Russians attack Sloviansk: one killed and several injured, including child

Russian forces have attacked the city of Sloviansk in Donetsk Oblast with multiple-launch rocket systems, killing at least one person and injuring five others.

By Tetyana Oliynyk

Craig Reedie, Olympic politics veteran who led WADA during Russian doping scandal, dies at 84

Craig Reedie, the former World Anti-Doping Agency president whose position on the Russian doping scandal a decade ago brought him into conflict with the IOC where he was a vice president, has died. The International Olympic Committee confirmed his death on Monday without stating the cause. Reedie played key roles in London’s unexpected win in bidding to host the 2012 Olympics and in getting his own sport badminton on to the Olympic program for the 1992 Barcelona Games.

By GRAHAM DUNBAR

Final death toll 12 in Russian petrochemical plant accident - The Straits Times

Final death toll 12 in Russian petrochemical plant accident  The Straits Times

Ukraine missile maker targets ‘game changer’ air defense system by 2027

Years of know-how gained on the battlefield fighting Russian forces have made Ukraine a leading innovator in low-cost defense tech.

Crocus Attack Accomplice Found Dead in Prison Cell in Apparent Suicide

Yakubdzhoni Davlatkhon Yusufzoda was among those sentenced to life in prison last month for aiding and abetting terrorism.

Russian bank apps, telecom services, and Rostelecom home internet go down in widespread outages

Websites and apps belonging to banks, telecom operators, satellite companies, and other organizations in Russia went down on the evening of April 6, according to posts on the Telegram channel of the Russian outage-tracking service Sboi.rf (Outage.ru). The cause of the disruptions was not immediately known.

Russian plant 'Kremniy El' still not resumed production after strike by Defense Forces – partisans

The Bryansk plant "Kremniy El," after being hit by the Ukrainian Defense Forces on March 10, is operating in emergency recovery mode – production at the enterprise has been halted.