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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent comments about payments to the Wagner group was “like direct evidence” that Wagner’s mercenaries were an illegal arm of the Russian army in the war, Ukraine’s top prosecutor told Reuters this week.
China’s defence minister Li Shangfu met with the head of the Russian navy, Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov, in Beijing, the Chinese defence ministry said on Monday.
Fewer than 160 people were arrested in overnight in connection to riots that have rocked cities across France following the killing of a teenager by a police officer, the interior ministry said on Monday.
Ukraine said on Monday its forces had gained some ground along eastern and southern fronts in the past week in heavy fighting with Russian troops, reclaiming 37.4 square kilometres (14.4 square miles) of territory.
Russia’s ambassador to Cuba said President Vladimir Putin had an invitation to visit the Communist-run island but that it was too early to talk about preparations for such a trip, the state RIA news agency said.
The assault was the first pre-dawn drone barrage to target the Ukrainian capital in almost two weeks, officials said.
Russian troops have retooled their tactics after underestimating Ukrainian forces earlier in the war, suggesting that the next few weeks of fighting will be plodding and grueling.
With tensions high between Israel and Palestinians, Israel said it had begun a major counterterrorism operation in the Jenin area of the occupied West Bank. At least four were reported killed.
The authorities arrested more than 400 people overnight Saturday, deploying additional officers in the cities of Lyon, Grenoble and Marseille to quell violent protests.
