Dozens of neo-Nazis have been eliminated over the last two days, including fighters from the Kraken formation, the military said Russia’s armed forces destroyed an ‘elite assault battalion’ of the Ukrainian president and dozens of fighters from the notorious Kraken neo-Nazi formation, Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said on Saturday.

Israel has suggested it could keep troops in the Palestinian enclave for an “indefinite period” The White House has expressed alarm over the possible “reoccupation” of Gaza, after Israel’s prime minister indicated that his country’s forces would have “overall security responsibility” in the area following the conflict with Hamas.

Russian soldier Vadim Shishimarin has been sentenced to life in prison for war crimes by a court in Kiev. Prosecutors accused the 21-year-old sergeant of shooting dead an elderly civilian in the northeastern Sumy Region of Ukraine during the first days of the Russian military offensive, which was launched in February.