
☆ Alex Jones, who mocked Sandy Hook families and swore they'd never be paid, says he has less than 1% of what he owes them
  + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Alex Jones owes families of the Sandy Hook shooting nearly $1.5 billion after two trials. Jones was ordered to pay the damages to the families of the Sandy Hook victims following a series of defamation trials this year. InfoWars' parent company, Free Speech Systems, declared bankruptcy over the summer, and Jones declared personal bankruptcy in a Texas court filing last month. In the first hearing of Jones' bankruptcy in the court on Wednesday, an attorney for the Sandy Hook families questioned whether Jones was lying about his finances. The conspiracy theorist spent years pushing false theories about the Sandy Hook shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012, in which 20 first graders and six adults were killed.
☆ Putin has a plan to flee to South America if he loses the war in Ukraine, former aide says
  + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The Kremlin started coming up with an evacuation plan for Putin in the spring, a former aide said. Putin first considered a plan to evacuate to China — but later rejected the idea, Gallyamov said. "The leader's entourage does not exclude that he will lose the war, lose power and he will have to urgently evacuate somewhere," he added. Sechin, who is Putin's right-hand man, has been put in charge of the evacuation plan, Gallyamov said. He has regularly commented on the state of the war in Ukraine since the start of Russia's invasion on February 24.
☆ Partner of US veteran killed fighting for Ukraine says its army never told her and she found out from Facebook
  + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
A US Army veteran was killed in July while volunteering to defend Ukraine from Russia's invasion. Bryan Young's partner, Maria Lipka, told Insider that she found out about his death on Facebook. His partner, Maria Lipka, told Insider that she only found out about Young's death from a message sent to her on Facebook. "No one, absolutely no one informed me," she told Insider. Lipka told Insider that Young said he needed to go to Ukraine to help fight off the Russian invasion because it was his duty to protect the free world.
☆ Georgia Republicans are losing faith in Herschel Walker as runoff election concludes, report says
  + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Herschel Walker and Raphael Warnock are fighting for a Senate seat in Georgia's runoff election Tuesday. Georgia Republicans are losing faith in Senate nominee Herschel Walker ahead of Tuesday's runoff election, Politico reported. Some Georgia Republicans have already said privately that the chances of Walker winning are slim, Politico reported. He is facing incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in the state's runoff election, triggered after neither candidate passed the required 50% threshold in the November midterms. The Georgia Republican Party also sent out an email describing Walker's Tuesday evening gathering as an "election night party" rather than a "victory celebration."
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