Ukraine

President Zelensky warns of Ukrainian retreat without US aid due to Congress disputes. Shortages of munitions heighten risk of Russian advances toward major cities.

"We expect that we will have enough people capable of defending their motherland," Syrskyi said. "I am talking not only about the mobilized but also about volunteer fighters."

Russian investigators claim gunmen behind concert hall attack had ties to Ukrainian nationalists. US dismisses allegations, blaming Islamic State.

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the massacre and US officials say they have intelligence showing it was carried out by the network's Afghan branch, Islamic State Khorasan.

Vladimir Kara-Murza, who suffers from a neurological condition after surviving two attempts to poison him, was transferred to a new Siberian penal colony in January.

FJCU said that it was holding the megillah reading in almost 60 cities and towns in Ukraine. Beyond soldiers, the organization distributed 40,000 Purims across 180 Jewish communities.  

The Russian president could be placed under arrest if he enters any ICC states.

"Surveillance, political oppression, repression of free speech, movement restrictions created a climate of fear in which the Russian Federation could dismantle the Ukrainian systems of government"

“This is one of the world's greatest overlooked human rights problems today. Tens of millions of people are still locked up, out of public view. The challenge is enormous.”

"If we do not get the EU's response right and do not give Ukraine enough support to stop Russia, we are next. We must therefore be defense-ready and shift to a 'war economy' mode," Michel said.