Snowden only stays in Russia because he faces espionage charges....
"To those who allow themselves to make such statements about Russia, I would like to remind you that our country also has various means of destruction...
Says Tuomas Malinen. Adds Murtaza Hussain of The Intercept: "If you turned the electricity off for a few months in any developed Western society 500 years of supposed philosophical progress about human rights and individualism would quickly evaporate like they never happened."...
Ukrainian counter-offensive aims to retake Kherson province, push Russian forces across Dnieper river. ...
"Satellite images of the Portovaya compression station show a huge flare as large amounts of gas are burned off."...
"If the car bombing is tied to the war it would mark the first time since February that the violence unleashed on Ukraine has reached the Russian capital."...
"Berlin triggered the second stage of its national gas emergency plan." ...
Putin: "The unprecedented political and sanctions pressure from the so-called ‘collective West’ is pushing us to speed up the unification" with Belarus....
Russia destroyed all the bridges to Severodonetsk....
Putin thinks he's Peter the Great....
Russia bombed many grain silos in Mykolaiv over the weekend....
"Russian Tu-95 strategic bombers launched missiles at Kyiv from the Caspian Sea early on Sunday." ...
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on NATO: "But war is always a test that takes the masks off."...
Zelenskyy on Poland: "We are introducing joint customs control with Poland. This will significantly speed up border procedures."...
Finland President reports Putin had 'calm' response to NATO membership news....
Germany banned Ukraine (and Russian) flags at WWII memorials....
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov started a war with words with Israel, saying Hitler was Jewish....
