Topline A beluga whale that became famous in 2019 after it was suspected of being trained by the Russian military re-emerged off Sweden’s southwestern coast on Sunday, leading an organization tracking him to work with authorities to ensure the whale is safe. Key Facts “Hvaldimir”—a nickname combining the Norwegian word for whale with Vladimir—was firstSource
Updated Aug 24, 2022, 04:55pm EDT Topline A deadly Russian rocket strike on a train station in a small town in central Ukraine killed at least 15 people and injured about 50 more on Wednesday, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky, who earlier warned that Moscow could be planning for “something particularly ugly, something particularly vicious”…Source
Explosions erupted across Russia and Russian-occupied Ukraine on Thursday night as Ukrainian forces escalated their weeks-long campaign of deep strikes on Russian logistics and airfields. The blasts, targeting ammunition dumps, airfields and other facilities, could disrupt supply lines and air operations and further isolate Russian troops in Ukraine—especially in the south, where Kyiv has been…Source
