2+ hour, 21+ min ago   (305+ words) (Worthy News) – CIA Director John Ratcliffe made an unannounced trip to Moscow on Tuesday for meetings with Russian officials, according to U.S. media reports, marking one of the most sensitive known contacts between Washington and Moscow since Russia’s full-scale invasion…...

21+ hour, 29+ min ago   (758+ words) KYIV/BUDAPEST (Worthy News) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that holding elections in wartime, as suggested by his former defense minister, would “destroy” the country. In remarks monitored by Worthy News, Zelenskyy said: “I believe that in a war…...

21+ hour, 31+ min ago   (1147+ words) KYIV/BUDAPEST (Worthy News) – The European Union marked Ukraine’s Independence Day by pledging to provide the war-torn nation with 6.1 billion euros ($7.1 billion) for “air and missile defense systems” as well as other “missiles, ammunition and radars.” In a statement obtained…...

21+ hour, 33+ min ago   (864+ words) KYIV/BUDAPEST (Worthy News) – British Prime Minister Andy Burnham accused Russia on Monday of “outrageous threats” against the United Kingdom after Moscow warned that his decision to provide Ukraine with newly declassified blueprints for the production of long-range missiles would…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (708+ words) HELSINKI (Worthy News) – A Russian mother and son who fled to Finland after opposing Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine have won a court battle against their deportation, but their future remains uncertain as Finnish authorities reconsider their asylum claim amid fears…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1040+ words) WARSAW/LONDON/KYIV/BUDAPEST (Worthy News) – The death toll from a Russian drone strike on a crowded shopping center in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s hometown rose to at least 16 Sunday, as Kyiv pleaded for more air-defense interceptors and France promised…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1043+ words) KYIV/BUDAPEST (Worthy News) – Millions of Ukrainian men are believed to be attempting to avoid mobilization for the frontline, but many are being hunted down and sometimes harshly detained by authorities as part of a massive drive to reinforce the…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1280+ words) KYIV/BUDAPEST (Worthy News) – Ukraine is appealing for expanded access to Western satellite technology to help locate and destroy Russian missile launchers and other military targets as relentless Russian drone and missile attacks have killed dozens of civilians within two…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (406+ words) Tradecraft classes in Italy, Canada, Israel review how officials manipulated intelligence about Russian and Chinese vote meddling...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (535+ words) By Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Europe Bureau Chief KYIV/MOSCOW/BUDAPEST (Worthy News) – Ukrainian authorities said Thursday at least 16 people were killed and about 40 injured in massive overnight Russian drone and missile strikes on Kyiv and the wider region, while…...