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Russian attack on hospital, shopping center leaves 2 dead as Ukraine braces for fresh offensive

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Two people were killed and 35 others were injured after a Russian drone attack struck a military hospital and shopping center in Ukraine late Saturday night, Ukrainian officials say.

Regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov condemned the attack on Kharkiv in a statement on Sunday, saying a 67-year-old man and a 70-year-old woman were killed. The attack comes as Russia’s aggression in Ukraine shows no signs of stopping despite efforts by President Donald Trump’s administration to speed along peace talks.

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Ukraine says that many of the casualties were servicemen undergoing treatment at the military hospital.

Ukraine’s air force says the attack consisted of 111 Russian drones, 65 of which were shot down and another 35 of which were disabled electronically or failed of their own accord.

A car, destroyed by a Russian drone, in the center of Kharkiv, Ukraine on March 29, 2025. Two people were killed in a massive attack on the city at night. (Photo by Sofiia Bobok/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy predicted late last week that Russian forces would ramp up their attacks in the coming weeks in an effort to bolster their negotiating position for peace talks.

«They’re dragging out the talks and trying to get the U.S. stuck in endless and pointless discussions about fake ‘conditions’ just to buy time and then try to grab more land,» Zelenskyy said in a Thursday visit to Paris.

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Zelenskyy says Russia is boosting its offensive ahead of peace talks. (Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Image)

Saturday night’s attack came after four people died and 24 were injured Friday evening after Russian drones struck Dnipro in the country’s east, according to regional Gov. Serhii Lysak and Ukraine’s emergency service. At least eight more people were injured when a Russian ballistic missile struck nearby Kryvyi Rih, Zelenskyy’s hometown, Gov. Lysak reported.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin himself praised the «strategic initiative» of his forces on Thursday.

«Our troops, our guys are moving forward and liberating one territory after another, one settlement after another, every day,» he said at a public forum.

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Putin praised his troops’ «strategic initiative» during a public forum last week. (Photo by GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Zelenskyy has pleaded with Trump’s administration not to give in to Putin’s demands at the negotiating table.

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On Thursday, Zelenskyy met with French President Emmanuel Macron ahead of a summit in Paris of some 30 nations about how to strengthen Kyiv’s hand and its military as it pushes for a ceasefire with Russia. Proposals to deploy European troops in the country in tandem with any peace deal are also being discussed.

Fox News’ Michael Dorgan and the Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Zelenskyy at UN: ‘Weak’ global bodies can’t stop Putin, only ‘friends and weapons’ can

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Only «friends and weapons,» not international laws, can protect against war and authoritarian ambitions, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned on Wednesday during an address to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

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The Ukrainian leader, who has been pleading with the international community to do more to counter Russian President Vladimir Putin amid his more than three-and-a-half-year-long war, once again cautioned that Ukraine may have been the first European nation to bear Moscow’s affront to international order, but it will not be the last.

«Putin will keep driving the war forward wider and deeper. And we told you before, Ukraine is only the first. And now Russian drones are already flying across Europe,» Zelenskyy said. «Russian operations are already spreading across countries, and Putin wants to continue this war by expanding it.

TRUMP ‘DRAMATICALLY’ CHANGES TUNE ON UKRAINE BUT EXPERTS CAUTION PUTIN IS STILL WAITING FOR ACTION

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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the United Nations headquarters on Sept. 24, 2025, in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

«No one can feel safe right now,» he added. 

A general tone of dissatisfaction with the effectiveness of the rules-based system has repeatedly rung out during the UNGA as world leaders condemned a growing disregard of international law and human rights amid rising security threats and geopolitical conflicts. 

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Zelenskyy again argued it is cheaper to stop Putin now than attempt to catch up in an arms race, build underground bunkers across cities and under kindergartens, and to try and «protect every port and every ship from terrorists with sea drones.»

«Stopping Russia now is cheaper than wondering who will be the first to create a simple drone carrying a nuclear warhead,» he said.

