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People stand in line to kiss an icon during the celebration of Orthodox Easter at Cross Lower Church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/George Ivanchenko)

Zelenskyy says Russia is trying to create an ‘impression of a ceasefire’ as attacks continue

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of trying to create an “impression of a ceasefire,” saying Russian forces continued attacks after President Vladimir Putin’s declaration of an Easter truce.

In this photo taken from video distributed by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, Russian servicemen attend a combat training for assault units in an undisclosed location. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Ukraine presses attacks in Russia’s Kursk region

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he will urge allies to boost his country’s air defenses at a meeting this week in Germany. Both Moscow and Kyiv said Ukrainian forces pressed new attacks Sunday in Russia’s Kursk region.

Fragments of a rocket which struck Dnipro on November 21 are seen at a center for forensic analysis in undisclosed location, Ukraine, Sunday Nov. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Moscow offers debt forgiveness to new recruits and AP sees wreckage of a new Russian missile

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law granting debt forgiveness to new army recruits who enlist to fight in Ukraine.

A dog reacts as self-propelled artillery howitzer "Gvozdika" fires towards Russian positions on the frontline in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Russia open to hearing Trump’s proposals for ending the war, an official says

Russia’s deputy foreign minister says Moscow is open to hearing President-elect Donald Trump’s proposals on ending the war in Ukraine. Sergei Ryabkov said Moscow and Washington were “exchanging signals” on Ukraine via “closed channels.”

Ukrainian recruiters descend on Kyiv’s nightlife in search of men not registered for conscription

Ukrainian military recruitment officers have raided restaurants, bars and a concert hall in Kyiv, checking military registration documents and detaining men who are not in compliance.

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024, Ukrainian prisoners of war wrapped in national flags hug each other after a prisoners exchange at an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Moscow and Kyiv swap prisoners of war as Ukraine marks independence anniversary

Russia and Ukraine have exchanged over 100 prisoners of war as Kyiv marked its third Independence Day since Moscow’s full-scale invasion.

In this photo taken from video released by the Russian Defense Ministry on Friday, July 12, 2024, Russian soldiers fire from their howitzer from their position at Ukrainian troops at an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Shelling kills 4 in Ukraine as a drone attack sparks fire at an oil depot in Russia

Russian shelling of Ukraine has killed four people as the two countries exchanged drone attacks, one of which set ablaze a Russian oil depot.

FILE - Leader of the French far-right National Rally Marine Le Pen, left, and lead candidate of the party for the upcoming European election Jordan Bardella during a political meeting on June 2, 2024 in Paris. At just 28 years old, Jordan Bardella has led the French far right to a landslide victory in the European Parliament election in June. After voters propelled Marine Le Pen's National Rally to a strong lead in the first round of national legislative elections on Sunday, Bardella has turned to rallying supporters to grant Marine Le Pen's party an absolute majority in the decisive round of voting on July 7 and make him the prime minister of France. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla, File)

At 28, Bardella could become youngest French prime minister at helm of far-right National Rally

At just 28 years old, Jordan Bardella has helped make the far-right National Rally the strongest political force in France. And now he could become the country’s youngest prime minister.

Municipal workers carry a dead body killed after an apartment building was hit by Russian air bomb killing at least three and injuring 23, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, June 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)

Ukrainian drones and missiles kill 6 in Russia and Crimea, fresh bombing of Kharkiv leaves 1 dead

Russian authorities say six people died and over 150 were wounded in Ukrainian drone and missile attacks while the second day of Russia’s aerial bombing of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine killed at least one person.

People gather against anti semitism, one carrying a placard reading "our lives worth more that an imported conflict" Thursday, June 20, 2024 in Paris. The alleged rape of a 12-year-old Jewish girl in a suspected antisemitic attack has sent shockwaves throughout France, and thrust concerns about antisemitism to the forefront of campaigning for the country's legislative elections. (AP Photo/Oleg Cetinic)

As France reels from alleged rape of a Jewish girl, antisemitism comes to fore in election campaign

The alleged rape of a 12-year-old Jewish girl in a suspected antisemitic attack has sent shockwaves throughout France and thrust concerns about antisemitism to the forefront of campaigning for the country’s legislative elections.

Jordan Bardella, president of the far-right National Front party, arrives at the Eurosatory Defense and security exhibition, Wednesday, June 19, 2024 in Villepinte, north of Paris. Jordan Bardella, the National Rally president hoping to become France's prime minister, appealed Tuesday to voters to hand his party a clear majority after French President Emmanuel Macron's announcement on June 9 that he was dissolving France's National Assembly, parliament's lower house.( AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Far-right leader Bardella backpedals on taking France out of NATO strategic military command

The far-right leader angling to become France’s prime minister after the country’s upcoming parliamentary election has backtracked on the party’s previous promise to pull out of NATO’s strategic military command.

