The total combat losses of Russian forces since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, through May 7, 2026, are estimated at about 1,338,060 personnel, including 890 in the past 24 hours.

Russian attacks killed more than 20 people across Ukraine on Tuesday, including 12 in one of the deadliest strikes this year, hours before the midnight start of an open-ended ceasefire proposed by Kyiv.

The West has long focused on making exquisite weapons, but the war is demonstrating that weapons that are adaptable and widely available is key.

The homegrown FP-5 Flamingos struck a military-industrial site in the Russian city of Cheboksary, about 370 miles east of Moscow.

Ukraine is considering a law that would effectively ban foreigners from accessing surrogacy in the country.

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A shipment of Ukrainian cash and gold worth around $82 million that Hungary seized earlier this year has been returned to Ukraine’s state Oschadbank, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday.

Zelenskyy is seeking to legalize private military firms in Ukraine, potentially giving the country's some 900,000 troops postwar career opportunities.

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