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A Ukrainian soldier of the 28th brigade fires on the frontline during a battle with Russian troops at the frontline near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, March 24, 2023.

Russia seeks 400,000 more recruits as latest Ukraine push stalls

The Kremlin has dialed back plans for a further offensive in Ukraine this spring after failing to gain much ground and will focus on blunting a new push by Kyiv’s forces expected to begin soon.

Putin, charged with war crimes, must limit travel to avoid arrest

The war crimes charges against Vladimir Putin brought by the International Criminal Court mean that the Russian leader, in theory, is unable to travel to two-thirds of the globe without risking arrest in the 123 countries that are parties to the United Nations treaty underpinning the court’s operations and therefore obligated to detain him.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew departs after testifying during a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, on the platform's consumer privacy and data security practices and impact on children, Thursday, March 23, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

France bans TikTok, Twitter from government staff phones

France announced Friday it is banning the "recreational" use of TikTok, Twitter, Instagram and other apps on government employees' phones because of concern about insufficient data security measures.

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A photo of Hrysha with his mother, Oksana, on his birthday last year. MUST CREDIT: Photo for The Washington Post by Alice Martins

Kyiv doctor killed in Russian airstrike shows war’s fallout far from front

Oksana Leontieva, a pediatric hematologist and single mother, was driving to work when a Russian airstrike hit the center of the Ukrainian capital.

The Monastery of the Caves, also known as Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, one of the holiest sites of Eastern Orthodox Christians, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 23, 2023. Tensions are on the rise at a prominent Orthodox monastery in Kyiv where the monks are facing eviction later this month. The Ukrainian government accuses the monks of links to Moscow, even though they claim to have severed ties with the Russian Orthodox Church following Russia's full-scale of invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Tensions on the rise at revered Kyiv monastery complex

The Ukrainian government says it’s evicting the Ukrainian Orthodox Church from the complex as of March 29. Church representatives say this is a pretext for a continued government crackdown on the church, which has historic ties to Moscow.

Ukrainian servicemen fold the national flag over the coffin of their comrade Andrii Neshodovskiy during the funeral ceremony in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, March 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine demands emergency UN meeting over Putin nuclear plan

Ukraine's government called for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to "counter the Kremlin's nuclear blackmail" after Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed plans to station tactical atomic weapons in Belarus.

A man passes the deserted departure terminal during a strike in Bavaria at the airport in Munich, Germany, Sunday, March 26, 2023.

Travel disruption hits Germany on eve of transport strike

German unions have called on thousands of workers across the country's transportation system to stage a one-day strike as employees in many sectors are seeking hefty raises to reflect persistently high inflation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Russian Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, March 25, 2023. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin says Russia will station tactical nukes in Belarus

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans on Saturday to station tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus.

A Ukrainian soldier of the 28th brigade leaves a shelter on the frontline during a battle with Russian troops near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, March 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos)

Russia 'largely stalled' in Bakhmut, shifting focus, UK says

The top commander of Ukraine's military said Saturday that his forces were pushing back against Russian troops in the long and grinding battle for the town of Bakhmut, and British military intelligence says Russia appears to be moving to a defensive strategy in eastern Ukraine.

Peter Szijjarto, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary, is interviewed by The Associated Press, Friday, March 24, 2023, at United Nations headquarters. Szijjarto said Friday that his country has not voted on whether to allow Finland and Sweden to join NATO because Hungarian lawmakers are sick of those countries' critiques of Hungarian domestic affairs. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Hungary: Criticism makes it hard to cooperate with West

The West's steady criticism of Hungary on democratic and cultural issues makes the small European country's right-wing government reluctant to offer support on practical matters, specifically NATO's buildup against Russia, Hungary's foreign minister said.

A mechanic directs a C-130J Hercules from RAF Brize Norton, England, during Red Flag drills at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 4, 2022.

Emil Bocek, last Czech RAF pilot during WWII, dies at 100

Emil Bocek, the last living Czech pilot who fought the Nazis while serving with Britain's Royal Air Force during World War II, has died at age 100.

Air Force Lt. Col. William Marty Hilton, a doctor assigned to RAF Lakenheath in England, was sentenced to 40 months in prison for sexually assaulting a woman, along with other crimes, at a court-martial at Ramstein Air Base, Germany on March 24, 2023.

Air Force doctor gets prison sentence for sexually assaulting co-worker’s daughter

An Air Force doctor found guilty of sexually assaulting the daughter of a colleague and several separate crimes was sentenced Friday at a court-martial to 40 months in prison.