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Firefighters work on the site of a burning building after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, early Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

But it wasn’t only the international community’s failure to stop Putin that Zelenskyy addressed. 

He pointed to the Israeli hostages who are still held in Gaza and the horrific conditions Palestinians live in.

«There is simply no other way left [that] nations can speak about the pain from stages like this,» Zelenskyy said. «But even during bloodshed, there isn’t a single international institution that can truly stop it. That’s how weak these institutions have become. 

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«What can Sudan or Somalia or Palestine or any other people living through war really expect from the UN or the global system? Just statements,» he said. 

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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the United Nations headquarters on Sept. 24, 2025, in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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«In the end, peace depends on all of us, on the United Nations,» Zelenskyy said. «So don’t stay silent while Russia keeps dragging this war on. Please speak out and condemn it. 

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«Please join us in defending life and international law and order,» he added. «People are waiting for action.»



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NJ governor’s race escalates as GOP contender threatens legal action amid Dem leak claims

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New Jersey Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli said Democrats are trying to distract voters from Democrat nominee Rep. Mikie Sherrill’s involvement in the 1994 U.S. Naval Academy cheating scandal by pointing the finger at the Trump administration for a National Archives breach that unsealed her entire military record. 

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While Democrats railed against the Trump administration following the National Archives data breach, Republicans have raised questions about a New Jersey Globe report revealing Sherrill was barred from walking at her U.S. Naval Academy class graduation for refusing to report classmates involved in a massive cheating scandal. 

«This is an illegal and dangerous weaponization of the federal government,» Sherrill said in a statement Thursday as she criticized Ciattarelli and the Trump administration for «breaking the law and exposing private records for political gain.»

But the Ciattarelli campaign told Fox News Digital that documents detailing Sherrill’s involvement in the cheating scandal were not included in the National Archives breach and that Sherrill implicated herself in the cheating scandal when she confirmed the New Jersey Globe’s report. 

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Republican Jack Ciattarelli (right) is demanding Rep. Mikie Sherrill (left) release her military records as New Jersey’s gubernatorial race heats up.  (Noah K. Murray/AP Photo)

The Ciattarelli campaign said Nicholas De Gregorio, a friend who is not directly involved in the campaign, «submitted a lawful FOIA request» about Sherrill’s military background of his own accord. 

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A spokesperson for the National Archives and Records Administration said the technician who responded to De Gregorio’s request about Sherrill’s military record «should NOT have released the entire record,» which included private information like her Social Security number.

The Ciattarelli campaign is refusing to destroy those documents that were inadvertently sent to De Gregorio and later shared with the campaign. 

The National Archives apologized for the breach of privacy and has committed to holding their staff accountable for the blunder. 

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While investigating Sherrill’s suspected involvement in the 1994 cheating scandal, Ciattarelli’s campaign also submitted its own FOIA request, which confirmed her name was not on the U.S. Naval Academy graduation program that year. 

«I didn’t turn in some of my classmates, so I didn’t walk but graduated and was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Navy, serving for nearly ten years with the highest level of distinction and honor,» Sherrill told The Globe when confronted with the commencement program, as she defended not releasing any disciplinary records from her time at the academy. 

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Republican Jack Ciattarelli responds to questions during the first general election gubernatorial debate with Democratic opponent Rep. Mikie Sherrill, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025, in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. (Noah K. Murray/AP Photo)

«Contrary to your client’s baseless claims, no one leaked anything to the campaign to try to smear [Sherrill],» a lawyer representing the Ciattarelli campaign said in the letter. «Had they done so, we would not be waiting for her to release the records of her involvement in the cheating scandal at the United States Naval Academy that resulted in her being barred from walking at her graduation.»

The letter sent to Sherrill’s lawyers said that any claim that Ciattarelli for Governor (CFG) was «part of a conspiracy to smear [Sherrill] with ill-gotten documents is completely false. In fact, it is defamatory and if [Sherrill] and her campaign continue to push this false narrative and allege that CFG and/or [campaign strategist Chris] Russell acted illegally, we will pursue defamation claims.»

