The American journalist and Bowdoin College graduate, who has been detained on espionage charges, lost an appeal to be released from jail.
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A Russian missile attack in eastern Ukraine kills a 10-year-old boy and his grandmother
Officials said preliminary information indicated that the Kremlin’s forces used two Iskander missiles in the attack, the same as in the previous day’s strike on the village of Hroza that killed 52 people.
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Putin says hand grenade fragments found in bodies of victims in Wagner chief’s plane crash
A preliminary U.S. intelligence assessment concluded that an intentional explosion caused the crash of mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane.
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Russian strike on Ukrainian village kills 51, as Zelensky seeks more Western support
The attack came as President Volodymyr Zelensky attended a summit of about 50 European leaders in Spain to drum up support from Ukraine’s allies.
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Evan Gershkovich wanted to explain Russia to Americans. Russia wanted him to stay quiet.
The American journalist and Bowdoin grad has been detained by Russian authorities for 6 months. His parents left the country 38 years earlier to escape repression.
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Bowdoin College forum keeps focus on plight of graduate jailed in Russia
Evan Gershkovich, a Bowdoin graduate and Wall Street Journal reporter, has been jailed in Russia on espionage charges since March.
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Russia’s Black Sea Fleet commander among 34 killed in strike, Ukraine says
Ukraine has increasingly targeted naval facilities in Crimea in recent weeks while the brunt of its summer counteroffensive makes slow gains in the east and south of Ukraine.
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Ukraine advances on Russian defenses as U.S. battle tanks arrive
The Ukrainian leader said last week that his military will continue with the counteroffensive through the autumn and into winter, vowing to keep the pressure on Russian forces.
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Zelensky makes case to Congress for more war aid as support wavers in House
The Ukrainian president arrived at the Capitol to talk privately with Republican and Democratic leaders of the House and Senate as the world is watching Western support for Kyiv.
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Zelensky: Russia is weaponizing food, energy and abducted children in its war against Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky took to the world stage at a sensitive point in his country’s campaign to maintain international support for its fight at the U.N. General Assembly’s annual top-level meeting.