As Ukraine seizes ‘first chance to win’, war horrors come home to Russia

Its success has caused fuel shortages and disrupted army supply lines, stalling Moscow’s invasion of its neighbor after more than four years of fighting and rattling Russian officials.

Amid a flare-up in violence between Russia and Ukraine, viral posts claim Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has died.

Though Belarus is Russia’s closest ally and allowed Russia to use Belarusian territory as a staging ground from which to launch its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Lukashenko has in recent months toned down his rhetoric against the Ukrainian leader, appearing to adopt a more measured tone.

Yevhen Balytskyi, the Russian-installed head of the occupied part of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, has ordered traffic restrictions on a section of the so-called Novorossiya motorway running along the Sea of Azov to occupied Crimea, after Ukrainian drones began reaching the route.