Hands folded on his desk; his eyes framed with spectacles that make him look like a serious – and adorable – 8-year-old scholar. It was this image of Stanislav – alongside similar snaps of his sister Tamara,

A 2024 U.N. report found that 95% of released Ukrainian POWs had endured “systematic” torture. Prisoners described beatings, electric shocks, suffocation, sexual violence, prolonged stress positions, mock executions, and sleep deprivation.

The conflict has shown no signs of stopping despite intense U.S.-led efforts in recent months to secure a ceasefire.

Abuse inside Russian prisons likely contributed to many of these deaths, adding to evidence that Russia is systematically brutalizing captured soldiers, according to officials from human rights groups, the U.N. and the Ukrainian government, and a Ukrainian medical examiner who has performed dozens of POW autopsies.

It appears to be the first known strike in the war on a facility linked to the FSB, Moscow's main successor to the KGB.

Germany, along with other Ukrainian allies, has authorized Kyiv to launch long-range missiles into Russia following a record-breaking aerial assault by Moscow.

Moscow, which has repeatedly rejected proposals from Kyiv and its Western allies for a 30-day unconditional ceasefire, fired hundreds of drones at Ukraine between late Friday and early Monday, killing more than a dozen people and saturating the country's air defences.

US special envoy general Keith Kellogg has called for a ceasefire after Russia launched its largest aerial bombardment since the war began in 2022.The presidential envoy shared a photo of Ukraine’s capital following an aerial attack.