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Russia launched 122 missiles and 36 drones against Ukrainian targets, officials said Friday, killing at least 18 civilians across the country in what an air force official said was the biggest aerial barrage of the 22-month war.

Early optimism is being replaced by anxiety as politics threatens Ukraine's aid channels

Russia fired almost 50 Shahed drones at targets in Ukraine and shelled a train station where more than 100 civilians were gathered to catch a train to Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said Wednesday. The barrages killed at least five people and knocked out power in most of the southern city of Kherson.

Russia on Monday said its forces now fully controlled the town of Maryinka in eastern Ukraine, which President Vladimir Putin hailed as a "success" that would mean less shelling on the nearby Russian-held city of Donetsk.

One person was killed and several others were injured in Feodosia, civilian authorities have said

She said Navalny’s lawyer had visited him earlier Monday and that the jailed activist was “doing well.”

The United States has voiced deepening concern over the fate of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who has not been heard from since early December.

Nikolai Patrushev, a top ally of the Russian leader for decades, put in motion the assassination of the mutinous chief of the Wagner mercenary group.

The economy is headed back to its prewar level as manufacturers have pivoted to new markets and products while consumers have kept spending.

Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has claimed that US, UK, and Polish military personnel are operating air defense and multiple launch rocket systems

Ukrainian inner-military circles have been targeted previously

Behind the GOP’s shifting excuses for abandoning Ukraine

The activation of Article 7 was reportedly floated after Budapest blocked a massive financial support package for Kiev

. The office of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) office declined to comment.

Hungary has blocked €50bn ($55bn; £43bn) in EU aid for Ukraine - just hours after an agreement was reached on starting membership talks.

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine welcomed the breakthrough in Ukraine’s official opening of accession negotiations to join the bloc. Securing more financial aid will have to wait.

Washington or its allies are the probable culprits in the sabotage of the Russian gas pipelines, the president has claimed

The decision offers an important sign of support, as Ukraine’s progress in fighting off Russia has largely stalled and U.S. commitment to funding has wavered.

The Russian president blamed Washington for masterminding the 2014 coup in Kiev, which led to the current conflict

Ukraine’s capital came under another ballistic missile attack early Wednesday, resulting in more than 50 injuries and several damaged buildings, officials said.