An overnight Russian missile strike on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih killed a 12-year-old boy and two elderly women, regional governor Serhiy Lysak said Saturday. "Again, a terrifying enemy attack on Kryvyi Rih. In the middle of the night, when the city slept," Lysak wrote on Telegram.

At least three people, including a 12-year-old boy, have been killed in renewed Russian missile attacks on the southern Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, local authorities said Saturday. Another three people were injured,

Russell Bentley, a U.S. national who went missing in Russian-controlled eastern Ukraine early this year, is believed to have been tortured to death by Russian soldiers who are now set to go on trial,

Over 70,000 Russian soldiers have been confirmed killed in Ukraine since the Kremlin launched its invasion more than two and a half years ago, according to an independent tally by the BBC’s Russian service and the independent Mediazona news website.

According to calculations by Russian website Mediazona and the BBC, some 70,000 Russian soldiers have been killed since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. This estimate is based on official communiqués,