UKRAINE

A popular TikTok personality allegedly tortured by Russian police said he would donate thousands of dollars worth of drones to Ukraine.

The head of Russia's lower house warned that Russia may retaliate if Ukraine used its U.S.- and NATO-supplied weapons to reclaim its territories.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is confident that they will "regain everything" from Russia and sees his country as a future E.U. member.

Ukraine is now the second country with the most number of Starlinks after the United States.

Last week, Luhansk governor Serhii Haidai accused Moscow of kidnapping 300 Ukrainian children from Donbas.

The statement was made by Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Iran's foreign affairs minister, during an interview on Thursday.

The escape was allegedly organized by junior sergeant Evgeny Kravchenko.

Russian soldiers said their commander ordered them to retreat due to heavy shelling from Ukrainian forces.

The former mercenary joined Wagner Group in July 2022 and decided to flee after allegedly witnessing the executions of several deserters.

Around half of the residents of Austria, Germany, Greece, Italy and Spain support the immediate cessation of hostilities, even if Ukraine gives up its territories.

The new sanctions package will focus on imposing "massive consequences" on people who bring modern technologies from the EU to Russia, said the European Commission President.

Russian propagandist Sergei Mardan said the missile strikes were "the costs of a military conflict."

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Foreigners who enlist in the Russian military will automatically be given Russian citizenship.

The warning comes as Belarus and Russia begin their joint military drills.

At least two of the assassination attempts were carried out by Wagner mercenaries, according to a report.

The former Russian president said Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is "talking nonsense about Russia," allegedly betraying the Japanese killed in 1945.

The explosion inside the Russian weapons storage room caused other ammunition to ignite, causing a fire in an area of 450 square meters.

Russia's payments to soldiers helped increase the income of the poorest 10% of the country's population.

Among the people who died in the Russian missile strike was a 15-year-old girl, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.