Russia has launched a major offensive into eastern Ukraine, authorities in Kyiv said, opening a new phase of its invasion after being thwarted in efforts to capture the capital.

The United States is due to hold a video meeting with allies Tuesday to discuss the conflict in Ukraine, where Moscow's military campaign has refocused on the eastern

Muscovite Olga Vitalyevna Kiyashko has long known that she shares a name with the mother-in-law of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

But she hadn’t feared that her namesake would cause problems until supposed pro-Kremlin journalists began to knock at her door. 

“I’m beginning to fear for myself, even though I’m a fearless person,” Kiyashko, who

Fresh shelling from Ukrainian territory injured at least one resident of a Russian border region, the latest instance of intermittent attacks spilling over during Russia’s deadly invasion of Ukraine.

Belgorod region-based social media accounts shared photographs of what they said were agricultural buildings allegedly destroyed in the attacks.

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