A series of Ukraine drone attacks on the region of Belgorod injured at least 16 people on Tuesday, the governor of the region in Russia's southwest that borders Ukraine said on Wednesday.

A CNN investigation found that residents of Mariupol, including schoolchildren, are being trained in new media programs and “blogger schools” with ties to the Russian state.

The total combat losses of Russian troops from February 24, 2022, to May 14, 2025, in the war against Ukraine amounted to about 969,370 people, including 1,240 people over the past day. — Ukrinform.

The Russian economy is in an increasingly precarious state as a result of a shift to a war mode and of Western sanctions over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, a report by the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) said on Tuesday.

A Ukrainian military spokesperson said the deployment signals that Russian forces are facing some trouble in Chasiv Yar.

A leading economist has been telling EU finance ministers that Russia’s economy is under growing strain as its invasion of Ukraine drags on.

Moscow has hit back at Europe 's 30-day ceasefire ultimatum as “unacceptable” and “unsuitable” following Western threats of sanctions. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said it was wrong to “use such language with Russia ” as Europe ’s deadline for Russia to agree to a truce with Ukraine got closer.

The weapon is made with a model aircraft engine available for approximately $16,000, according to the Ukrainian Main Intelligence Directorate.