There is too little data to generate a comparable live estimate for Ukraine. However, a catalogue of the known dead and missing from UAL osses, a website, implies that between 73,000 and 140,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died since the invasion began.

The stiff geopolitical tests just keep on coming for the president. With lingering and devastating tensions still simmering in the Middle East, President Donald Trump has once again set his sights on the other major geopolitical conflict somehow involving American resources.

Russian attacks of unprecedented violence struck several Ukrainian regions during the night from Sunday to Monday, causing the death of at least four people and injuring dozens of civilians. The Russian army deployed 101 drones in this nocturnal offensive,

Europe's top human rights court ruled that Russia was responsible for widespread violations of international law in Ukraine, including the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014, marking the first time an international court has held Moscow accountable for human rights abuses related to the conflict there.

In symbolic rulings, Moscow was again blamed for the downing of Flight MH17 in 2014 and for an array of war-related human rights violations, including the transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia.

Europe's top human rights court ruled unanimously on Wednesday that Russia was responsible for the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in 2014 and also that Moscow had repeatedly and systematically violated human rights in Ukraine.