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Lt. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said Russian warplanes have struck Ukrainian army positions in the southern Kherson region and in the Donetsk region. He added that the Russian air force also hit a facility in the Kharkiv region, killing at least 100 and wounding 50 “mercenaries” from the West.

Friday on FNC’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) criticized Vice President Kamala Harris for her double standard of justice on WNBA player Brittney Griner.

A Russian court sentenced U.S. citizen and WNBA player Brittney Griner to nine and a half years in prison on Thursday for smuggling cannabis oil into Russia in February.

Popular podcaster Joe Rogan recently questioned the outrage over the 9-1/2-year prison term WNBA star Brittney Griner got in Russia.

Social media exploded in condemnation Thursday after NFL reporter James Palmer outed fellow reporter Ian Rapoport for making a joke about “surviving a Russian prison” on the same day WNBA star Brittney Griner’s 9-year prison sentence was announced in Russia.

The Kremlin on Friday jumped less than 24-hours after WNBA star Brittney Griner was hit with a nine-year prison sentence for drug possession to offer Washington immediate prisoner swaps.

Social media reacted swiftly to the Russian courts’ 9-1/2-year prison sentence for WNBA player Brittney Griner on drug charges.

Former President Donald Trump blasted the proposed plan to swap WNBA player Brittney Griner with Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.

The detention of WNBA star Brittney Griner in Russia is a result of her having to travel there because she was unable “to make equal pay here in the United States,” according to an MSNBC segment that highlighted the “disparity in American life” as WNBA players are paid less than NBA players on average.

The United States has reportedly offered the Russian government a deal to free two imprisoned Americans, WNBA star Brittney Griner and corporate security executive Paul Whelan.

WNBA star Brittney Griner said she fears that language translation problems have added to the troubles as she faces drug possession charges.

KHIMKI, Russia (AP) — A lawyer for WNBA star Brittney Griner at her drug possession trial in Russia on Friday gave the court a U.S. doctor’s letter recommending she use medical cannabis to treat pain.

Former Boston Celtics star Enes Kanter Freedom tore into LeBron James for his comments over WNBA star Brittney Griner.

Basketball star LeBron James has walked back comments he made regarding imprisoned WNBA star Brittney Griner.

LeBron James has finally spoken up about WNBA star Brittney Griner and has said if he were her, he wouldn’t even want to return to America.

Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson plans to travel to Moscow in the next few weeks to win the freedom of WNBA star Brittney Griner.

Singer Macy Gray is accusing NBC’s ‘Today’ show of refusing to allow her band to wear T-Shirts with the slogan “Free Brittney Griner.”

WNBA star Brittney Griner has been one of the league’s most outspoken players when it comes to protesting the national anthem, even as she makes patriotic appeals for the U.S. to arrange her release from a Russian prison sentence.

Megan Rapinoe, anthem kneeler and outspoken left-wing advocate received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Joe Biden on Thursday.

WNBA star Brittney Griner has pleaded guilty to possession of a banned drug, but denies intentionally breaking Russia’s strict drug laws.

On the tail of a letter by WNBA star Britney Griner sent to Joe Biden pleading for help, MSNBC host Al Sharpton says he wants to visit her.

The coach of WNBA star Brittney Griner blasted Joe Biden’s White House for doing next to nothing to help get the player out of a Russian jail.

Cherelle Griner, wife of WNBA player Brittney Griner, said President Biden’s silence on her wife’s detainment is “very disheartening” after identifying him as the “one person that can go get her.”

MOSCOW (AP) — More than four months after she was arrested at a Moscow airport for cannabis possession, a Russian court has set the start date of the criminal trial of U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner for July 1.

WASHINGTON (AP) — WNBA star Brittney Griner tried to call her wife nearly a dozen times through the American embassy in Russia on the couple’s fourth anniversary Saturday, but they never connected since the phone line at the embassy was not staffed, Cherelle Griner said Monday.

Cherelle Griner believes that President Joe Biden is the “one person” who can bring back her wife, WNBA player Brittney Griner, from Russia, where she has been detained for 96 days after officials allegedly found drugs in her luggage at a Moscow airport. Cherelle also believes that things would be different if Brittney was an NBA player.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced Tuesday that the league is working with “hostage negotiators” and “every level of government” for the release of WNBA center and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner. The WNBA star has sat for nearly four months in a Russian prison after being charged with drug trafficking.

WNBA player Brittney Griner has spent nearly four months in detention in Russia after being charged with drug trafficking.

MOSCOW (AP) — The lawyer for WNBA star Brittney Griner said Friday her pre-trial detention in Russia has been extended by one month.

The Biden administration has reportedly decided that WNBA basketball player Brittney Griner has been wrongfully detained on drug charges.

One of the WNBA’s most legendary figures, Lisa Leslie, revealed on a recent podcast that she was told not “make a big fuss” over Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia.

The U.S. State Department said Wednesday that a U.S. Embassy official has visited with WNBA star Brittney Griner, who remains detained near Moscow, to check on her condition.

WNBA star Brittney Griner could face a dire sentence of up to five years in a Russian labor camp if convicted in Russia on drug charges.

A Russian court has decided to extend WNBA star Brittney Griner’s detention in Moscow for two more months, according to a report.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement Sunday the U.S. is ready to “provide every possible assistance” to seven-time All-Star WNBA center Brittney Griner.

Russian authorities have released the first photo of WNBA star Brittney Griner since her arrest three weeks ago in a Russian airport.