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This image taken from video that European military officials say was filmed by a Ukrainian drone in the southern Ukrainian village of Piatykhatky on March 13, 2025, shows a soldier, left, identified as Russian, pointing his gun at a Ukrainian soldier who appears to be surrendering after emerging from the ruins of a house to join other Ukrainian prisoners on the ground. (Ukraine Military/European Defense Officials via AP)
A video of Ukrainian POWs killed by men identified as Russians raises questions on accountability
Ukrainian drone video seen by The Associated Press shows four Ukrainian soldiers who have surrendered being shot to death by men identified as Russian troops in the village of Piatykhatky last month.
 
This image taken from video that European military officials say was filmed by a Ukrainian drone in the southern Ukrainian village of Piatykhatky on March 13, 2025, shows a soldier, center, identified as Russian, pointing his gun at a Ukrainian soldier who appears to be surrendering after emerging from the ruins of a house to join other Ukrainian prisoners on the ground. (Ukraine Military/European Defense Officials via AP)
A video shows men identified as Russian troops holding Ukrainian POWs. Then the killing begins
Ukrainian drone video seen by The Associated Press shows four Ukrainian soldiers being shot to death by soldiers with Russian uniform markings in the village of Piatykhatky on March 13.
 
In this photo provided by Zhang Yazhou, she sits on the roof of her damaged Tesla Model 3 with a bullhorn outside a Tesla dealership in Zhengzhou, the capital of central China’s Henan province, on March, 9, 2021. Banner reads, “Tesla brake failure.” (Courtesy Zhang Yazhou via AP)
Takeaways: Tesla has sued Chinese customers and journalists — and won almost every time
Tesla has sued its own customers and journalists in China for defamation and won just about every time.
 
This photo provided by Zhang Yazhou shows her damaged Tesla Model 3, left, which her father was driving when it hit two other cars before crashing to a halt against a concrete barrier in Anyang, a city in central China’s Henan province, on Feb. 21, 2021. Zhang was in the passenger seat. Her mother and her one-year-old niece were at the back. (Zhang Yazhou via AP)
Her parents were injured in a Tesla crash. She ended up having to pay Tesla damages
Tesla has sued its own customers and journalists in China for defamation – and won just about every time.
 
A Russian officer who goes by Yevgeny speaks during an interview at his apartment in Astana, Kazakhstan, in late 2023. He had a friend shoot him in the leg so he could get out off the frontline in Ukraine. "Many of my friends have died. And these were really good guys who didn't want to fight," he said. "But there was no way out for them." (AP Photo)
Russian soldiers who quit Putin’s war get no hero’s welcome abroad as asylum claims surge
Growing numbers of Russian soldiers are trying to get out of the war in Ukraine. Overall asylum claims from Russians have surged in the U.S., France and Germany since Russia’s full-scale invasion two years ago, but few are getting in.
 
Oleksii Yukov examines the body of a Russian soldier he collected on the frontline in the Sloviansk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. The 38-year-old martial arts instructor leads a team of volunteer body collectors in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)
The true toll of the war in Ukraine is measured in bodies. This man brings them home, one at a time
Oleksii Yukov says the same thing to all the mothers: We will bring your dead children home. The 38-year-old martial arts instructor leads a team of volunteers in Ukraine who collect both Ukrainian and Russian bodies.
 
(AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)
‘You’ll die in this pit': Takeaways from secret recordings of Russian soldiers in Ukraine
As the war in Ukraine grinds into its second winter, audio intercepts obtained and verified by The Associated Press, indicate that a growing number of Russian soldiers want out.
 
(AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)
Dead, wounded or AWOL: The voices of desperate Russian soldiers trying to get out of the Ukraine war
In audio intercepts from the front lines in Ukraine, Russian soldiers speak in shorthand. They describe 200s to mean dead, 300s to mean wounded, and 500s to describe people who refuse to fight.
 
AP Illustration by Peter Hamlin
Dead, wounded or AWOL: The voices of desperate Russian soldiers trying to get out of Ukraine war
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In audio intercepts from the front lines in Ukraine, Russian soldiers speak in shorthand of 200’s (dead) and 300’s (wounded).
 
FILE - A Russian soldier killed during combats against Ukrainian army lies on a corn field in Sytnyaky, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, March 27, 2022. Nearly 50,000 Russian soldiers have died in the war in Ukraine, according to a new statistical analysis. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)
How many Russians have died in Ukraine? Data shows what Moscow hides
Nearly 50,000 Russian soldiers have died in the war in Ukraine, according to a new statistical analysis.
 
China approves 9 Trump trademarks previously rejected
Beijing has reversed itself on 9 Trump trademarks, granting preliminary approval for marks covering salon services and socks, among other things, that it initially rejected.
 
Ivanka Trump’s brand ramped up China trademark work in 2016
Ivanka Trump’s brand intensified its work in China as her father closed in on the Republican nomination for U.S. president. Her company applied for nearly twice as many trademarks in a five-month span as it had in the preceding eight years.
 
Democratic senators criticize Trump on Chinese trademarks
Democratic senators are protesting the Trump Organization’s acceptance of a valuable trademark from the Chinese government without asking Congress first if doing so is constitutional.
 
AP Exclusive: China blast site owner on state firm’s board
Corporate filings show that Yu Xuewei, the silent majority shareholder of Ruihai International Logistics, sits on the board of directors of a subsidiary of China Sinochem, one of the country’s most influential conglomerates. Like other large state companies, Sinochem is controlled by the State Counc