Japan has approved a new round of sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine conflict, its foreign ministry announced on Friday. Tokyo has banned trade with an additional 29 Russian entities, according to a ministry press release. 12 individuals, including an executive at an arms manufacturer, seven organizations, and a bank have also been added to Japan’s asset-freeze…

The governor of Nikolayev wants to put the city into lockdown to hunt for alleged spies and saboteurs The southwestern Ukrainian city of Nikolayev is set to be put into a full lockdown in the coming days, governor Vitaliy Kim has revealed. The extreme measure is needed to catch alleged spies and saboteurs believed to…

Two more bodies have been recovered from rubble in the village of Suzemka, the governor of Bryansk Region says The number of fatalities caused by a Ukrainian strike on a settlement in Russia’s Bryansk Region has grown to four, local governor Aleksandr Bogomaz said on Sunday.