The Dark Corners

"Of course I'm happy the Russians are gone, they took so much from me," he told the Kyiv Independent. "My son has disappeared, we haven't heard from him in a month, since we were both in the Hole (prison) together.” Hnedov, a former Soviet intelligence officer, spent six weeks in near unlivable conditions in Russian custody during the occupation of Kherson. In this time, he was subjected to numerous brutal torture methods, including electrocution and waterboarding, while his family members were pressed to pay a ransom for his release. Hnedov's story is as extraordinary as it is commonplace. Testimonies of extreme brutality at the hands of Russian troops never fail to horrify, but mountains of evidence from liberated territories have shown that extrajudicial arrests, beatings, and other forms of torture were the rule rather than the exception in occupied Ukraine.

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 306th day, we take a look at the main developments.

Ukraine’s foreign ministry argues that the UN seat is ‘illegitmate’ as it was USSR’s, not the Russian federation’s.

Lawmaker who just squeaked by with a win in Colorado choses a side.

At the behest of the German government, Rheinmetall is supplying Ukraine with brand new HX 8x8 trucks. — Ukrinform.

Some in the Russian president’s entourage are searching for a way out of the Ukraine conflict. They should look to the history books, says a

The Soviet-era helicopter was apparently flyable up until fairly recently and was based at an airfield south of Kyiv.