RUSSIA

Sergey Naryshkin, the Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia, claimed that Poland believes it deserves compensation for providing Ukraine with military aid and accommodation for war refugees.

Ukrainian military intelligence also suggested that Russia is planning to have its cadets in military educational institutions graduate earlier than usual to help bolster Moscow's ranks.

Russia has reportedly lost more than 88,300 soldiers since the invasion began in February.

The rollout of the crowd-dispersing drone is seen as Russia's response to some concerns about large anti-war protests that could break out in the country.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's fears were allegedly triggered after the sudden death of his Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky added that Russia is losing "hundreds" of troops in the Donetsk region daily.

The ongoing Russian-Ukraine war and lockdowns in China in the face of interest rate hikes could renew supply chain woes and push the U.S. economy into stagflation in 2023.

The Russian soldiers' mothers and wives will be sent to the Russian-occupied Donbas region.

The widow of the Russian colonel believed that her husband wanted to tell Russian officials that there was a problem in their war efforts.

The soldiers were conducting "Donbas Evacuation" operations when they saved the grandmother from her home near the frontline.

Russian President Vladimir Putin paid tribute to the soldiers defending "Novorossiya"—a historical term for "new Russia" often used by Russian nationalists.

The recovery army has been deployed to the regions of Sumy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Donetsk, Poltava and Rivne.

Several of the world's most prominent news organizations released a letter calling for the U.S. to drop charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Russian General Andriy Gurulev said targeting Ukraine's banking infrastructure would plunge the country into chaos.

In March, U.S. intelligence also suggested Putin is being misled by people in his inner circle about the Russian army's poor performance in the war in Ukraine.

Peter Kotin, the president of Energoatom, said the Russian army appeared to be planning to hand over control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant to the IAEA.

The speaker of the Russian State Duma said 45,000 babies born to Russian surrogate mothers have been taken abroad in the past few years.

Russia last week claimed Ukrainian forces shelled the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.

The Ukrainian anti-disinformation office branded Russian media's claims of staging a power plant shutdown as "pure manipulation."

The top Russian infectious diseases specialist noted that the elderly and immunocompromised people make up the bulk of COVID-19 hospitalizations.

In a new document distributed to military personnel, Russia said it needed at least 5 million soldiers to win the war in Ukraine, according to a report.