The Russian soldiers also threatened to send the Ukrainian soldier's mother a video of the execution if she failed to pay the ransom.
Ukraine has since apologized and removed the video of Japan's Emperor Hirohito alongside Hitler and Mussolini. Japan and Italy were both Nazi allies during WWII.
The NBU has deemed crypto purchases as “quasi cash transactions” with operations like electronic wallet deposits, foreign exchange transactions and travel payments.
The Orthodox Easter holiday also marked exactly two months since Russians invaded Ukraine.
The three-month-old child was one of the six civilians who died in Odessa following a Russian missile strike.
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"She’s going through the daily trauma of rediscovering that war has begun, and keeps trying to evacuate," said the woman's granddaughter.
The men were seen registering their names with the Russian embassy's guards who asked them for proof of military service, a report said.
The Mariupol City Council said it had evidence that Russians buried bodies "in several layers."
The actual number of deaths and injuries among children could not be determined as some cities in Ukraine continue to see intense combat.
The newly released intercepted phone call is the latest in a string of reports about demoralized and fatigued Russian troops turning on their commanders and generals as the war stretches into its eighth week.
Ukraine's former prime minister also warned that Russia may be aiming to achieve any victory by May 9.
"A passport with the surname ‘Navalny’ lies next to the dead body on the ground," Alexei Navalny wrote on Twitter.
The soldier, whose name was not released, had signs that he tried to take his life by cutting his veins.
“Putin has already lost this war. I want to say that and I want to say it loudly. He’s lost the war. Now he’s fighting to win one battle so he can pursue peace,” the former ambassador said.
The Ukrainian man has been posting updates about the location of his AirPods - which were stolen by a Russian soldier - on his Instagram account.
Col. Ivan Grishin was the 23rd Russian commander to have been killed in the war in Ukraine.
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Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko said the cities of Ochakiv and Mykolaiv were hit with cluster bombs.
A newly released intercepted phone call recorded a Russian soldier saying he could be paid as much as three million if he is injured in the war.
The deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council previously threatened the use of nuclear weapons if Finland and Sweden join NATO.
Rinat Akhmetov's net worth reached $15.4 billion in 2013.