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The supply of military aid to Ukraine by the United States and other countries is reportedly being coordinated at a U.S. installation near Stuttgart, Germany. The U.S. is now helping around 50 nations provide such aid to Ukraine, according to a report from German public broadcaster, Deutsche Welle (DW), including the much-touted High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), and PzH 2000 self-propelled howitzers from Germany and the Netherlands. Speaking with DW on Saturday, Nico Lange, a German lawmaker and chief of staff for the country’s Federal Minister of Defense, said that this significant influx of military aid to Ukraine is changing the dynamic of the Russian invasion....

Russia’s three-year plan to expand its armed forces was unveiled by defense minister Sergei Shoigu on Tuesday. Twelve new regiments will be formed, military districts will be created in the Moscow and Leningrad regions and conscript numbers will be boosted. A new army corps will also be created in the Russian republic of Karelia, bordering Finland—which has angered Moscow by announcing that it will join NATO. The institute, a U....

The homelessness charity Nochlezhka said that employees from the Frunzensky district administration in Russia’s second city had visited a shelter on August 17. A Nochlezhka representative told Newsweek that officials tried to talk to those staying at the shelter and leave leaflets containing information about contract services. The duty officer at the shelter did not allow this and asked the officials to talk to the management before they ended up leaving....

The Russian leader issued a ceasefire order for Moscow’s troops fighting in Ukraine ahead of Russian Orthodox Christmas celebrations on January 7. The halting of hostilities was intended to last 36 hours, the Kremlin said, beginning at midday on January 6. The Kremlin decided to introduce the ceasefire after what Russian state media reported to be an appeal by the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill. A statement from the president’s press office, cited by state news agency TASS, said the Kremlin made the decision “proceeding from the fact that a large number of residents in the combat zone are Orthodox Christians....

Russian Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov was appointed head of the Russian military on Wednesday, overtaking a position previously held by Sergey Surovikin for only a few months. Surovikin will stay on as deputy to Gerasimov, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. “It likely does reflect some of the systemic challenges that the Russian military has faced since the beginning of this invasion,” Brigadier General Pat Ryder, Pentagon press secretary, said at a news briefing Thursday....

Putin had reason to be irritated. For months, his government had been cracking down on the independent press, going so far as to briefly imprison Vladimir Gusinsky, owner of the NTV network (and NEWSWEEK’s partner in publishing the weekly news magazine Itogi). Initially cowed by the campaign, the independent press was emboldened by the Kursk tragedy. NTV regained its combative voice, feeding viewers a steady stream of stories that contradicted official pronouncements....

India is now expected to receive the first batch of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine on May 1. Russia’s RDIF Sovereign Wealth Fund has signed agreements with five leading Indian manufacturers to provide 850 million doses of the vaccine a year. The RDIF has said it expects production of the vaccine in India to reach 50 million doses a month by the summer and to rise further. Is the govt. too late?...

Washington and Moscow have long denied conducting malicious cyber activities against one another, but U.S. Cyber Command Director General Paul Nakasone confirmed last week in an interview with Sky News that the Pentagon’s cyber branch was involved in “a series of operations across the full spectrum,” including those both “offensive” and “defensive” in nature, as well as “information operations,” in support of Ukraine as it struggles to fend off a Russian incursion launched in February....

“There were 150 Russian supporters who in reality were hooligans,” Brice Robin told a news conference. “These people were well prepared for ultra-rapid, ultra-violent action. These are extremely well trained people.” Robin said some Russian supporters were turned back on arrival at Marseille’s international airport but that others had arrived overland. Most of the 35 people who were injured in the fighting were English, the prosecutor said, adding that two Russian nationals were being expelled from the country....

Ilya Sachkov, the chief executive officer and founder of the Group-IB, a leading cybersecurity company in Russia, was placed in custody by a court in Moscow on Wednesday. He will remain in detention for two months until the pending investigation and trial. No further details were provided by the court regarding the case, and the case files are classified, according to the Interfax news agency. Treason cases in Russia are usually sealed....

