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- Oct 22
Reuters finds FSB video of Romanian's arrest in Russia was filmed months after detention
Reuters found that footage released by Russia's FSB, which claims to show David Adrian Kercso's arrest, was filmed months after he was already in Russian custody. His family says he was lured to the Black Sea coast.
- Oct 6
Ukrainian sea drones strike Russian shadow fleet tanker Aframax Rio off Sochi, setting crude oil ablaze
Emergency teams rescued all 23 Indian crew members after sea drones struck the Liberian-flagged Aframax Rio off the coast of Sochi on Tuesday evening, leaving crude oil burning across the water surface.
- Oct 6
Mikaela Shiffrin scales back slalom events to target giant slalom and super-G
The three-time Olympic champion will skip the opening slalom events in Levi and Gurgl, making her season slalom debut in Killington in late November.
- Sep 11
Russian strike on Pavlohrad shopping mall kills five as aerial attacks hit Ukrainian cities
A daylight drone attack on a commercial centre in Pavlohrad injured 67 people, while overnight bombardments hit residential buildings in Kyiv and an industrial plant in Dnipro.
- Jul 7
IOC removes Nordic Combined from 2030 Winter Olympics after 102-year run
The International Olympic Committee has voted to exclude Nordic Combined from the 2030 Winter Games in the French Alps, ending a continuous Olympic presence dating back to 1924. The decision also closes the door on women's participation, which had never been allowed in the sport's Olympic history.
- Jul 4
US envoys Witkoff and Kushner urge compromise in Kyiv after Moscow talks with Putin
US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Sunday following a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, urging both sides to compromise as the war threatens to continue into winter.
- Jun 23
Bode Miller arrested in Idaho over psilocybin mushrooms, pleads not guilty before July court date
The six-time Olympic medalist was pulled over for speeding on June 6 and found with 4.1 grams of psilocybin mushrooms, authorities say. He denies the charges, claiming the drugs belonged to a friend.
- Jun 22
Crimea bans children's camps and halts fuel sales as Ukrainian strikes escalate
Russian-appointed authorities in occupied Crimea suspended children’s recreational stays until September and halted all fuel sales to private consumers, as Ukrainian air strikes on oil infrastructure across the peninsula cut supplies and sparked long queues at petrol stations.
- Jun 20
Russia upholds 15-year espionage sentence for Romanian who allegedly fed air-defense data to Ukraine
A Russian appeals court on 19 June 2026 confirmed the conviction of 23-year-old Romanian citizen Adrian David Cherciu, who was accused of passing locations of air-defense systems in Sochi to Ukrainian intelligence.
