Russia

The Azov regiment claimed on April 11th that the Russian forces had used an unknown poisonous chemical substance against Ukrainian Forces in the besieged city of Mariupol.

Russia has defaulted on its foreign loans after it attempted to pay bondholders in rubles instead of dollars.

Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian boxing legend and two-time world heavyweight champion, joined the Ukrainian Army at age 46 to help defend his country.

Pro-Russian politician and close Putin ally Viktor Medvedchuk was captured by Ukrainian secret services in a “lightning-fast and dangerous” mission.

Russian President Putin stated that the peace talks with Ukraine were at a “dead end” and claimed that the killings in Bucha were fake.

Russia has appointed General Alexander Dvornikov, also known as “The Butcher of Syria,” in an attempt to coordinate the various Russian units, which seem to have been moving without a central command since the start of the invasion.

Russia is moving thousands of troops and armored vehicles into position for a large-scale assault on the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, confronted him about the war crimes, and called to end the war.

Slovakia has given its S-300 air defense system to Ukraine in exchange for Patriot systems. Russia claims they’ve destroyed the delivery of the Soviet-era air defense system near the city of Dnipro.

NATO intends to deploy a full-scale permanent military force on the border of its member-states, Estonia and Latvia, to defend against any potential military offensives by Russia.

Some 60 Russian paratroopers from Pskov, Northern Russia, refused to fight the Ukrainians and left the battlefield to go home, defying orders from their superiors.

Finland and Sweden’s application to become NATO members becomes likely due to Russian aggression, with Finland expected to apply in June.