UKRAINE

Two Russian lawmakers claimed Ukrainian soldiers were given performance enhancing drugs to turn them into 'cruel murder machines.'

The Russian conscripts were initially told they would be taken to the airport.

At least 38,450 Russian soldiers have been killed in the war, according to estimates from the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

The Magistrate court of the Taganka district in Moscow said that Google "systemically" failed to delete "banned YouTube content" that talked about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine which it considered to be "fake."

Tucker Carlson said he also did not care what Russian President Vladimir Putin does in Ukraine, noting that Putin is "not my president."

Over the weekend, Ukrainian authorities asked residents to evacuate Kherson as their forces prepared a counteroffensive to retake the lost territory.

The former security chief is being investigated for high treason and handing over state secrets to a foreign state.

The Ukrainian army has also destroyed more than 1,600 Russian tanks and 3,800 combat armored machines since the beginning of the war.

Russian soldiers advancing in Slovyansk reportedly shelled several civilian infrastructures before the Ukrainian army forced them to withdraw.

A Russian official said the referendum would ask residents of occupied regions "how they want to live."

Most children affected because of the war were from Donetsk region – 352.

Officials of a critical infrastructure facility that owned the dorm rooms in Ukraine's Cherkasy region colluded with a realtor to organize the scheme, the Security Service of Ukraine said.

Ukraine, one of the major suppliers of wheat worldwide, accounted for 10% of global wheat exports in 2019.

A Ukrainian intelligence official confirmed reports that the Russian army is recruiting prisoners to join its “patriotic ethnic battalions” in Ukraine.

Ukrainian soldiers forced Russian troops in the Kharkiv region to retreat following massive losses.

The Russian commander also admitted that they are having difficulties holding position due to high-precision artillery strikes from Ukrainians.

The Russian army has recruited more than 370 soldiers in Adygeya and Nizhny Novgorod over the past few days.

The Ukrainian army also destroyed all ammunitions stored at the Russian command center.

The Georgian Legion commander added that corruption in the Russian army is helping Ukrainians amid the war.

Ukraine's top intelligence official Kyrylo Budanov earlier signaled that majority of active military operations could end this year.

After the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, world leaders expressed their sorrow and condolences for the loss of a visionary statesman.