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U.S. factory bombed in massive Russian airstrike in Ukraine : NPR

U.S. factory bombed in massive Russian airstrike in Ukraine : NPR

Ukrainians take shelter in a subway station in Kyiv early Thursday as Russia unleashed one of its largest airstrikes of the war. Russia fired more than 600 drones and missiles, according to the Ukraine military. Most targeted western Ukraine, where a U.S. electronics factory was hit. Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images …

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Russian Government Cyber Actors Targeting Networking Devices, Critical Infrastructure – Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) (.gov)

Russian Government Cyber Actors Targeting Networking Devices, Critical Infrastructure  Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) (.gov) Russian state-sponsored espionage group Static Tundra compromises unpatched end-of-life network devices  Cisco Talos Blog FBI warns of Russian hacks targeting US critical infrastructure  Reuters FBI Warns FSB-Linked Hackers Exploiting Unpatched Cisco Devices for Cyber Espionage  The Hacker News Russian cyber group exploits seven-year-old network vulnerabilities for long-term espionage  CyberScoop Source …

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Russian model, Miss Universe 2017 contestant Kseniya Alexandrova dead at 30 – New York Daily News

Russian model, Miss Universe 2017 contestant Kseniya Alexandrova dead at 30  New York Daily News Former Russian Miss Universe contestant, 30, dies after elk smashes through windshield  Fox News Former Miss Universe Contestant, 30, Dead After Elk Crashed Through Her Windshield  People.com Former Miss Universe 2017 Russia contestant Kseniya Alexandrova killed in car accident involving elk  New York Post 4 Things to Know About …

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 15, 2025

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 15, 2025

Karolina Hird, Kateryna Stepanenko, Christina Harward, Grace Mappes, Jennie Olmsted, Daria Novikov, Anna Harvey, Justin Young, and Frederick W. Kagan August 15, 2025, 9pm ET  Click here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report. Click here to see ISW’s interactive map of Ukraine’s …

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How close is America to authoritarianism? These Russian journalists have an answer.

How close is America to authoritarianism? These Russian journalists have an answer.

“I’ve pretty much given up on this country,” a friend texted me last week. The past several months—and it has, unbelievably, been only that long—have played out like the climax of a Roland Emmerich movie, as one American institution after another has crumbled in the face of a previously unimaginable assault. The nation’s top universities and its most powerful law …

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‘Kept fighting despite the odds’: the Russian journalists who risked everything to report the truth | Documentary films

‘Kept fighting despite the odds’: the Russian journalists who risked everything to report the truth | Documentary films

In the fall of 2021, the director Julia Loktev traveled from her Brooklyn home to Moscow, with the intent to film some friends under pressure. That summer, the Russian government had cracked down on the remaining independent media in the country, designating outlets and journalists it found irksome as “foreign agents”. Loktev, who moved to the US from the Soviet …

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 14, 2025

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 14, 2025

Christina Harward, Jennie Olmsted, Anna Harvey, Justin Young, Karolina Hird, and Kateryna Stepanenko August 14, 2025, 8:45pm ET  Click here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report. Click here to see ISW’s interactive map of Ukraine’s offensive in Kursk Oblast. Click here to …

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Trump shrugs off suspected Russian hack of U.S. courts

Trump shrugs off suspected Russian hack of U.S. courts

US President Donald Trump speaks during the unveiling of the Kennedy Center Honors nominees on August 13, 2025, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Wednesday shrugged off a question about a new report that Russia is at least partially responsible for hacking the electronic system that manages U.S. …

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Trump on suspected Russian court hack: "Are you surprised?" – Axios

Trump on suspected Russian court hack: “Are you surprised?”  Axios Russia Is Suspected to Be Behind Breach of Federal Court Filing System  The New York Times Trump shrugs off suspected Russian hack of U.S. federal courts: ‘Are you surprised?’  CNBC Hack of federal court filing system exploited security flaws known since 2020  Politico Safeguards being implemented after cyberattacks hit US court case management system, …

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