The German government on Wednesday accused Russia of using the absence of a turbine as an "excuse" to limit gas deliveries via a key pipeline due to go back online this week.

"I would like to stress that according to our information this is an excuse by the Russian side," a German economy ministry spokeswoman told reporters when asked about the

Russia’s “geographical goals” in Ukraine have changed to include not only the breakaway Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics of eastern Ukraine, but a number of other regions as well, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told state media Wednesday.

“Now, [our] geography is different. It is not only the DNR and LNR, it is also the Kherson region, the Z

Updated at 6:45 p.m. on July 21 to add that the bear has been rescued.

A team of Moscow veterinarians was dispatched to the Russian Far North to save a polar bear with a can of condensed milk stuck in its mouth, Russia’s environmental watchdogsaid Wednesday.

The rescue team tranquilized the female bear and successfully removed the can from her