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Stephen Hubbard's son: 'It’s tragic when family members are torn apart' by Russian captivity

For years, Father Joseph Coleman had little ability to influence what happened to his father, Stephen Hubbard, an American retiree imprisoned in Russia after being captured in Izium, a city in Ukraine’s Kharkiv Oblast occupied by Russian forces in 2022. Hubbard, 74, was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison after a closed trial in Russia. Russian prosecutors accused him of fighting for Ukraine as a mercenary, a charge his family has disputed. For Coleman, who lives in Cyprus and had not see

What Russians are told — and not told — about Ukrainian strikes

On the night of Sept. 12, Ukrainian drones attacked Taganrog. Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) reported hits on an FPV drone production facility, two drone storage sites, a Pantsir air defense system, and a radar. Local authorities, as usual, listed something else: 16 commercial buildings, five cars, a football club, and a Svetofor store. Regional social media channels summed it up in a single sentence about "drone debris" that set a store and several non-residential buildings on fire. Under

A woman rides on a bus as smoke rises near oil refinery in Moscow, Russia, on Sept. 20, 2026.
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