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Russia shuts down Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.

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The Russian offices of the organizations, along with 13 others, had their registration revoked due to "violations of the current legislation of the Russian Federation." No details were outlined as to why the organizations were shut down, but several days prior HRW announced it had found cases of Russian military forces committing war crimes.

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As Ukraine negotiates a peace agreement with the U.S., soldiers on the ground face a different reality: holding the line with shrinking infantry numbers and almost no rotation. For nearly six months, two Ukrainian soldiers, Oleksandr Tishaiev and Oleksandr Aliksieienko, were trapped in the same battered position on the Zaporizhzhia front, unable to rotate as Russian drones monitored every path in and out.

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