Rather than commenting on the food and service at Russian restaurants and cafes, some users have begun posting online reviews detailing Russian actions in Ukraine to try to smuggle information past the tight control of state media. In a review of one of Moscow's most popular seafood restaurants on Afisha.ru,...
Ukrainian Cyber Group Targets Russian Power Grid, Railways to Hinder Invasion
A Ukrainian cyber guerrilla warfare group plans to launch digital sabotage attacks against critical Russian infrastructure such as railways and the electricity grid, to strike back at Moscow over its invasion, a hacker team coordinator says. Officials from Ukraine's defense ministry last week approached Ukrainian businessman and local cybersecurity expert...
As a Jew, Zelensky Expects More From Israel, Ukrainian Ambassador Says
The Israeli government has thus far failed to live up to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s expectations of it during the Russia crisis, Ukraine’s ambassador to Israel Yevgen Korniychuk said Monday. He also expressed consternation that Israel refrained from co-sponsoring a U.S. motion at the United Nations to censure Russia over...
Ukraine Credits Turkish Drones With Eviscerating Russian Tanks and Armor
As Russia pounded Ukraine in the opening days of its invasion, the defenders credited a new piece of equipment with helping them fight back — the Bayraktar TB2 drone. Videos shared by the Ukrainian military showed at least one strike appearing to tear apart a column of Russian tanks and...
‘If Kyiv Falls, We Keep Hacking Putin’: On The Cyber Front Line In Ukraine
A shadow war is raging in Ukraine, invisible to most people but critical to the outcome. Its warriors vow that no matter who wins the bloody battles on the streets, they will fight on. Like a guerrilla army, Ukrainian cyberattackers like Yegor Aushev vow to hit their targets and move...
Russians See a New Side to Putin: Dragging Them Into War
Russians thought they knew their president. They were wrong. And by Thursday, it appeared too late to do anything about it. In Moscow’s foreign policy establishment, where analysts overwhelmingly characterized Putin’s military buildup around Ukraine as an elaborate and astute bluff in recent months, admitted Thursday that they had monumentally...
We’re Appalled by Putin Now, but Be Clear: The West Gave Him the Green Light
Do we want to live in the world where democratic states are protected by an international system of rules, however flawed and inconsistent that system might be? Or do we want to live in Vladimir Putin’s world, governed by the law of the jungle and where the only right is...
Why Disconnecting Russia From SWIFT Could Deal a Blow to Its Economy
On Saturday, Western allies moved to block certain Russian banks’ access to the SWIFT international payment system in further punishment of Moscow as it presses on with its military invasion of Ukraine. SWIFT is a network used by banks to send secure messages about transfers of money and other transactions....
Sean Penn In Ukraine Filming Documentary About Russia Invasion
Filmmaker and actor Sean Penn is in Ukraine to continue work on a documentary about the ongoing Russian assault. The Office of the President wrote in a Facebook post Thursday that Penn attended press briefings, met with Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk and spoke to journalists and military personnel about the Russian invasion....
Putin Thinks He’s the Hero of Russia’s Story. He Couldn’t Be More Wrong.
All strongmen build "inner sanctums" to manage day-to-day governance. Composed of flatterers, family members and cronies, all of them chosen for their loyalty rather than their expertise, they shield him from any unpleasant counsel — and share handsomely in the profits from his thievery. This is certainly the case in...