Michelle Bachelet said thousands of civilians were killed in besieged Mariupol, and the true scale of the alleged Russian atrocities is yet to be revealed. It has been difficult for the UN to access and collect data in the city due to intense hostilities, she said. Mariupol Mayor Vadym Boychenko earlier said Russian forces killed over 20,000 Mariupol residents.
After Russian state media put the blame for the attacks on Ukraine's Armed Forces, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said on Oct. 6 that it was "a deliberate provocation by Russia."
Russian authorities have accused Oleksiy Arestovych of terrorism and spreading "fake news about the Russian army."
Majoti Sahil Mohamed Hussein, a 22-year-old student from the Indian city of Morbi, allegedly came to Russia to study at a university.
The call is the first publicly reported conversation between the presidents since March. Their relations had seemed to deteriorate since then, as Moscow and Baku clashed over several political and security issues.
The move enables the family of Quinn Schansman, an 18-year-old American passenger killed in the crash, to sue Sberbank under the U.S. anti-terrorism law.
The terminal can hold up to 250,000 tons of fuel, which supplies Russian forces.
The weapon has a maximum range of 3,000 meters and is designed to counter Shahed-type attack drones that Russia has used extensively against Ukraine.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Oct. 6 that he has "sort of made a decision" on whether to supply Ukraine with Tomahawk long-range missiles.
The measure follows a surge in hybrid operations targeting Ukraine's partners in the EU and NATO, including arson, cyberattacks, infrastructure sabotage, and drone incursions.
The Shkval ("squall") assault unit "eliminated" 50 Russian troops in the battle, while eight others were taken prisoner, the 141st Mechanized Brigade reported.
"Such reports, as well as a number of clearly illegal actions against NABU employees that have already taken place, are nothing other than a continuation of pressure on anti-corruption agencies," Oleksandr Klymenko told the Kyiv Independent.
Officials from Russia's Tyumen Oblast claimed on Telegram that three Ukrainian drones were shot down over an "industrial facility" in the city, adding that no fire, casualties, or explosions occurred amid the attack.
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she sought to revive dialogue between the EU and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The man, detained in the western city of Lviv, is suspected of helping Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) coordinate strikes on his unit's temporary base and nearby positions in Lviv Oblast.
