A Russian overnight attack on February 3, 2026, damaged the iconic Motherland monument in Kyiv, a key Soviet-era World War II memorial, according to Ukraine's culture minister. 


Russian Attack Damages Iconic Soviet-Era WWII Monument, Heating to Over 1,100 Buildings in Kyiv Cut

In pics | Ukraine rids 'Motherland' monument in Kyiv of Soviet era symbols

Wagner fighters had successfully reached a Russian nuclear base, Voronezh-45, with the intention of seizing small Soviet-era nukes to "raise the stakes" in their recent failed mutiny, reported Reuters quoting Ukraine's head of military intelligence Kyrylo Budanov.

Wagner fighters tried to seize Soviet-era nukes to 'raise stakes' in mutiny: Report

Millions of minds and unexploded grenades are scattered across Afghanistan. Decades of war have led the country to deal with military explosives by itself. Even though Afghanistan has a team dedicated to clearing the remnants of conflict, the lack of resources and people moving back home to areas earlier turned inaccessible.

Afghanistan: Threat of mines, explosives scattered across the country

Russia’s oldest human rights group which was founded in 1980s to document the political suppressions under the Soviet Union was ordered to closed down by the country’s Supreme Court.

Russian Supreme Court shuts down country’s oldest human rights group Memorial International

German government on Wednesday said that based on the tests performed on Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, it is likely that he was poisoned with a Soviet-era nerve agent called “Novichok”.

Russian opposition leader Navalny was poisoned with Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok: Germany

Putin was in Beijing for China's 'One Belt, One Road' summit

As he awaits talks with China's Xi, Putin plays piano

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