Cannes Film Festival Influenced by the War in Ukraine

The war in Ukraine casts a long shadow on this year’s Cannes Film Festival. On Tuesday, the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, addressed the opening ceremony of the eventwith exciting rhetoric and Charlie Chaplin quotes. But the conflict had already affected the festival long before the appearance of Zelensky. In February, days after Russia’s invasion, some …

Ukraine Wins Eurovision Song Contest 2022 Grand Final

TURIN, Italy — Ukrainian rap and folk group Kalush Orchestra won the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday as European audiences and juries affirmed a symbolic, popular cultural solidarity behind Ukraine in its defense against Russian invasion. After 80 days of war, which left millions of their homes, devastated cities and towns in eastern Ukraine, and …

Russia Was Behind Cyber ​​Attack Until Ukraine War, Investigation

Officials in the United States and Ukraine have long believed that Russia was responsible For the cyber-attack on Viasat, but had not officially “linked” the incident to Russia. While US officials drew conclusions long ago, they wanted European countries to take the lead, as the attack had significant repercussions in Europe, but not in the …

Russia Uses Cyber ​​Attacks in Ukraine to Support Military Attacks,

WASHINGTON — Weeks after the outbreak of war in Ukraine, American officials wondered about the seemingly missing weapon: Russia’s powerful cyber arsenal that many experts expect to be used in the opening hours of an invasion to bring down Ukraine’s power grid, fry the cell phone system, and President Volodymyr Zelensky’ separate it from the …

Dispatch Rereleases ‘The General’ in Russian to Support Ukraine

Root rock band Dispatch re-released the popular anti-war anthem “The General” on Tuesday after recording it. Russian The group said it was hopeful that the Russian soldiers would be able to hear the song and its message and “question their role” in the film. Ukrainian invasion. The song, first released in 1998, tells the story …

Aid Workers in Ukraine Fight for Delivery of Supplies Despite Lives Lost

On a refreshingly cold day in March, four people set out from the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, to deliver life-saving medicines, heating devices and food to the besieged residents of Chernihiv in the northeast. Only one survived. During a quick stop on the way, the convoy was hit by Russian bombardment. Two of the four people …

Tensions over Ukraine War Deepen Cold Near the Arctic

BARENTSBURG, Norway — At first glance, 50-year-old Sergey Gushchin isn’t the kind of man who might perhaps be considered the Russian consul general in the world’s northernmost diplomatic mission: ponytail, jeans, bassist in a punk band. Yet in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago between mainland Norway and the Arctic, separating people from governments has long been …