The tank commander fired at a checkpoint held by Russian national guard troops.
Moldova's intelligence chief warned that Europe's largest ammunition depot in the breakaway region could be used by Russia in a possible military conflict.
The situation is "not very pleasant," Roscosmos head Yury Borisov said.
Russia is escalating its war in Ukraine prior to Putin's first trip to Belarus in more than three years.
The record $858 billion military spending bill has been approved by the Senate and will now go to President Joe Biden to be signed.
Dmitry Zelenov was the 50-year-old former owner of Russian developer Don-Stroy.
Latest polls show only 25% of Russians are in favor of Moscow continuing the war in Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to Belarus on Dec. 19 for a one-on-one meeting with Belarusian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko.
Until recently, Russia was Germany's 11th largest export market and Germany was Russia's seventh biggest buyer of goods and services.
Brittney Griner has spent the past week in San Antonio, Texas, participating in a US military program with PISA, a program developed to help address the psychological and physical needs of ex-hostages.
Brittney Griner shared her first thoughts since arriving home from the U.S. after being detained in Russia since February.
FIFA has denied Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky's proposal to share a message of peace before the kickoff at the World Cup final Sunday, CNN reported.
The United Kingdom's chief of defense staff believes the war in Ukraine "will only get worse for Russia."
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said Russia is training 150,000 soldiers in different camps in preparation for the new offensive.
The Ukrainian army's commander-in-chief said Russia is "preparing" at least 200,000 new troops.
The destroyed Russian ammunition depots were located in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has assailed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's proposals for achieving peace as a continuation of combat activities.
The latest move by the Belarusian military is viewed by a Ukrainian official as a clear indication of Russia's increasing pressure on Belarus to join the war.
The soldiers appeared to be living in tents set up inside a makeshift wooden shack.
One of the children who was detained and tortured was a 14-year-old boy who took a photo of a broken Russian equipment.
Suedi Murekezi, a former Air Force soldier, was released alongside over 60 Ukrainian prisoners of war in the prisoner swap on Wednesday.
The Russian hosts also claimed Ukrainians were stealing generators from their neighbors amid the power outages.