In the remote village of Sedanka in Russia's Far East, almost all of its fighting-age men have left to join the Ukraine war.

Sedanka has only 250 residents, but dozens of its men left for the front. It is wondering whether recognition that the government promised will ever arrive.

Russian forces continue to fortify in Hrabovske, Sumy region. In particular, the enemy is remotely mining the approaches to the village to prevent counterattacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, states ...