UKRAINE

Ukrainian athletes' human rights ignored by IOC, says legal expert

Russia charged an American journalist with spying while NATO moved closer to adding Finland as a member, deepening Moscow's tensions with the West as the war in Ukraine reached its 400th day on Friday.

Russia has reportedly lost a total of 172,340 military personnel since the war began in February 2022.

Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said Russia is exhausting its offensive capabilities in Bakhmut.

Former President Donald Trump claimed in an interview that he warned Russian President Vladimir Putin against attacking Ukraine while he was in the White House.

A political analyst believes Vladimir Putin is also preparing Russia for a 'forever war' with the West.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Russia's losses give Ukraine a "very good chance" of succeeding if it launches a counteroffensive this spring.

Female medics who refuse to be sex slaves face horrible mistreatment, including being forced to sleep on the ground.

A new report revealed Russia's assistance to Iran's cyberwarfare initiatives after Tehran supplied Moscow with lethal drones to aid its war against Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to respond if the U.K. arms Ukraine with tank shells containing depleted uranium.

Russian personnel at a camp in Crimea took away children who said they supported Ukraine. It is unknown what happened to the children.

The OHCHR said the report was based on interviews it had with prisoners of war.

More than 166,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in the 13-month war, according to a report.

Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared to have broken away from his joint statement with China, opposing the deployment of nuclear weapons beyond borders.

Ukrainian forces have managed to blunt Russia's offensive in and around the embattled eastern city of Bakhmut, where the situation is stabilising, commander in chief General Valery Zaluzhniy said on Saturday.

Wagner's head Yevgeny Prigozhin could focus his fighters back to countries in Africa where the group is believed to have a presence.

Russia's T-54 and T-55 Soviet-era tanks were manufactured until 1959 and 1979, respectively.

Former Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev said the consequences Ukraine will likely face in the war "are much more complicated" amid its numerous arms deals with the West and Europe.

A Ukraine-China relations expert said China is trying to determine whether Ukraine is open to peace negotiations aligned with Russia's terms.

The "mothballed" weapons were previously scheduled to be disposed of, along with other leftover intercontinental missiles and fuel.

The Wagner group began recruiting prisoners from Russian penal colonies in the autumn of 2022, a report said.