Sixteen Cameroonians have been killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine, the BBC has confirmed after a foreign ministry source verified that a recently leaked diplomatic note circulating on social media about the deaths was authentic.

KYIV, April 8 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday he welcomed the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, adding that Kyiv was ready to "respond in kind" if Moscow ceased strikes.

Ukraine’s president says he has tried to draw White House’s attention to collaboration between Moscow and Tehran over strikes on US bases

Russia stepped up spending in March in anticipation of a surge in revenue from the jump in oil prices caused by the war in the Middle East.

Russia has unleashed a massive drone and missile barrage on civilian areas of Ukraine and is stepping up ground attacks along the front.

A drone view of the houses destroyed and heavily damaged during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Korosten, Zhytomy region, Ukraine April 3, 2026. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File Photo

This week, for the third time since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia claimed it fully occupied Ukraine’s Luhansk region.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday that Ukrainian intelligence assessments that Russian and Iranian hackers have joined forces, reported