An English teacher in Penza is facing prosecution after students recorded her criticizing Russia's war in Ukraine. Teachers, activists, and others have increasingly been targeted by denunciations – often anonymous – that remind some of the darkest repressions under Soviet dictator Josef Stalin.
A series of predawn blasts shook Ukraine s capital city of Kyiv Tuesday morning, leading to a mandatory 35-hour curfew announced by the city s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, who warned the area was in the middle of a "difficult and dangerous moment."