Russia plans to manufacture up to 120,000 of its cheap and devastating glide bombs this year, a senior Ukrainian intelligence official said, including 500 of a new, longer-range version which can reach more towns and cities.

The South African government says it will investigate how 17 of its citizens were tricked into fighting as mercenaries in the Russia-Ukraine war after they asked for help to escape the conflict in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region.

South Africa’s government said on Thursday it will investigate how 17 of its citizens joined mercenary forces in the Russia-Ukraine conflict after the men sent distress calls for help to return home.

President Trump, on his way back to the White House on Sunday night, suggested that he's no longer actively trying to end the war between Russia and Ukraine: REPORTER: What would be the final straw for you that proves that Putin is really not ready to end this war with Ukraine?

Almost four years of grinding warfare in Ukraine has taken a terrible toll in terms of battlefield casualties. It is also causing “profound psychological harm” to Ukraine’s civilian population, according to a recently released report.

Kyiv suffers the worst Russian bombardment in weeks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said four people had been killed and dozens injured in a bombardment that focused almost entirely on Kyiv — a departure from usual aerial attacks in which several regions are targeted by waves of Iranian-designed Geran drones as well as ballistic and cruise missiles.