French protesters are standing up to the far right ahead of the country’s snap elections

Anti-racism groups are joining French unions and a brand-new left-wing coalition in protests in Paris and across France against the surging nationalist far right.

Attacks in Russian-occupied Ukrainian regions leave 28 dead, Moscow-appointed officials say

Russia-installed officials in the partially occupied Ukrainian regions of Kherson and Luhansk say Ukrainian attacks left 28 dead as Russia and Ukraine continued to exchange drone attacks overnight into Saturday.

Representatives of the diplomatic corps look at U.S.-made M1 Abrams tank, and other U.S. military vehicles, hit and captured by Russian troops during the fighting in Ukraine as they visit an exhibition of Western military equipment seized from Ukrainian forces, in Moscow, on Friday, May 31, 2024. The exhibit, organized by the Russian Defense Ministry, features more than 30 pieces of Western-made heavy equipment, including a U.S.-made M1 Abrams tank and a Bradley armored fighting vehicle. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Energy shutdowns hit Ukraine after Russian attacks target infrastructure

Ukraine has imposed emergency power shutdowns in most of the country a day after Russia unleashed large-scale attacks on energy infrastructure and claimed it made gains in the eastern Donetsk province.

Firefighters put out a fire after two guided bombs hit a large construction supplies store in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, May 25, 2024. Writing reads "Garden Center". (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)

Zelenskyy says Ukraine has taken back control in areas of Kharkiv region, aerial attacks continue

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukrainian forces have secured “combat control” of areas where Russian troops entered Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region earlier this month.

Russian court freezes assets of 2 German banks in gas project dispute

The Russian state news agency Tass says a court in St. Petersburg has ordered the seizing of assets of Germany’s Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank in Russia.

A Ukrainian police officer and war crime prosecutor inspect fragments of a glide bomb in front of damaged house, after a Russian airstrike on a residential neighbourhood in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, May 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

At least 11 killed as Russia presses forward with its offensive in northeastern Ukraine

At least 11 people were reported killed in attacks in Ukraine’s war-ravaged northeast on Sunday, as Russia pushed ahead with its renewed offensive.

An Ukrainian serviceman of the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade, lights candles during a Christian Orthodox Easter religious service, in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, May 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Ukraine marks its third Easter at war as it comes under fire from Russian drones and troops

Russia has launched a barrage of drones on eastern Ukraine and claimed its troops took control of a village they had been targeting as Ukraine marks its third Easter at war.

Russian journalist Sergey Karelin appears in court in the Murmansk region of Russia, Saturday April 27, 2024, after his arrest on “extremism” charges, which he denied. (AP Photo)

Two Russian journalists jailed on ‘extremism’ charges for alleged work for Navalny group

Two Russian journalists were arrested by their government on “extremism” charges and ordered by courts there to remain in custody pending investigation and trial on accusations of working for a group founded by the late Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny.

A woman holds a "Free Azov" sign during a rally aiming to raise awareness on the fate of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 21, 2024. The U.S. House of Representatives swiftly approved $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies in a rare Saturday session as Democrats and Republicans banded together after months of hard-right resistance over renewed American support for repelling Russia's invasion. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Ukrainian and Western leaders laud US aid package while the Kremlin warns of ‘further ruin’

Ukrainian and Western leaders have welcomed the passing of a desperately needed aid package for Ukraine by the U.S. House of Representatives. The Kremlin warned the passage of the bill would “further ruin” Ukraine.

This photo released by Belgorod region governor Vyacheslav Gladkov's telegram channel on Saturday, March 16, 2024, shows broken and burned cars after shelling from the Ukrainian side, in Belgorod, Russia. A Russian regional governor says two people have been killed in Ukrainian shelling of the city of Belgorod, close to the border with Ukraine. Three others were wounded. (Belgorod region governor Vyacheslav Gladkov telegram channel via AP)

Russia says Ukrainian shelling killed 2 in a border city while it thwarted an incursion

A Russian regional governor says two people have been killed in Ukrainian shelling of the city of Belgorod, close to the border with Ukraine. Three others were wounded.

