UKRAINE

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

Top U.S. Democrats said on Tuesday that securing more funding for Ukraine and COVID-19 and passing a full-year spending bill are priorities before Republicans take control of the House of Representatives early next year.

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.

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.

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."

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.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to the death of 6,595 Ukrainian civilians, according to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Russia blamed Ukraine for the damage caused by a recent wave of missile strikes on Ukrainian territories, which killed 10 civilians and caused power outages.

Alexander Sholokhov, the first deputy chairman of the Russian State Duma, opposed such a move.

Eastern Europe's arms industry is churning out guns, artillery shells and other military supplies at a pace not seen since the Cold War as governments in the region lead efforts to aid Ukraine in its fight against Russia.

The Russian ammunition depot was located in the occupied Luhansk region.

Residents who come to any "point of invincibility" will be given access to water, heating, electricity and the internet amid rolling power outages.

The group of mobilized men said they suffered heavy losses in their unit after being shelled by the Russian army.

The European Parliament voted to designate Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism on Wednesday.