The European Commission has approved $4.25 billion in grants and loans under the Ukraine Facility program, part of a broader $50 billion package. Ursula von der Leyen, head of the

Russia is changing the rules for payments made to soldiers wounded in the war on Ukraine as the costs of the invasion pile up.

The current maximum amount of compensation is 3 million rubles (nearly $29,000), but the severity of the injury is not considered for its allocation. The change approved by Putin classifies injuries into three categories.