On what is supposed to be Christianity's most joyful day, Pope Francis made an anguished Easter Sunday plea for peace in the "senseless" war in Ukraine and in other armed conflicts in the world.
Russian forces renewed missile strikes on Kyiv and intensified shelling of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, in preparation for what is expected to be a full-scale Russian assault in the east.
One of Europe's poorest countries, Moldova has a separatist region that hosts 1,500 Russian troops. Since the Ukraine war, Moldova has applied to join the EU, even as it keeps a policy of neutrality.
A day after Moscow suffered a stinging symbolic defeat with the loss of the flagship of its Black Sea fleet, Russia's Defense Ministry has promised to ramp up missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital.
Demonstrators used high-powered lights to project the Ukrainian flag onto the walls of the Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C. The Russians tried to outshine the flags with a spotlight, but failed.
Artist Aleksandra Skochilenko reportedly swapped in a tag at a St. Petersburg supermarket with a note about the bombing of a Mariupol art school. Her lawyer said a shopper reported her to the police.