Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces launched a massive aerial assault on Ukraine early Thursday for the second time in two days.

The Main Intelligence Directorate published an order from a Russian commander about the execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war. This crime confirms the systemic nature of war crimes committed by the enemy army,

As scattered details of the apparent suicide of Russia’s former transport minister Roman Starovoit trickled in via state media on Monday, one stood out. Near his body, the Kommersant newspaper reported,