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Russia has threatened to start World War III if enemy Ukraine is granted membership into NATO.

In the wake of Russian missile strikes all across Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called for fresh sanctions against Moscow for “such a new wave of terror”.

Several thrilling explosions rocked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and the cities of Lviv, Ternopil and Dnipro on Monday.

A Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia overnight struck apartment buildings and killed at least 17 people.

Ukraine’s reaction to the explosion that damaged the Crimean bridge speaks to the ‘terrorist nature’ of its leadership, Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said.

Russian authorities said that a truck bomb on Saturday caused a fire and the collapse of a section of a bridge linking Russia-annexed Crimea with Russia - a key supply artery for Moscow’s faltering war effort in southern Ukraine.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday said Ukrainian forces have recaptured nearly 2,500 square kilometers (965 square miles) of territory from Russia in a counteroffensive that began late last month.

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded this year to Ales Bialiatski, a jailed Belarus rights activist, the Russian group Memorial, and the Ukrainian organisation Center for Civil Liberties.

The International Monetary Fund's managing director has warned of rising recession risks as the lender downgrades its growth forecast for next year.

More than 35 people, including at least 23 children, were killed Thursday in a shooting at a childcare centre in the northwest of the Thailand.