Sherrill’s campaign did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment on the letter.

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Democrats, however, were quick to blame the data breach on President Donald Trump. 

«The Trump administration’s breach of privacy is a slap in the face to our nation’s brave servicemembers. It’s shameful,» former Rep. Abigail Spanberger, Virginia’s Democratic gubernatorial nominee, said Thursday. 

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has condemned the Trump administration for what they claimed was a «decision» to release the documents, despite a National Archives official confirming it was a low-level St. Louis branch employee responsible for «failing to follow proper administrative procedures.»

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«The Trump administration’s decision to release her unredacted military personnel files to her opponent’s campaign, including her Social Security number, is yet another example of Donald Trump and the Republicans illegally weaponizing the federal government for political purposes,» DNC Chair Ken Martin said, while calling the breach a «shameful scandal that shows how little Donald Trump and Jack Ciattarelli think of the American military.»

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Democratic gubernatorial nominee Rep. Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey responds to questions during a debate on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025, in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.  (Noah K. Murray/AP Photo)

House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries said he would «support a criminal investigation into the unauthorized and illegal release of Mikie Sherrill’s records.» 

California Rep. Robert Garcia, ranking member on the House Oversight Committee, and House Democrats from New Jersey’s congressional delegation have also called for a formal investigation. 

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«This illegal doxxing of Mikie Sherrill is yet another case of the blatant corruption all too common in this s— show of an administration,» DNC vice chair and Pennsylvania state Rep. Malcom Kenyatta said on X. 

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., accused Trump of «illegally releasing veterans’ personal records from government files for partisan reasons.»

Navy combat veteran Rep. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., agreed the administration is «corrupt and incompetent.»

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«The Trump administration has ILLEGALLY released the private military records,» Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., who is widely considered to harbor presidential aspirations and has emerged as one of Trump’s staunchest critics, charged. 

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Sherrill campaign communications director Sean Higgins on Thursday accused the Trump administration of «targeting political opponents with an absolute disregard for the law, this time in concert with the Ciattarelli campaign.»

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The White House did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request to comment on the Democrat’s accusations. 

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Apuestas y fútbol: el narco acecha al deporte más popular de Ecuador

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Acosado por sicarios y amenazas de amaño de partidos, el fútbol se convirtió en un deporte de alto riesgo en Ecuador. La violencia narco que asola al país tomó las canchas y deja tres jugadores profesionales asesinados en menos de un mes.

Los festejos por la clasificación de la Tricolor al Mundial de Norteamérica de 2026 ocurren en un contexto agridulce cuando el país registra el peor pico de homicidios de su historia. El rey de los deportes no pudo blindarse del narco envalentonado.

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Hace una semana el volante Jonathan González, de 31 años, estaba en su casa del conflictivo puerto de Esmeraldas, en la frontera con Colombia. Hombres en motocicleta le dispararon en la cabeza tras negarse a amañar un partido.

«Speedy», como lo conocían, «era un chico sano y murió por las apuestas», dice a la AFP Oswaldo Batallas, empleado del club 22 de Julio, de la segunda división ecuatoriana, donde jugaba González.

El mediocampista Jonathan González (der.). Foto: JUAN MABROMATA / AFP

Allegados cuentan bajo reserva que nueve días antes del crimen, mafias vinculadas a las apuestas en línea le pidieron a González que perdiera un partido.

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El encuentro terminó empatado a un gol.

«Los apostadores son intermediarios, vienen direccionados de las bandas y te dicen qué partido perder», dice un exfutbolista.

Dos semanas antes del asesinato, asaltantes balearon el auto de González y su madre recibió amenazas por teléfono.

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Apostadores y patrocinadores

Un informe de la ONU, que incluye a Ecuador, alerta sobre la intromisión del crimen organizado en el fútbol y otros deportes que son usados para lavar dinero y mover ganancias. Anualmente se mueven hasta 1,7 billones de dólares en apuestas ilícitas atribuidas a mafias en el mundo.

