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The two attacks on Portland's electrical substations were pre-meditated, officials said, as other states are on 'high alert' after Washington and North Carolina were also targeted. Officials in Oregon are still probing the Thanksgiving electrical attacks at Portland General Electric and Bonneville Power Administration in Clackamas County. In total, at least seven attacks have been recorded in the US in recent weeks. In North Carolina, the FBI is currently investigating if their grid attacks were triggered by opponents of a drag show. 'We have confirmed that this was malicious intent, it was no accident,' Doug Johnson, a BPA spokesperson told...

Sane minds agree that Twitter is about to become even more of a dangerous, ill-monitored tinderbox of hate.

Volodymyr Zelensky has been branded a "small demon" in a bizarre Russian TV debate over the Ukrainian president's resistance to Vladimir Putin's geopolitical ambitions in the region. One pundit called on the Russian Orthodox Church to officially name the Ukrainian leader to be the "Antichrist" during the heated discussions. He told Russia1: "We need to be very specific as to what we emphasize and not be shy about it. 'I believe that the Orthodox church should proclaim that Zelensky is officially the coming of the Antichrist.

Or the claim that he soiled himself after falling down the stairs Alina Kabaeva, 39, is thought to be the long-time mistress of Vladimir Putin, 70 She made a rare public appearance today, opening a new gymnastics centre It's thought Russian state media are not permitted to discuss their relationship Vladimir Putin's 'lover' has made a rare public appearance today but shunned all mention of the bloody war in Ukraine and the dictator's rumoured health problems. The gold-medal winning Olympic star Alina Kabaeva, 39, has been seen less than half a dozen times this year, but appeared today to open...

The Russian president, 70, was supposedly helped to a sofa by bodyguards as his personal doctors rushed to assist him.

Russians are accusing Putin of ignoring domestic problems while focusing on the war in Ukraine. Some Russians are complaining about a lack of heating in their homes, The Daily Beast reported. Forbes Ukraine estimated last week that Russia has spent around $82 billion in war. People living in the remote regions of the country, where conditions are at their worst, have been complaining about a lack of heating in their homes and burst water pipes, The Beast reported, citing social media posts. Remote regions including Tyumen and Yakutia are among the worst affected, reporting many victims of frost in the...

This list only includes destroyed vehicles and equipment of which photo or videographic evidence is available. Therefore, the amount of equipment destroyed is significantly higher than recorded here. Small arms, ATGMs, MANPADS, loitering munitions, drones used as unmanned bait, civilian vehicles, trailers and derelict equipment are not included in this list. All possible effort has gone into avoiding duplicate entries and discerning the status of equipment between captured or abandoned. Many of the entries listed as 'abandoned' will likely end up captured or destroyed. Similarly, some of the captured equipment might be destroyed if it can't be recovered. When the...

KYIV, Ukraine — War and winter have brought new misery to Kyiv after a long summer lull. Russia’s missile campaign to destroy Ukraine’s energy infrastructure has revived fears that had abated after Ukrainian forces drove Russian troops away from the capital in the spring. The first snowfall of the season has brought subzero temperatures to a city plunged into darkness and cold by the attacks. But if Russian President Vladimir Putin’s goal is to demoralize the population to the point of accepting compromises with Russia, he isn’t succeeding. The danger and discomfort appear only to be hardening attitudes, deepening the...

"Opposition among the Russian population to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine is at its highest level, according to one survey. "The poll by the private survey agencies Russian Field and Chronicles has given a snapshot of public opinion about what the Kremlin dubs a "special military operation" which is at odds with official Russian government polls... "...The results found that Russian support for the war "continues to fall" and had reached "a historic minimum." It said that the declared support for the war was just over a half, or 51 percent, compared with 55 percent in July and a high...

Russian leader bruised his coccyx as he slipped down seven steps, reports say Telegram channel that claims links to his bodyguards said Putin 'involuntarily defecated' due to effects of 'cancer of the gastrointestinal tract' Vladimir Putin has fallen down stairs at his official residence and soiled himself while continuing to suffer from cancer, a Telegram channel which claims links to his bodyguards has suggested. The 70-year-old Russian leader, whose health has visibly deteriorated since he launched his war in Ukraine, suffered the fall on Wednesday evening when he slipped coming down stairs at his Moscow home, channel General SVR claims....

Russian President Vladimir Putin fell down the stairs and soiled himself this week amid mounting speculation that his health is declining, an anti-Kremlin Telegram channel with apparent links to his security team reported. Putin, 70, suffered the unfortunate fall at his Moscow official residence on Wednesday evening, according to the Telegram channel “General SVR,” which purports to be run by a former Russian spy. The ailing Russian leader allegedly fell down five steps before landing on his coccyx, or tailbone. Although his security guards immediately rushed to his aid, the impact of the fall caused Putin to “involuntarily defecate” due...