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The NFL made it clear that the answer was a resounding yes on March 9 when it was reported that the Seahawks were going to trade Russell Wilson. Wilson spent the first decade of his career as a starting quarterback for the Seahawks. However, there had been tension between him and the team and many wondered whether he and Pete Carroll would continue to coexist. Ultimately, the Seahawks agreed to trade Wilson to the Broncos in exchange for a haul of players and picks....

During a news briefing with reporters in New York, Guterres also warned the widening war could cause “a global hunger crisis.” His comments came as Russian forces increased their attacks on Mariupol, where the local council claimed two large bombs were dropped. Also on Tuesday, U.S. and NATO officials told CNN that Belarus could “likely” join Russia in its attacks on Ukraine. “Even if Mariupol falls, Ukraine cannot be conquered city by city, street by street, house by house,” Guterres said....

Russia and China’s leaders issued a joint statement after the summit, calling on NATO to rule out expansion in eastern Europe and criticizing Asia-Pacific security blocs. They also called on the U.S. to abandon plans to deploy intermediate and shorter-range missiles in the Asia-Pacific region and Europe. The statement released by the Kremlin said China and Russia “oppose the further expansion” of the U.S-led alliance, calling on the organization to “abandon the ideological approaches of the Cold War era....

Unnamed intelligence officials were quick to blame Russia for the operation when news of it broke earlier this month and the government scrambled to establish just how badly compromised sensitive agencies had been. President Donald Trump’s administration has been slow to apportion blame, but officials appear largely united in their belief that it was Russian backed hackers who have been snooping on internal agency communications for months, perhaps as far back as March....

Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, told Sky News in an interview published Thursday that this new tactic is referred to as “dispersion.” “They now do less ammo stacking, etc. But it does not help them,” he said. U.S. HIMARS in Ukraine, 16 of which have been sent to the war-torn country so far, have gained attention in recent weeks for their reported success in strikes against Russia....

Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, citing a need to “liberate” the separatist Donbas region and rid the Ukrainian government of Nazis, even though Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is Jewish. While Putin hoped for a quick invasion, he was met with a stronger-than-expected response from the Ukrainian military. After five months of fighting, Russian gains have stalled and fighting remains concentrated in eastern Ukraine as the military has run into several issues....

Galina Danilchenko, who was appointed as “acting mayor,” said in a video statement on Sunday to the city’s 150,000 residents to end their resistance to Russian military occupation. This came after close to 2,000 people protested on Saturday against the alleged abduction of Fyodorov. “Despite all our efforts, there are still people in the city who are trying to destabilize the situation, who are calling on you to take extremist actions,” she said in her address....

Grigory Rodchenkov, the former Moscow anti-doping laboratory chief who later fled to the United States, has spoken widely about how Russia ran a cover-up of doping by dozens of its athletes at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. The country’s investigative committee, which is responsible for conducting investigations into local authorities and federal governmental bodies, said Rodchenkov ordered his subordinates in 2014 to recycle samples despite pledging to store them until further notice by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), which resulted in damaging state interests....

The incendiary claim came from the Chief Directorate of Intelligence for the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on Sunday via a post on the ministry’s official Facebook page. The post boldly begins with, “Poisoning, sudden disease, accident—Russian elite considers the possibility of removing Putin.” “In the environment of the Russian business and political elite, a group of influential persons opposing [Vladimir Putin] is formed,” the post reads. “Their goal is to remove Putin from power as soon as possible and restore economic ties with the West, destroyed due to the war in Ukraine....

Colonel-General Sergei Surovikin told the Red Star newspaper this week that the S-500—the next evolution of the S-400, which is considered the most advanced standalone anti-aircraft system currently deployed—would soon be delivered to active combat units. Surovikin said the S-500 “will be able to destroy low-orbit satellites and space weapons,” as well as “hypersonic weapons of all modifications,” according to the RBC news agency. Russia had been hoping to have the first S-500 batteries operational by 2021, but recent comments by Surovikin and Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko have suggested they could be deployed as soon as this year....

