Seven people were killed and 11 injured when a drone hit a bus travelling through Russian-controlled Donetsk, the region’s Kremlin-installed leader said. The strike came during a broad exchange of drone and missile attacks involving Russia, Ukraine and Russian-held territory.
Posts tagged as “Atascocita”
Ukraine launched a missile attack on the main headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, Crimea on Friday. According to the Sevastopol governor, the civilian infrastructure around the fleet headquarters was not damaged, but there is no information about casualties yet. Firefighters are battling a blaze at the fleet headquarters and more emergency forces are being brought in. The missile attack is the latest in a series of escalating tensions between Ukraine and Russia.
A Moscow court has declined to consider an appeal by U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich against his pre-trial detention, sending the case back to a lower court due to procedural violations. Gershkovich, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, was arrested on March 29 on espionage charges and has failed in two previous appeals. His lawyer will now appeal the decision to the Moscow City Court and the European Court of Human Rights.
Ukraine has accused Russian forces of blowing up a major dam and hydroelectric power station in southern Ukraine, threatening a massive flood that could displace hundreds of thousands of people. Ukrainian authorities have warned that the dam’s failure could unleash 18 million cubic meters of water and flood Kherson and dozens of other areas. In response, Ukraine has ordered residents downriver to evacuate, though the exact number of people affected is still unknown.
On Tuesday, Robert Fratta, a former suburban Houston police officer, is set to be executed for the 1994 murder of his estranged wife, Farah. Fratta,…