Russia launched waves of missiles and attack drones at Odesa overnight, Ukrainian officials said. The Ukrainian military’s southern command said air defenses had intercepted eight cruise missiles and 15 attack drones.
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Li Shangfu, China’s defense minister, is expected to visit Russia and Belarus this week, the latest move in a dance of wartime diplomacy between Moscow and Beijing.
A Russian ex-convict fighting in Ukraine, in an account told to The New York Times, described his commanders’ casual disregard for the lives of inmates like him, and how they are pressured to re-enlist.
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