By Guy Faulconbridge and Gleb Stolyarov MOSCOW, Feb 8 (Reuters) – A Ukrainian-born Russian citizen has been extradited to Moscow from Dubai on suspicion of seriously injuring one of Russia’s most senior military intelligence officers, Russian security officials and investigators said on Sunday. Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev, deputy head of Russia’s vast military intelligence service … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has chosen Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukraine’s military intelligence, as his new chief of staff, a move that comes at a particularly critical moment in Russia’s nearly 4-year-old invasion. Budanov replaces Andrii Yermak, Zelenskyy’s right-hand man who resigned in November after anti-corruption officials raided his apartment … Read more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy named military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov as his new chief of staff on Friday, a move that came as the United States leads a diplomatic push to end Russia’s nearly four-year war. In announcing the appointment of Lieutenant General Budanov, Zelenskyy said that Ukraine needs to focus on security issues, the … Read more
Russian authorities said Friday that the death toll from a Ukrainian drone strike they said hit a cafe in a Russian-occupied village in Ukraine’s Kherson region had risen to 27 people. Kiev denied attacking civilian targets. Svetlana Petrenko, spokesperson for Russia’s main criminal investigation agency, the Investigative Committee, said in a statement that a Ukrainian … Read more