Iran’s leaders see that fear of a nuclear exchange is the principal restraint on military action against Russia, and the mullahs believe they will enjoy the same protection once their mission is accomplished.

The Russian military said it had control of Kherson, and local Ukrainian officials confirmed that forces have taken over local government headquarters in the Black Sea port of 280,000, making it the first major city to fall since the invasion began a week ago. 

Primak, 36 managed to make his way by train to Hungary and then boarded a flight to Tel Aviv after initially being denied exit due to his citizenship.

Olga Voytenko is worried of getting hurt or losing her house in the fighting. Sarit and Alex Haiman from Israel have asked the Israeli Foreign Ministry to help them get Voytenko and her two children out of the country.

In "Servant of the People," former actor and comedian Volodymyr Zelenskyy plays a high school teacher propelled to the presidency after a student's video of him denouncing official corruption in Ukraine goes viral.