RUSSIA

The new group of fighters will be made up of active and former servicemen of the Belarusian military and the OMON, a special police force, a Ukrainian official said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also stressed it would be impossible to stop the spread of radiation once it gets carried by the wind.

A British intelligence report said the recruits are being resourced from volunteer battalions formed across Russia.

The Kherson Oblast State Administration said the Russian military is beginning to "panic" as the Ukrainian army continues its push to retake the region.

An investigation found that Russian handlers offered a reward of $100,000 to $150,000 for the assassination of Ukrainian officials.

The Ukrainian army stopped Russian soldiers from advancing in the directions of Slovyansk, Verkhnokamyanske, Zaytseve and Blahodatny.

The dismissed Russian commanders include leaders from Moscow's Eastern and Western Military Districts.

Andrey Melnichenko reportedly has a net worth of $27 billion.

Kyiv's officials also said the country's military forced Moscow's troops to retreat, with losses, on the Kharkiv, Avdiivka, and Bakhmut fronts.

The Russian official also accused the "artificial state" of Kazakhstan of committing a "genocide of Russians."

Tensions built up over the weekend after Serbian demonstrators built barricades along the northern border in response to new border rules imposed by Kosovo's government.

At least 50 people were killed and 73 were wounded in the strike at the Olenivka prison camp.

The statement added Kyiv's marines destroyed two Russian tanks, two armored combat vehicles and two vehicles, and damaged seven more enemy vehicles.

The head of the Luhansk Oblast Military Administration said the decaying bodies are now seeping into the region's drinking water, leading people who drink water from the wells to develop an infection.

Before striking the Ilovaisk facility, Kyiv's forces hit another Russian ammunition depot in Brylivka, Pravda reported.

The disguised Russian soldiers reportedly wore the field uniform of the Ukrainian army when they attacked in the Avdiivka direction.

The number of casualties brings the total military personnel loss for Russia to more than 40,000.

Brittney Griner was arrested on Feb. 17 on a drug-possession charge after Russian authorities found vape cartridges with cannabis oil in her luggage.

High precision missile strikes were reportedly carried out on the Antonivka Road Bridge.

Consuming contaminated drinking water can cause dysentery and cholera.

According to U.K.’s Ministry of Defense, Ukraine’s anti-ship missiles are limiting the effectiveness of Moscow’s Black Sea Fleet.