An apartment block in central Ukraine was leveled in a rocket attack on Friday morning, as a Russian aerial assault across the country killed at least 12 people and injured dozens more, officials said.
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Russian forces have intensified their military activities around Vuhledar, a coal mining town at a strategic crossroads along the front lines in the eastern Donbas region that was the scene of epic tank battles earlier this year.
Brittney Griner, the U.S. basketball star who was detained in Russia last year, voiced her support for Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter who is being held in Russia.
"I have that mind-set of, you know, no man left behind. No man, no woman left behind," she said.