Humiliation for Putin’s troops is continuing as they begin to abandon the major city of Melitopol in the face of Kyiv’s lightning counter-offensive. The city’s pre-occupation mayor said that Russian troops were pulling out of the area in Ukraine’s southern Zaporizhzhia region. Mayor Ivan Fedorov wrote on Telegram that Russian troops were heading towards Moscow-annexed Crimea. He... 

Russia has stolen a collection of precious gold from a museum in Melitopol, writes the New York Times. The information comes from Ukraine. The newspaper has spoken to staff from the museum who state that the gold was hidden, but that the Russians somehow found it anyway. – The orcs have taken our Scythian gold, says the city mayor. The more than 2,300-year-old gold was the museum’s most... 

Russia’s Federation Council has unanimously approved President Vladimir Putin’s request to use Russian military forces in Ukraine. The move is aimed to settle the turmoil in the split country. The upper house of the Russian parliament has voted in favor of sending troops to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, which would ensure peace and order in the region “until the socio-political situation...