A St. Petersburg priest faces up to ten years in prison for speaking out against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 

A Russian independent journalist has published an exposé on Putin's "biomaterials."

"The Committee against Torture has been protecting the rights of citizens who have suffered from torture and inhuman treatment by government officials all their lives. Despite the obvious benefits of this mission, the authorities have been trying for many years to give it an alien and harmful outline... Apparently, the authorities are giving a signal that torture is becoming (or has already become) part of state policy and is not a problem. Here I would like to remind you about the Constitution, where torture is prohibited (for the time being)."

– Sergey Babinets, chairman of the Committee against Torture

The English language may soon become Ukraine's business lingua franca.

The chairman of the African Union has announced a trip to Kyiv to discuss the world food crisis caused by the invasion.

A round-up of some facts and figures regarding Russian losses from the Russian war on Ukraine. 

Ukraine has begun a "derussification" of street names, replacing them with names of important Ukrainians.

A presidential decree aims to integrate the inhabitants of conquered Ukrainian regions through a streamlined passport process.

Hungary has moved into a state of emergency, due to the conflict in Ukraine. 

Finland agreed to help rebuild and reform Ukraine's education sector, and the country more generally.

The US Department of Defense is coordinating with nearly 50 countries to provide military aid to Ukraine.

“My country is being bombarded, tens of thousands of people are dying in the bloody war of conquest that Russia has unleashed. If I make demands out loud, I can achieve more for Ukraine than writing diplomatic cables that often go unanswered. This is a matter of life and death, and every day matters."

–  Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk