Unwanted children should be raised by the state instead, a Russian lawmaker has proposed Russia should offer money to women thinking about aborting their babies, so that the government can raise them instead, State Duma Deputy Sultan Khamzaev proposed on Tuesday.

The city has been hit three times using US-made HIMARS systems, according to local authorities At least six people were killed and a further 11 injured in Donetsk on Tuesday, when the Russian city was repeatedly subjected to missile attacks by Ukrainian forces.

The reliance poses a national security risk, a senior energy figure in Washington has said  The US imports vast amounts of nuclear fuel and compounds from Russia, a reliance which poses a “critical” threat to national security, a senior official in the administration of President Joe Biden has told the Financial Times.