German authorities are scrambling ahead for what could be a hellacious winter of natural gas shortages and skyrocketing prices by announcing new energy-saving measures in cities across the country, reported The Guardian. Hanover in northwest Germany turned off hot water in showers and bathrooms at public buildings and leisure areas this week. Municipal buildings in the city will be heated to only... 

The anticipated closure of The Jewish Agency in Russia will have a serious impact on Russia-Israel relations, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid warned on Sunday. The quasi-governmental organization, which promotes the emigration of people with Jewish heritage to Israel, has been targeted by Russia’s Justice ministry over alleged violations of local law. “Prime Minister Lapid said in the meeting... 

The Ukrainian government has enough “will” to order a strike against Russian territory, a senior official has warned. Kiev will not hesitate to attack Russian soil if it deems it necessary, Aleksey Danilov, the head of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, threatened during a live broadcast on Wednesday. The security council closely follows all the missile and air strikes Russia launches... 

Ukraine will liberate the city of Kherson from Russian occupation by September, a senior official has predicted, saying a ‘turning point’ in the war has been reached. Kyiv’s army is ‘switching from defensive to counteroffensive actions’ with the southern city of Kherson as their main target, according to Serhii Khlan, an aide to the region’s governor. ‘We... 

Kiev slams Viktor Orban for saying anti-Russia sanctions and arms supplies to Kiev have brought no results Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s remarks about the ineffectiveness of anti-Russia sanctions are “a classic example of Russian propaganda,” Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko claimed on Sunday. Orban said on Saturday that the decision to impose sanctions on Moscow... 

Moldova’s Prime Minister has said she is very worried Russia will invade her country next, while warning that no country is safe from Vladimir Putin. Natalia Gavrilita’s warning came after Moscow’s forces made gains in Ukraine’s south and east, near to the Moldova-Ukraine border, in recent months. Analysts believe the Kremlin is trying to create a land bridge between Russian-occupied... 

Russia’s former president today warned that Ukraine could ‘disappear from the world map’ amid Vladimir Putin’s invasion of the country. Dmitry Medvedev, a Putin ally, also dismissed US President Joe Biden as a ‘strange grandfather with dementia’ in a scathing post on Telegram. Medvedev warned NATO was ‘creating a real threat of world conflict and the death... 

Mikhail Gorbachev is dismayed that he is seeing his life’s work ‘destroyed’ by Vladimir Putin as Russia descends into authoritarianism and military aggression, according to a close friend. The last Soviet leader ended the Cold War with his ‘glasnost’ and ‘perestroika’ reforms which led to the collapse of the USSR. But now Gorbachev, aged 91 and in poor health,... 

Yet another barbaric act which Russia will probably deny (it hasn’t yet, but it will): “We dindu nuffin! We is innocent and shiet! Ummmm Ukraine bombed their own people! Yeah that’s right, its their fault, we dindu nuffin!” As you can see, nowhere is safe in Ukraine. Some people assumed that Western Ukraine is safe and only East Ukraine is unsafe and engulfed in the war however... 

Cooperation between Iran and Russia in the modern technologies sector predates the Ukrainian crisis, according to Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani. The Foreign Ministry spokesman made his remarks Tuesday in response to claims by U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan about Iran’s sale of modern technical breakthroughs to Russia. U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan... 

In a rather suspiciously timed coincidence, several billboards reading “Alaska Is Ours” appeared in Siberia on Thursday, the day after State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin suggested Russia “take back” Alaska from the United States in retaliation for sanctions. Volodin is the top man in the Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, and a very aggressive ally of strongman Vladimir Putin.... 

Ukraine has warned residents in southern Kherson and Zaporizhzhia to evacuate as it prepares to launch a counteroffensive to retake the area. The Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions were quickly occupied by Russian troops in late February after they crossed the bridge from Russian-annexed Crimea. Late on Friday night, Iryna Vereshchuk, the deputy prime minister for the ministry of reintegration of temporarily... 

Russian and Ukrainian forces are engaged in “heavy battles” in the outskirts of the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine, according to Serhiy Hayday, the head of Luhansk region military administration. “All the forces of the Russian army are now thrown there, all the reserves they now have,” Hayday said Tuesday. Russian forces have suffered “huge number of losses and wounded,” because some... 

Russia is recruiting prisoners to fight in Ukraine with the promise of almost £3,000 and their sentences being annulled if they come back alive after six months. The convicts are told they will be put on the frontline to hunt down ‘Nazis’ in Ukraine. Russia is recruiting prisoners to fight in Ukraine with the promise of almost £3,000 and their sentences being annulled if they come back... 

At least three people were killed and hundreds of homes damaged in what appeared to be a Ukrainian airstrike on Russian border city Belgorod early this morning. Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov claimed several explosions hit the city of nearly 400,000, which lies 25 miles (40km) north of the border with Ukraine. At least 11 apartment buildings and 39 houses were damaged, including five entirely...