Estimates from researchers in the U.S. in July suggested that the Kremlin faces eye-watering costs for its payouts to troops injured in the war in Ukraine.

LONDON (Reuters) - A military court in Moscow sentenced a 43-year-old woman to eight years in a penal colony on Thursday for posting anti-war comments online, including several calling for the assassination of President Vladimir Putin, Russian news agencies reported.

Ukrainian soldiers on the front know the re-election of Donald Trump will change their lives, but most say that they can't afford to lose focus on their more urgent mission: holding back Russian troops.