Russian forces appeared to be moving toward a new ground offensive against Kyiv, while widening their aerial campaign against Ukraine’s cities to the west of the capital.
The Treasury Department rolled out restrictions against three Russian-based entities that aided ongoing development of North Korea’s military capabilities.
Valeria Shashenok used to post clips of her travels on TikTok. Now, she uses the account to show viewers her day-to-day in a bunker in the besieged nation.
Two weeks into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, three soldiers killed in the early days of fighting in Kherson were buried in Lviv. Ukrainians are bracing for more funerals like it as for many, the war is just beginning.
As Russian bombardments and aerial strikes push Ukrainian families out of their homes, parents with sick children gather at a hospital in Lviv seeking aid. One mother fled Kharkiv in an ambulance in hopes of protecting her 8-year-old son who was diagnosed with blood cancer.
Russian forces increased their aerial strikes on Ukrainian cities, hitting a home for the elderly in Kharkiv. Russian President Vladimir Putin has greenlit allied mercenaries out of the Middle East to bolster Russian forces, which have taken severe losses to the Ukrainian defense.
Russia says it wants guarantees that new Western sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine won’t prevent Russian trade and military cooperation with Iran.
The mayor of the town in one of Mexico’s most troubled states was shot dead just weeks after the government sent the armed forces to restore order in the area.
In 2021, with much of the world hunkered down amid the coronavirus pandemic, visitors from Russia soared, and accounted for 40% of total arrivals in Cuba.