Video and photos of suspects in a mass shooting show them apparently being brutalized by Russian security forces — without any rebuke from authorities. A top Kremlin official urges that hit squads be sent to assassinate Ukrainian officials. Senior lawmakers call for restoring capital punishment, abolished decades ago.
Ukraine’s ongoing campaign of drone strikes at Russian oil refineries constitutes legitimate self-defense, French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne said on April 2.
Russian Telegram channels wrote about multiple explosions in the region amid an alleged drone attack, citing local residents. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed to have shot down 11 drones over Rostov Oblast.
Three days after the terrorist attack on a Moscow concert hall, Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed on Monday that the mass shooting "was committed by radical Islamists," while still continuing to hint at a potential Ukrainian involvement. The confirmed death toll from the attack rose to 139 by Monday evening, according to Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova. Four gunmen opened fire on concert-goers at the Crocus City Hall venue just outside Moscow on Friday evening just before the sta