Pope Francis made comments last month suggesting Ukraine turn to negotiations with Russia, or surrender, which aired over the weekend and were criticized by Ukrainian officials.
Russia is ready to hand over to Ukraine the bodies of those killed in an Il-76 plane crash on Jan. 24, Russia's state-owned RIA Novosti reported on March 1 citing the country's human rights official.
Russian forces became more likely to execute Ukrainian POWs after November 2023, war crimes investigator at Ukraine’s Prosecutor General's Office, Yuriy Belousov, told public broadcaster Suspilne on Feb. 27.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has revealed Ukraine's losses for the first time, saying that 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since Feb. 22, 2022 during a forum on Feb. 25.
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that the Russian military group concentrated in Transnistria is not a threat to Ukraine. Source: ISW Details: Ukrainian officials stated that the likelihood of a ground attack by the Russians on Ukraine from the territory of Transnistria, a pro-Russian breakaway region of Moldova, is low following reports that Transnistrian authorities might call for or organise a referendum on joining Russia on 28 February.