ADDS NAME OF PERSON NAVALNY'S MOTHER-IN-LAW - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's mother, Lyudmila Navalnaya, left, and his mother-in-law Alla Abrosimova visit the grave of Alexei Navalny after his yesterday funeral at the Borisovskoye Cemetery, in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, March 2, 2024. Navalny, who was President Vladimir Putin's fiercest foe, was buried after a funeral that drew thousands of mourners amid a heavy police presence. (AP Photo)

Navalny’s mother brings flowers to his grave a day after thousands attended his funeral in Moscow

Lyudmila Navalnaya and Alla Abrosimova, the mother and mother-in-law of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny were among mourners who brought flowers to his grave in Moscow a day after thousands turned his funeral into one of the largest recent displays of dissent.

The co-chair of the Nobel Peace Prize winning Memorial Human Rights Centre Oleg Orlov gestures standing in a glass cage after he was taken into custody in the courtroom during court session for a new trial on charges of repeated discrediting Russian military, in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Prominent Russian human rights activist Oleg Orlov gets 2 1/2 years in prison for criticizing war

A veteran human rights campaigner who criticized the war in Ukraine was convicted Tuesday by a Moscow court of discrediting the Russian military and sentenced to 2½ years in prison.

FILE - A general view shows the courtroom at the beginning of the trial of defendant Vadim K. in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. Associates of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Monday, Feb. 26, 2024 that talks were underway shortly before his death to exchange him for a Russian imprisoned in Germany. That Russian prisoner was Krasikov. (Odd Andersen/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Who is Vadim Krasikov, a Russian jailed in Germany and linked to a possible prisoner exchange?

Vadim Krasikov’s name has come up in recent weeks in relation to prisoner swaps involving now deceased Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.

Russian Orthodox Archbishop of Odintsovo and Krasnogorsk Foma (Nikolay Mosolov), foreground, kisses an icon as Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, stands near after attending an Orthodox Christmas service with the families of military personnel who died during the special military operation in Ukraine in the Church of Our Savior Not Made by Hands at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia, on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

2 dead in Ukraine city of Kherson as Russian soldiers celebrate Orthodox Christmas on front line

Officials say the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson has been subjected to numerous shelling attacks from Russian-occupied parts of the Kherson region, across the Dnieper River.

Gendarmes patrol at the Vatry airport, eastern France, Saturday, Dec. 23, 2023 in Vatry, eastern France. About 300 Indian citizens heading to Central America were sequestered in a French airport for a third day Saturday because of an investigation into suspected human trafficking, authorities said. The 15 crew members of the Legend Airlines charter flight en route from United Arab Emirates to Nicaragua were questioned and released, according to a lawyer for the small Romania-based airline. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Grounded charter jet freed to leave France. Lawyer says most passengers expected to return to India

A charter plane sequestered in France while carrying 303 Indians to Nicaragua has been authorized to leave the airport where it has been grounded for a human trafficking investigation.

Chaplain Ivan of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine reads a prayer for Ukrainian servicemen of the 72nd mechanized brigade during the sacred liturgy before the upcoming Christmas at the frontline near Vuhledar, Ukraine, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Valentyn Kuzan)

Russia and Ukraine exchange drone attacks after European Union funding stalled

Both Russia and Ukraine have reported dozens of attempted drone attacks in the past day. Ukraine’s air force said Saturday that Ukrainian air defense had shot down 30 out of 31 drones launched overnight against 11 regions of the country.

Hundreds of Georgians march in support of country’s candidacy for European Union membership

Hundreds of people have marched in Georgia’s capital to support the Caucasus region country becoming a candidate for European Union membership.

Sasha Skochilenko, a 33 year-old artist and musician, second left, is escorted by officers from the court room for a hearing in the Vasileostrovsky district court in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023. A court in St Petersburg has to deliver a verdict to Skochilenko on charges of spreading "fakes" about the Russian military after she replaced four small price tags in a St. Petersburg supermarket with anti-war slogans. The prosecution asked to sentence her to 8 years in prison. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Russian doctors call for release of imprisoned artist who protested Ukraine war

More than 100 Russian doctors have signed an open letter demanding the immediate release of an artist and musician who was sentenced to seven years in prison for swapping supermarket price tags with antiwar messages.

Employees of diplomatic missions walk to lay flowers at the monument, a large boulder from the Solovetsky islands, where the first camp of the Gulag political prison system was established, near the building of the Federal Security Service (FSB, Soviet KGB successor) in Lubyanskaya Square in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)

Russians commemorate victims of Soviet repression as a present-day crackdown on dissent intensifies

Russians commemorated the victims of Soviet state terror on Sunday, while the Russian government continues its crackdown on dissent in the country.