Factory Records co-founder, 72, arrives in Ukraine to help refugees fleeing the fighting

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterSteven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw have donated $1 million to support humanitarian relief in Ukraine following Russia’s unprovoked invasion.Through their philanthropy Hearthland Foundation, Spielberg and Capshaw have allocated the money to several organizations in and near Ukraine, including the Polish Red Cross, Polish Humanitarian Action, World Central Kitchen, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society and Urgent Action Fund.After Russia’s attack on Ukraine displaced more than a million refugees, Hollywood heavyweights have committed to raising funds and awareness to help those in need. Earlier this month, Mila Kunis, who was born in Ukraine, and her husband, Ashton Kutcher, launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise $30 million to go toward relief efforts that help Ukrainian families.

Ethan Shanfeld Simultaneously celebrating St. Patricks Day and addressing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Nancy Pelosi read a new poem written by Bono on Thursday at the annual Friends of Ireland luncheon.“Bono has been a very Irish part of our lives,” the Speaker of the House said before launching into the poem, which contains the line, “Ireland’s sorrow and pain / Is now the Ukraine / And Saint Patrick’s name now Zelenskyy.”The U2 frontman’s poem compared the legend of St.

Vladimir Putin has seen one of his top officials look to turn their back on him as the head of a Russian bank has tried to resign — twice.Elvira Nabiullina, who is a highly-respected Yale-educated economist, looks set to leave her post as head of the Russian Central Bank. Ms Nabiullina, 58, claims she stood up to the Russian president after he sent his troops into Ukraine last month.

An Arnold Schwarzenegger video message to the Russian people already has garnered more than 4.3 million views on Twitter, as the former California governor says that he is telling them the truth about Vladimir Putin’s “illegal war.”

Roman Abramovich reportedly owes Queen Elizabeth £10,000 in rent for the land his mansion is built on. The UK government sanctioned the Chelsea football club owner last week, with his assets frozen for his alleged relationship with Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin.

Ukraine's President Zelensky during hoax calls.Defence Secretary Ben Wallace became suspicious and terminated the call after “several misleading questions” which he has since branded "dirty tricks." Mr Wallace claimed it was a “desperate attempt” but “no amount of Russian disinformation, distortion and dirty tricks” could distract from the human rights abuses carried out during Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. The hoax call, which was revealed in a Twitter post, has raised security questions as to how it was able to reach the Defence Secretary and it has since been suggested that Russia was behind it.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – originally forecast to be over in less than a week – limps into its third week, furious Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin is looking for someone to blame.Reports are emerging that General Roman Gavrilov, the deputy chief of Russia's Rosgvardia unit which was the spearhead of the first push into Ukrainian territory, has been arrested by the feared Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation – The FSB.The reason for Gavrilov’s arrest is not immediately clear. One source quoted by Bellincat’s Christo Grozev say the charge was "wasteful squandering of fuel” while a more serious charge of "leaks of military information that led to loss of life” has also been rumoured.

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Ukrainians are burying bodies in mass graves after one of the bloodiest days in the Russian invasion of the country.Fifty-three people were killed in a devastating bomb blast in Chernihiv, including three children, with reports indicating some of the casualties included US citizens. Russian troops have been blasting cities and slaughtering civilians with Vladimir Putin's planned invasion of Ukraine stalling into its fourth week after being met with Ukrainian resistance.

Russia during their invasion of Ukraine. While Russia are still facing stiff Ukrainian resistance in their invasion of the country, a Russian oligarch has said deep trouble could be in store for western powers holding up sanctions against Vladimir Putin.Mikhail Fridman, the owner of Alpha Bank and one of the richest Russian oligarchs, warned that the sanctions would do nothing to stop Russia and that the west "understands nothing".Western sanctions have been in place against Russia since February of this year after Russia recognised the independence of Dondas.But Fridman, a Ukrainian-born Russian oligarch, has warned that the western attempts to pressure Putin into a compromise will fall flat.