«No podemos concebir que las casas de apuestas sean la primera línea de patrocinio de un club», dice Carlos Tenorio, exintegrante de la selección de Ecuador y presidente del gremio de jugadores locales.

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En el país, una docena de equipos y la liga profesional de fútbol son auspiciados por empresas de apuestas en línea, una práctica común en Latinoamérica.

Nueve días antes del homicidio de González, los jugadores Maicol Valencia y Leandro Yépez fueron acribillados.

Los deportistas del club Exapromo Costa estaban en un hotel de Manta cuando hombres armados abrieron fuego. Valencia murió en el lugar y Yépez falleció más tarde en el hospital.

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Sobre los tres crímenes, la policía dijo a la AFP que están bajo investigación reservada.

No se descarta que sean víctimas colaterales de un país sumido en la violencia, como ocurrió en los peores años del narco en Colombia.

El caso de Andrés Escobar ocupó las portadas del mundo a raíz de su asesinato a tiros en Medellín, días después de anotar un autogol en el Mundial de Estados Unidos 1994, en el que Colombia fue eliminada en primera ronda.

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Aunque hubo condenados, nunca se esclarecieron las motivaciones del crimen del defensa cafetero.

La sombra del narco

El experto en seguridad Fernando Carrión dice que el fútbol es un cebo para el narcotráfico por ser un deporte tan masivo en Ecuador.

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Y las apuestas ilícitas «se convierten en un mecanismo interesante para lavar recursos, porque hay poco control«.

Un informe preliminar de la liga ecuatoriana detectó amaños en al menos cinco partidos de la segunda división este año.

Uno de los planteles salpicados es Chacaritas, donde un directivo declaró que le ofrecieron 20.000 dólares por perder un partido.

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En 2024 circuló un video escalofriante que muestra a varios jugadores del club tendidos en el suelo mientras son amenazados con pistolas. Según medios locales, las mafias los extorsionaron para perder partidos con apuestas. En 2019, Leandro Yépez jugaba en el Chacaritas.

Según expertos, las mafias apuntan a equipos de segunda división que son presas fáciles por sus bajos salarios. También aseguran que los jugadores que ceden una vez, difícilmente pueden zafarse de las garras criminales.

En 2023, el entonces embajador de Estados Unidos en Quito, Michael Fitzpatrick, aseguró que los narcos usan los clubes para lavar dinero.

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Huir por miedo

Ante el acecho de las mafias, el presidente del club 22 de Julio salió de Esmeraldas. Ejerce su cargo de manera virtual y desde la clandestinidad.

El exfutbolista chileno Nelson Tapia también huyó de Ecuador por presiones.

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El exfutbolista chileno Nelson Tapia. Foto: AFPEl exfutbolista chileno Nelson Tapia. Foto: AFP

«Nunca me vendí ni trancé partidos», dice a la AFP.

Durante una estadía de cinco años, se enfrentó al entonces Fijalan FC, que cambió de nombre a Exapromo Costa.

De acuerdo con Tapia, ese elenco estaba relacionado con el líder de la poderosa banda narco Los Choneros, Adolfo Macías, alias Fito, extraditado a Estados Unidos.

«Hay jugadores muy buenos y quiero sacarlos de allá para que no terminen muertos«, agrega Tapia.

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Fijalan es el nombre del restaurante de un hermano de Fito, procesado por lavado de activos. En documentos judiciales del caso aparece Exapromo Costa y se sospecha que los hermanos Macías fueron socios del equipo.

Ante la violencia narco en Ecuador, el atacante internacional Enner Valencia, máximo artillero histórico de la Tricolor con 47 goles, dejó ver en 2023 su temor de volver a Emelec de Guayaquil, el club de sus amores.

«Me encantaría ir a Emelec (…) pero no metería a mi familia a Ecuador y no me metería yo a Ecuador ahora», dijo entonces.

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Un año antes, Elsy Valencia, hermana de Supermán, fue rescatada por policías tras una semana secuestrada.

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