Russia accuses Ukraine over car bomb assassination

Half a year into Russia's invasion, Ukraine's soldiers are coming to terms with the reality that the war could drag on for far longer. With a counter-offensive rumoured to be brewing in the south of the country, one battalion near Mykolaiv works to keep their spirits up even as they resist the Russian army’s advances.

Russia on Monday accused Ukraine over the assassination of the daughter of a leading hardliner, as Kyiv said nearly 9,000 of its soldiers had been killed since Moscow launched its invasion.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky warned over the weekend that Russia might mark Ukraine's Independence Day by launching a trial of Ukrainian soldiers captured during the siege of Mariupol.