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Russia To America: Keep It Cool And We'll Talk Prisoner Exchange, If Not Brittney Griner Stays In The Penal Colony

The Kremlin said Friday that it is now open to talking about a possible prisoner exchange involving Brittney Griner, although Russian diplomats are warning - scolding might be a better word - that Washington had better keep a lid on...or else.

Benzinga

Zelenskiy rebukes Amnesty for accusing Ukraine of endangering civilians

Ukrainian president and British and US ambassadors criticise report that says soldiers should not be based in empty schools

The Guardian - UK

Brittney Griner's 9-Year Sentence Highlights Stark Differences Between Russian and U.S. Pot Penalties

Travelers caught with small amounts of marijuana at the U.S. border face much less severe punishment.

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Ukrainian Troops Pleased With Delivery Of All-Terrain Buggies Assembled By Volunteers In Kyiv

The footage was obtained from the National Guard of Ukraine on Wednesday, August 3.

Zenger

Hundreds Enter S3x Doll And Inflatable Manhood Swim Race

The event takes place on the Vuoksi river on its course through the village of Losevo, in the Leningrad region of Russia.

Zenger

Ukrainian Artillerymen Destroy Russian Mortar Battery

The footage was obtained from the National Guard of Ukraine on Thursday, August 4.

Zenger

Ukraine Uses US-Supplied HIMARS Against Russians In Push To Take Back Kherson

The footage was obtained from the Chernihiv Regional Territorial Center of Recruitment and Social Support on Thursday, August 4.

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Ukrainian Civilians Train To Be Soldiers In UK So They Can Defend Their Country From Russia

The footage was obtained from the Ministry of Defense (MoD) of the United Kingdom on Wednesday, August 3.

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Biden says he is hopeful on Griner, working hard for her release

President Joe Biden said his administration was working hard to secure jailed U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner's release from Russia and was hopeful.

Reuters

Three-Year-Old Found Safe After Spending Two Nights In Wilderness

A three-year-old boy who vanished without a trace from his village in Russia has been found alive in a forest after two nights alone.

Zenger

Turkey-Russia to act in cooperation against terrorism in Syria

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan confirmed determination to act in cooperation against terror organisations in Syria, according to a joint statement following their bilateral meeting.

Reuters

Ukrainian Multiple Rocket Launcher Vehicle Fires Missile Salvos At Russian Invaders

The footage was obtained from the 58th Independent Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces on Wednesday.

Zenger

Putin and Erdogan agree to boost cooperation, some rouble payments for gas

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan agreed on Friday to boost cooperation in the transport, agriculture, finance and construction industries, they said in a joint statement after a four-hour meeting.

Reuters

Ukraine buries agricultural 'titan' killed in missile strike

Orthodox chants of mourning resounded in a packed central Kyiv cathedral on Friday as Ukraine buried an agricultural tycoon with his wife after they were killed in a missile strike that hit his home last weekend.

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Ukraine War Making 40 Mln People Go Hungry, Africa to Bear Brunt, Says US

The United States' ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield on Friday said Russia's invasion of Ukraine will cause 40 million people to become food insecure and that sub-Saharan Africa will be hardest hit. The United States has secured $4.5 billion for food security at the G7 summit, of which…

The Conversation

Bladed 'Ninja' missile used to kill al-Qaida leader is part of a scary new generation of unregulated weapons

The recent killing of al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri by CIA drone strike was the latest US response to 9/11. Politically, it amplified existing distrust between US leaders and the Taliban government in Afghanistan. The killing also exposed compromises in the 2020 Doha peace agreement between the US and the Taliban.

The Guardian - UK

The west cannot dissociate itself from the conflict in Ukraine

Letters: Readers respond to an article by Simon Jenkins which argued that western countries should be ready to back away from Russia’s invasion, rather than risk provoking a global war

Daily Record

'Jealous' groom who beat wife to death in front of horrified wedding guests jailed for 18 years

Stepan Dolgikh, 25, killed his bride after believing she had cheated on him, before dumping her body into a ravine in October during a "fit of rage".

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Reuters

Russia's official toll of COVID-related deaths exceeds 820,000

Russia has registered a total of 820,307 COVID-related deaths since the start of the pandemic in the country in April 2020, the state statistics service Rosstat said on Friday.

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Russian-backed Kherson administration denies that its leader is in a coma

The deputy head of the Russian-installed administration in Ukraine's occupied Kherson region on Friday denied reports that the administration's head, Volodymyr Saldo, had suffered a stroke and was in a coma.

Tribune News Service

Lawmakers call on State Department to fight for Pittsburgh-area native jailed in Russia

WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania's U.S. lawmakers are urging the State Department to recognize the plight of a Pittsburgh-area resident who has been sentenced to hard labor in Russia, and they are asking why the administration has not highlighted his case among other detained citizens, including WNBA player Brittney Griner and former…

Reuters

Ukraine war making 40 million people go hungry, Africa to bear brunt, says U.S

The Guardian - UK

Putin and Erdoğan meet for secretive talks in Sochi

Talks expected to focus on Ukraine and could include Kremlin efforts to circumvent western sanctions

Al Jazeera

‘Before Bucha in Ukraine, there was Abkhazia in Georgia’

Thirty years after the war in Georgia’s breakaway territory of Abkhazia, victims are still waiting for justice.

The Guardian - UK

Nightlands review – talking through what’s become of Russia

Two caretakers at an abandoned Soviet mining village in the Arctic debate their unease at the country’s present and what became of the USSR

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