Vladimir Putin are crumbling – but this time it's those INSIDE Russia who are pulling away from him. Top Russian separatist leader Bolaen Sires, who describes himself as the leader of the Erzyas people of Mordovia has issued a plea for Russians to turn on their home country and sabotage attempts to further the invasion into Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's own troops have started to turn against him after a furious squad branded a globally-condemned airstrike on a maternity hospital as "perverse neo-Nazism".The strike, which devastated a Ukrainian maternity hospital was branded as "the most perverse f**king form of neo-Nazism".The besieged city of Mariupol has suffered a barrage of attacks, with hospitals targeted and Russian forces taking hospital staff and patients hostage to use as human shields.At least three people were killed in the maternity hospital blast, including a young girl, while 17 people were wounded after the Russian airstrike hit the destroyed hospital in the city.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy branded the attack an act of "genocide".Even one of Putin's own soldiers, who had been captured by Ukrainians, branded the airstrike as "perverse".Speaking to CNN, Russian pilot Maxim said: "It was a horrifying act, not just because it is a crime. It's vandalism.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is sending a direct message to Vladimir Putin and the people of Russia.

Peta Murgatroyd, 35, expressed her despair at the tragic situation occurring in Ukraine. “This is continually breaking my heart,” she said on her Instagram Stories March 16, according to People. The Dancing with the Stars pro went on, “I’m struggling to get through some days. Sometimes I have great days, other days I have terrible days because I just can’t get this out of my head. I’ve walked those streets, I’ve been there. It is such a beautiful country. And the children that are dying right now.”

Ukraine to try and bamboozle the Ukrainian military.According to US security officials, Moscow is using fake dart-shaped missiles for the first time in the conflict, which is now in its 22nd day.They believe the decoys are the reason why Ukraine's air defence systems have found it so tricky to stop Russia's short-range ballistic missiles which have reportedly been used on civilians in hospitals and bomb shelters in Kyiv and Kharkiv.Since the start of Vladimir Putin's invasion, images have circulated on social media of the dart-shaped munitions which many people initially thought were cluster bombs or miniature weapons.Weapons experts now believe that they are decoys which have been kept secret from the West and fired from mobile launchers for the Russian Iskander-M missile.Intelligence officials believe that the darts are similar to Cold War-era 'penetration aids', or decoys that were fired to help nuclear warheads avoid anti-missile systems.Weapons expert Prof. Jeffrey Lewis from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies told the Telegraph: “The minute people came up with missiles, people started trying to shoot them down, and the minute people started trying to shoot them down, people started thinking about penetration aids.“We never see them because they’re highly secret.

cancelled a series of shows in Moscow and St. Petersburg in protest against the war last month – held a live-streamed concert in Istanbul on Tuesday (March 15) in a bid to raise money for Ukrainian refugees.At one point, Oxxxymiron – real name Miron Yanovich Fyodorov – paused the performance to make a plea to those Russian people who are in favour of the action being taken by President Vladimir Putin.Jonny Tickle, an English journalist who is based in Moscow, subsequently shared a clip of the moment along with an English language translation of the rapper’s speech.“It seems to me – rather, I’m sure – that the people who are for this war are in fact against this war,” Oxxxymiron began.

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a chilling warning to the West and Russian "traitors" in a strange rant that mentioned oysters, midges and gender freedoms. The warning came in the form of a high octane television address almost three weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine.

Vladimir Putin has been humiliated after a kidnapped Ukrainian mayor has been freed from Russian soldiers. Melitopol mayor Ivan Fedorov was reportedly abducted by Putin's forces in their siege of the city as Russia wages war on Ukraine.

Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine will soon stall, as his faltering war machine is crippled by poor communications, outmoded tactics and devastatingly low morale.But even if the advancing columns of Russian tanks were to withdraw, Ukrainians’ misery might not be over.Dr Mike Martin, from The Department of War Studies at King's College in London, says that Putin’s most recent moves – such as signing up mercenaries from Syria and the Central African Republic to reinforce his demoralised troops - are “signs of desperation”.He rejected the notion that Middle Eastern and African fighters could boost the Russian war effort, claiming “they can’t tip up into a new theatre without kit and do anything except get massacred". But, Dr Martin warns, the next big danger for Ukraine could be civil war.

Vladimir Putin sent a warning to oligarchs and the West in televised address that brought up oysters, gender and midges.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24 has reverberated across the film industry locally and globally.