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CNN Reporter Breaks Down Crying While Ukrainian Father Recounts Learning Of His Family’s Death On Twitter

As Russia’s war against Ukraine continues, many have been left in shambles by the devastation, including one man who discovered his entire family had died via social media. On Wednesday night, Serhiy Perebyinis, a husband and father of two, joined CNN reporter via Skype to share the harrowing details of his tragic story — bringing […]

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Banks on alert for Russian reprisal cyberattacks on Swift

Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto | Getty Images) Big banks fear that Swift faces a growing threat of Russian cyberattacks after seven of the country’s lenders were kicked off the global payments messaging system over the weekend. VTB, Russia’s second-biggest bank, and Promsvyazbank, which finances Russia’s war machine, were among the lenders removed on Saturday from Swift […]

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Activists are reaching Russians behind Putin’s propaganda wall

Enlarge (credit: Nikolai Vinokurov | Getty Images) René has nothing to do with the invasion of Ukraine. The 34-year-old lives more than 1, 000 km away in Nuremberg, Germany. He has no family there, and he’s never been to the country. But when Russia invaded, he wanted to help. So on the dating app Tinder, […]

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Russia’s disinformation machinery breaks down in wake of Ukraine invasion

Enlarge For decades now, Vladimir Putin has slowly, carefully, and stealthily curated online and offline networks of influence. These efforts have borne lucrative fruit, helping Russia become far more influential than a country so corrupt and institutionally fragile had any right to be. The Kremlin and its proxies had economic holdings across Europe and Africa […]

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Why Russia’s “disconnection” from the Internet isn’t amounting to much

Enlarge (credit: Sean Gladwell / Getty Images) Rumors of Russian Internet services degrading have been greatly exaggerated, despite unprecedented announcements recently from two of the world’s biggest backbone providers that they were exiting the country following its invasion of Ukraine. Just as ISPs provide links connecting individuals or organizations to the Internet, backbone services are […]

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Ukrainian-Born Mila Kunis Talks Invasion With Children: ‘My Heart Just Got Ripped Out’

Mila Kunis’s heart is with her homeland. The actress recently spoke out against Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine, her native country. Alongside husband Ashton Kutcher, she launched a fundraiser for relief efforts that has already raised more than $20 million of their $30 million goal. And that’s just the beginning of her advocacy for the […]