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The latest video, and comments published in Russian news outlets, appeared to be an effort by Moscow to end speculation over the admiral’s status.

Moscow released video on Tuesday purporting to show that its Black Sea fleet commander is still alive, despite Ukraine’s claim that he was killed in a major missile strike.

Anthony Rota, the speaker of Canada’s House of Commons, introduced a 98-year-old veteran of an SS unit as a “hero” in front of Ukraine’s president.

Three men and two women, all citizens of Bulgaria, appeared via video in court on Tuesday after being charged with conspiracy to conduct espionage.

Video from the Russian government showed some of the blast victims being treated at a medical facility that is part of Russian peacekeeping operations in the region.

The cause of the blast in the region of Azerbaijan where thousands have been fleeing for Armenia was not immediately clear.

China, facing an economic slump, wants to make its industrial northeast more productive, turning to policies that some economists say have outlived their time.

With Russia trying to maintain military control of the Black Sea, Odesa is disconnected from its waters — and its history.

Senators of both parties are debating whether to include new military assistance for the fight against Russia in any stopgap spending bill to keep the government funded past the end of the month.

Jewish groups demanded an explanation after Anthony Rota, the speaker of Canada’s House of Commons, introduced a 98-year-old veteran of an SS unit as a “hero.”

The hotel, which stood as a landmark in the Port of Odesa, was unoccupied, according to regional officials.

After decades of going it alone in security issues, Finns are finding that life in a large alliance is complex, expensive and deeply political.

As they ramp up attacks on occupied Crimea, Ukrainian forces are repeatedly targeting the fleet based there, a key to Russia’s attacks deep into Ukraine and its blockade of Ukrainian ports.

The route has allowed Kyiv to revive exports of grain and other goods across the Black Sea despite Russia’s wartime threats to commercial shipping.

The war in Ukraine is intensifying longstanding frictions in a region of Moldova called Gagauzia. A Moldovan convicted of plundering his country’s banking system sees an opportunity.

Russian-installed authorities in the occupied peninsula said debris from a downed rocket fell in the Sevastopol bay, where Moscow’s Black Sea Fleet is based.

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine commended Canada for its role in equipping Ukraine with weapons and training soldiers.

Ukraine advanced at one location in the southeast, reflecting slight progress in Kyiv’s halting counteroffensive.

In the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, Russia, drained by the war in Ukraine, seemed incapable of acting as the indispensable power capable of knocking heads together.

With food shortages and blackouts, rumors of revenge-taking abound — and are flatly denied by the Azerbaijani authorities.

After 30 years of atrophy, experts say, Europe’s shrunken military industry will struggle to provide the Ukrainians with a million artillery shells by March.

While the Ukrainian military remains focused on retaking territory in the east, American officials are pushing for a shift to the south.

Tom Friedman on what could be a real endgame to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

President Volodymyr Zelensky told lawmakers that Ukraine would lose the war to Russia if the United States curtailed the flow of aid and weapons.

A fleet of inexpensive, mostly off-the-shelf drones is helping Ukrainian forces evade and target sophisticated Russian air defense systems.

In the Darnytsia neighborhood of the Ukrainian capital, residents were retrieving their belongings and sweeping up broken glass.

Ukraine’s military said it attacked a Russian air base near the Crimean city of Saki, but gave no details. Russian officials claimed to have thwarted the aerial assaults.

The State Emergency Service of Ukraine released footage of rescue operations following the attack and said that people may still be under the rubble of a building.

Also, a possible Saudi-U.S. defense treaty. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.

In a speech at the U.N. General Assembly, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine painted Russia as a habitual aggressor that has weaponized nuclear energy and essentials like food and water.