Footage of Ukrainian soldiers hoisting their flag on the outskirts of the city occupied by Russia since May, were widely shared on social media on Saturday. Kyiv had said that its troops had surrounded up to 5,000 of Putin’s troops in the strategic location, with the Russian Defense Ministry confirming that it had “retreated to more advantageous lines,” Russian-state news agency RIA reported. The statement emphasized Russian gains against Kyiv, saying that it made strikes on the 66th and 93rd mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian forces and killed more than 200 servicemen, and destroyed five tanks and nine infantry fighting vehicles....

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense confirmed the news in a statement on Monday, claiming that Russian forces already have Iranian-made equipment in storage awaiting shipment to the field. This includes roughly 1,500 bulletproof vests and 1,500 helmets intended for use by Russia’s 3rd Motorized Rifle Division. The Ukrainian ministry claimed that this new shipment of equipment was sent by Iran in response to reports that Russia’s military was suffering major setbacks in producing gear for its soldiers....

National Defense Control Center chief Colonel General Mikhail Mizintsev presided over a joint Russian and Syrian emergency meeting Wednesday focused on dismantling the Rukban refugee camp located in a remote stretch of southern Syria under the control of a U.S.-led coalition and allied rebel groups. The United Nations has described the camp’s desperate conditions in statements sent to Newsweek and the senior Russian military official accused the U.S. of allowing them to continue to deteriorate....

Photos of BRAIN, formerly an electronics store in Kherson, which had been turned into a Russian military HQ, according to reports, show the aftermath of a strike as Ukraine kick-started a counteroffensive to retake the region that was seized by Russian forces in the early phases of the war. The building, located in Kherson, was destroyed. Images of the damaged building were published on social media. Open-source intelligence account OSINTtechnical shared photos on Twitter that it said showed the building before the attack, adding that the building is “reportedly a Russian headquarters....

The yacht, named Tango, is a 254-foot vessel valued at an estimated $120 million. The vessel was located at the Marina Real in the port of Palma de Mallorca and was carrying a Cook Islands flag, according to the Associated Press. Tango’s seizure is just one of several yacht seizures affecting Russian billionaires as part of sanctions imposed by the West for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Other Russian yachts have been seized by Spanish authorities....

Despite flight bans and sanctions imposed after the Ukraine war began on February 24, at least 30 flights allegedly belonging to Russian businessmen have flown over the territory of Europe, German newspaper Welt am Sonntag reported. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that the European Union would close its airspace to Russian airlines and private jets on February 27—three days after Putin’s war began. “These aircraft will no more be able to land in, take off, or overfly the territory of the EU,” von der Leyen said at the time....

With the likes of Shelton Moses an Akhin GS featuring for the Spartans and big names such as Jerome Charles and USA’s Paul Lotman representing the Heroes, the experience on both the teams could prove to play host to a mouth-watering encounter. Match Overview The Chennai Spartans wear an impressive cloak of experience and with the team decked with an array of superstars such as skipper Shelton Moses, Akhin GS and attacking duo of Vibin George and Naveen Raja Jacob, the Heroes will certainly have their hands full on the day....

Russell cemented his place as one of the best Twenty20 all-rounders in the world with a stunning display in Port-of-Spain, guiding his side to victory over Trinbago Knight Riders with three balls to spare. The 30-year-old had taken some punishment in his opening three overs as the hosts reached 216-3 before Russell stuck with a hat-trick as Trinbago posted 223. Russell removed Brendon McCullum, Dwayne Bravo and Denesh Ramdin in the final over, the latter holing out in the deep to Andre McCarthy....

The Thunder star proved how dedicated he is to the community by donating a car to a single mother of two. Westbrook got the car back in February as a gift for winning MVP of the All-Star game. He said he wanted to honor “all the hard work she’s done to keep her family together. I just want to be able to help others any way I can.” MORE: Hawks sign leukemia patient | Ray Allen’s sneaker collection | LeBron 12 Cereal kicks...

As panicky investors besieged its Moscow headquarters, MMM collapsed. Its share price – once about $56 – had shrunk to a wispy 46 cents. “This was all I had,” said Valentina Stepanova, 65, who had invested $1,000. “They’ve left me naked.” Across town, 10,000 enraged shareholders stormed the commodities exchange, smashing windows in a futile effort to get a decent price for their shares. With dozens of MMM clones sprouting up and much of Russian business in the grip of organized crime, lawmakers need to act fast if they are to rope in the Wild East’s version of capitalism....