Civilian deaths and injuries in the first five months of 2025 were nearly 50 per cent higher than the same period last year, UN rights experts tasked with monitoring abuses in war-torn Ukraine said on Wednesday in their latest report.

According to the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, Russia has been transferring Iranian loitering munitions technology and large-scale manufacturing infrastructure to its close ally, North Korea. If true, this development could have significant military ramifications for South Korea, a United States treaty ally.

Russia’s invasion force is expected to suffer more than 1 million casualties by the summer as a result of the Ukraine war, with around 250,000 troops already confirmed dead, according to a

More than one million Russian military personnel have likely been killed or wounded since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, according to a growing body of Western estimates.

Two waves of Russian attacks targeting the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv kill at least four, injuring more, as hopes of peace dim.

The MSMT report arrives as Russian missile and drone strikes continue across Ukraine amid uncertainty ... although neither side publishes accurate casualty figures. Tens of thousands of Ukrainian ...