Russia announces leaving the Council of Europe, hours before its expected expulsion.
It means that Russian citizens will not be able to bring cases to the European Court of Human Rights, and the Russian government can re-introduce the death penalty.
It means that Russian citizens will not be able to bring cases to the European Court of Human Rights, and the Russian government can re-introduce the death penalty.





The figure includes 1,190 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
The overnight attack killed three people and injured three others in Kyiv Oblast's Brovary district on Aug. 8, regional governor Tymur Tkachenko reported.
Ukraine struck an oil refinery in Samara Oblast and another in southern Russia's Krasnodar Krai overnight on Aug. 8, monitoring channels reported.
Zelensky held talks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on the evening of Aug. 7.
Two drones were detected over a military base in the town of Mechernich in western Germany, authorities said. Police are investigating the incident, which comes mere days after a serious drone breach at Leipzig Airport.
The Senate vote clears the way for House consideration as early as next month.
Russia hit seven Naftogaz facilities in eastern Ukraine overnight, destroying critical equipment and forcing multiple sites to shut down.
The order to reassign "Skelia" personnel was issued roughly a week ago, with soldiers being transferred to around 10 other units, according to Ukrainska Pravda.
"We're in touch with Musk; we last spoke a few days ago. And it's, let's just say, a difficult task right now to achieve the outcome we need through this communication," Mykhailo Fedorov said in an interview with his former adviser, Serhii Sternenko.
The attack occurred at around 3:30 p.m. local time, shortly after Ukraine's Air Force warned that jet-powered drones were approaching Odesa Oblast.
"Ukrainian air defense operated in July under conditions of a critical shortage of interceptor missiles to counter ballistic terror," the ministry said.
According to the poll results, 33% of respondents said they would be willing to give up territory in eastern Ukraine, including Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts.



