Unique trip brings Israeli troops and their loved ones back home together in Chisinau ahead of Rosh Hashanah, after being kept apart by Russian invasion

While Baltic states and Poland toughen entry requirements on respective borders, Germany signals it may offer asylum to those fleeing conscription

Kyiv reprimands Tehran for allegedly providing arms and drones to Russian military; Iran: accusations are 'baseless' propaganda driven by 'foreign media'

3 dual nationals turned away even though restrictions on Russians not applicable to Israeli passport holders; a further eight cases reported on Telegram app

UK defense ministry says Russian forces targeting dam along Siverskyy Donets River in apparent effort to slow Kyiv's counteroffensive by flooding Ukrainian military crossing points

Russian proxies continue to hold breakaway polls, dismissed by Kyiv and its allies as a 'sham'

Potential conscripts fill up flights to seek refuge abroad, including in Israel; Belarussian security forces reportedly tracking down deserters

United Nations investigators find evidence of executions, beatings, electric shocks, rape and torture of children, but too soon to prove crimes against humanity

Kyiv revokes accreditation of Iranian ambassador, orders staff reduction at the mission after country supplies attack drones to Moscow used for 'the murder of peaceful citizens'

Ukrainian leader complains of Jerusalem's refusal to provide air defense systems to his country, indicates its leaders have been disingenuous