“This is high time for #US and #Iran to make coordinated steps to restore full implementation of #JCPOA,” Russian ambassador to the United Nations Mikhail Ulyanov tweeted late Wednesday in response to Newsweek’s coverage of the most recent drama regarding the nuclear deal that is officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. The accord was struck by Washington and Tehran in 2015 and additionally endorsed by Moscow and other major powers who continue to support it, despite former President Donald Trump’s unilateral exit in 2018....

Dmitry Peskov said Sunday that the “very warm” interactions between Trump and Putin have not been able to overcome the dire state of bilateral relations between the two nations, and suggested no one should expect better relations any time soon. Peskov explained that Moscow reacted to Lavrov’s U.S. trip “quite positively,” according to Russia’s state backed Tass news agency, and noted it was “good that the visit did take place....

The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said in a statement Tuesday that the Russian planes were “detected, tracked, positively identified and intercepted” while entering and operating in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). The Federal Aviation Administration defines an ADIZ as “an area of airspace over land or water in which the ready identification, location, and control of all aircraft…is required in the interest of national security.”...

Representative Elissa Slotkin on Wednesday told CNN that over 75,000 Russian soldiers have been either killed or wounded since Russia began its invasion on February 24. Slotkin made the remarks after attending a classified briefing on the war in Ukraine with Biden administration officials who described the Russian military as drained. In the leadup to its invasion of Ukraine, Russia reportedly amassed 150,000 soldiers along the Ukrainian border. Since then, figures on Russian losses have remained nebulous....

Russia’s forces abandoned the island last month after repeated bombardments, although Moscow said the withdrawal was a “gesture of goodwill” that showed Russia “is not blocking the UN’s efforts to organize a humanitarian corridor to export agricultural goods from Ukraine.” Snake Island made headlines in the early days of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war when Ukrainians stationed there told a Russian cruiser: “Russian warship, go f**k yourself!” “Since withdrawing from the strategically located Snake Island on 30 June 2022, Russia has been attempting to deny its use by Ukraine,” the U....

The 15-year-old dominated the rink as she beat Olympic silver medallist Mao Asada of Japan with an outstanding score of 72.90 points. Skating to the music ‘You Don’t Give Up on Love’, the reigning European Champion showed her talent and passion in an almost perfect performance Saturday, reports Xinhua. “I did what I wanted to do on the ice today. Of course, there was a bit of worry but thank God, I coped well with everything I had to do....

To mark Baltic Fleet Day, Navy Commander-in-Chief Nikolai Yevmenov said, in a message published on Russia’s defense ministry website, that the fleet established under Peter the Great more than 300 years ago had “won many brilliant victories over the enemy, who tried to push the Russian state off the Baltic coast.” Last summer, the Russian Navy undertook naval exercises in the Baltic Sea, involving dozens of warships and more than 10,000 troops in an operation dubbed “Ocean Shield....

Manchester United target Ivan Rakitic is set to dismiss interest from Jose Mourinho and sign a new deal at Camp Nou, according to Mundo Deportivo. The Croatian has been a key player since his arrival from Sevilla in 2014 but has recently lost importance following the signings of Andre Gomes and Denis Suarez. Rakitic has started 10 of Barcelona’s 15 La Liga games, however, and is still seen as a key part of Luis Enrique’s squad and is therefore expected to sign a new deal at the club....

Andre Villas-Boas’ club Shanghai SIPG have made Chelsea an incredible £60 million offer to sign midfielder Oscar in January, according to the Daily Telegraph. The Brazilian has started just five Premier League games this season under Antonio Conte and has fallen out of favour since the coach’s switch to a 3-4-3 formation. Oscar is said to be open to the idea of moving to China and Chelsea will not be able to refuse such a lucrative offer for a player they signed for £25m in 2012....

To get a sense of the lawsuit with Bethesda, we spoke at length with Matt Candler, president of Studio 369; Sam Goldberg, general counsel and manager at the game’s publisher; Dan Felts, a producer for the game; and Mitch Alpiner, the community manager. However, we also got a chance to play through a preview section of Rune 2: Decapitation Edition and ask plenty of questions about the game itself. Because so much of Rune 2’s data was lost after Human Head was bought by Bethesda, Studio 369 has practically built an entirely new game, and there was plenty to talk about....