MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Ukrainian military has lost approximately 3,300 soldiers in fights with Russia’s western and central groupings of forces in the past week, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.

Centrus corporation is due to seek special treatment, arguing it is in the national interests - a move that comes as no surprise, editor-in-chief of the nuclear energy portal AtomInfo.ru Alexander Uvarov told Sputnik.

Medical workers and police officers are removing people suffering from psychiatric distress. The most troubled are forced to the hospital.

The porn star testified for eight hours at Donald Trump’s hush-money trial. This is how it went.

A surge of attention hit Ireland’s most prestigious university over protests that involved Israel, Gaza and the famed medieval Book of Kells.

The people of the Kherson region have slowly rebuilt their homes and livelihoods since a Ukrainian counteroffensive forced out Russian troops. Now they are bracing for another Russian attack.

MOSCOW, (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has submitted a proposal to the State Duma, the lower house of Russia, to appoint Mikhail Mishustin as Russia's prime minister, State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said on Friday.

MINSK, (Sputnik) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko believes that many countries are losing interest in using the dollar and the euro, and not only Belarus and Russia are abandoning them.

DONETSK (Sputnik) - Russia has struck ammunition warehouses of the Ukrainian armed forces in Kharkov and the Kharkov region, underground network coordinator Sergei Lebedev told Sputnik on Friday.

Defiant Israelis have vowed to do “whatever is necessary” in the Gaza Strip despite the American president’s threat to withhold weapons.

The author said he made the decision after the university called the police to remove peaceful protesters from their encampments.

President Biden’s decision to withhold offensive weapons if Israel attacks Rafah has scrambled cease-fire talks. But much of the various sides’ recriminations may be to gain advantage — or shift blame.