Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has set a daunting task for his military, demanding that they take at least 500 meters of territory every day from Russian forces. His order comes despite Kiev’s troops reportedly suffering tens of thousands of casualties in their floundering counteroffensive.

Washington’s efforts to preserve its hegemony risk starting a new global war, Vyacheslav Volodin has warned Russia’s State Duma chairman has compared the US government to a company executive, who has run a business into the ground and now wants to try again with a new corporation.

Nearly 100,000 tons reportedly remain blocked at ports in Latvia, Estonia, and Belgium Western countries have still not released Russian fertilizer cargoes intended as humanitarian aid for poor African nations, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow said on Sunday.