Author name: Ronald Kabuubi

Artillery fire has blown chunks out of a statue of Lenin that stands in Russian town of Sudzha, where Volodymyr Zelensky’s troops now have full control. Kyiv has destroyed a key bridge over the Seym river during its incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, as Vladimir Putin was forced to redeploy more troops to respond. Videos shared on social media showed the bridge near

Riots across England were sparked by fake claims on social media about the suspects background  we look at just how widely that misinformation was shared. Posts sharing the false identity of the Southport stabbing suspect were viewed at least 420,000 times on social media, The Independent can reveal. England was hit by a series of race riots in towns and

Mykhailo Podolyak tells The Independent that the cross-border assault into the Kursk region shows that Putin has ‘very little control’ over the border. Ukraine’s attack on Russian soil has exposed the disarray in Vladimir Putin’s military command, president Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief adviser has told The Independent. Kyiv’s military exploited poorly-defended border positions and later overran two fortified Russian defensive lines, essentially infantry

Ukraine’s air defenses shot down all 14 Russian drones launched in an overnight strike, the Ukrainian Air Force said in a statement early on August 17. The Shahed drones were downed over six Ukrainian regions in the south and center of the country, including areas near the capital, Kyiv, according to the statement posted on