Brendan Cole
Senior Reporter at Newsweek
I write for Newsweek, mostly about Russia and Ukraine.
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1 week ago |
newsweek.com | Brendan Cole
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has referred to the security measures surrounding foreign dignitaries attending a parade in Red Square next week marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. Days after he was accused of threatening to disrupt the Victory Day parade event in Moscow, Zelensky told reporters Kyiv "cannot be responsible" for what happens on Russian territory during the commemorations which will be attended by China's president Xi Jinping and other leaders.
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1 week ago |
newsweek.com | Brendan Cole
A Ukrainian sea drone downed a $50-million Russian fighter jet over the Black Sea in what has been described as a world first, according to military intelligence in Kyiv. Ukraine's intelligence agency, the GUR, published video of what it said was an unprecedented operation near the Russian port of Novorossiysk using a Magura sea drone that was equipped with a missile warhead. Ukraine's claims have not been independently verified and Newsweek has contacted the Russian defense ministry for comment.
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1 week ago |
newsweek.com | Brendan Cole
A Ukrainian drone attack on the Black Sea coast has sparked a state of emergency, according to local officials. The attack on the city of Novorossiysk in Russia's Krasnodar region took place overnight Friday and injured at least five people, according to the city's mayor. Much of Russia's Black Sea Fleet has been moved to the city in the Krasnodar region which is east of Crimea, the peninsula occupied by Russia since 2014, separated by the Kerch Strait.
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1 week ago |
newsweek.com | Brendan Cole
Russia is throwing troops into operations but its advances are slowing amid high losses, however Vladimir Putin is ignoring these diminishing returns as he looks for battlefield gains to pressure Ukraine in ceasefire talks, says the Institute for the Study of War.
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1 week ago |
newsweek.com | Brendan Cole
Russian vessels that are part of the the country's so called "shadow fleet" have been renamed and reregistered in what is seen a sanctions-busting move to transport liquefied natural gas (LNG) from a facility in the Arctic, it has been reported.
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