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The country is not in a financial position to waste resources on the planned exercise.

At least 30 people are still reported missing and a further 75 injured according to local authorities.

89 Russian soldiers died when Ukraine ht "a temporary deployment facility" with four US supplied Hitmars missiles.

All conflicts end, some way or another, with talks... the faster our adversaries in Kyiv understand that, the better it will be.

Putin said special emphasis would go to developing nuclear forces which he described ad the guarantee of Russia's sovereignty.

The video is part of Ukraine's "I want to live project", a hotline that encourages Russians who are reluctant to fight in Ukraine to surrender.

Putin described the land gains as a significant result for Russia, noting that the Sea of Azov has become Russia's internal sea.

After Russia's retreat from Kherson, Volodymyr Zelensky said this marked the beginning of the end of the war.

You're looking at well over 100 000 soldiers killed or wounded. Same thing probably on the Ukrainian side.

Civilians remaining in Kherson city should leave immediately as they are putting their lives in danger.

North Korea, Belarus, Syria, Nicaragua and Russia were the only countries which voted against the motion.

The group rejected the "illegal attempted annexation" of four areas of Ukraine and vowed to step up sanctions against Moscow.

About 20% of the South African students have already been expelled from their institutions.

Stremousov praised Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, who also publicly scolded the top brass.

Although almost no one in Russia openly claims to be “far right”, there is nevertheless a “heterogeneous coalition” on the right of Vladimir Putin’s regime.

Protests erupted within hours on Wednesday after Putin announced a call-up of 300,000 army reservists in a move to beef up his forces fighting in Ukraine.

Zelensky denounces the airstrike on Saturday on the Odessa port, calling it "Russian barbarism

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky says they are ready for hostile activity from Russia ahead of the EU Summit this week.

Moscow has warned US allies not to provide Ukraine with weapons that can directly hit Russia.

Russia slams the West over sanctions and tries to shift blame on the West for the growing food crisis.

Russia has declared victory in its months-long operation to capture the strategic port of Mariupol after Ukraine ordered the last troops holed up in the city’s Azovstal steelworks to stop fighting and lay down their weapons.

The Finnish government officially confirmed that it will apply for NATO membership, and Sweden followed shortly after.

Vladimir Putin warned his Finnish counterpart on Saturday that relations between the two countries will be affected if Finland joins NATO

Russia has threatened to take 'retaliatory steps' if its neighbour Finland joins NATO. Finland said it would apply 'without delay'