Hunger Strike Over Mistreatment. The 46-year-old reporter was detained shortly after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 for accusing Russian forces of bombing a theater

Maria Ponomarenko, a Siberian journalist, has declared a hunger strike while serving a six-year sentence for speaking against the war in Ukraine. Accused of spreading false information about the Russian military,

"We think it lays out a strategy and a plan that can work," she said. Miller told a news briefing Blinken had learned about the plan during a visit to Kyiv and shared the ambassador's assessment. He said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had said he looked forward to presenting the plan in detail to President Joe Biden.

The Russian military has suffered significant losses in the Ukraine war, with casualties exceeding 630,000 troops. Despite an impressive force generation capability over 940 days of fighting, Russia is struggling to replenish its ranks.

A journalist from Siberia, Maria Ponomarienko, who is serving a six-year prison sentence for opposing Russia's aggression against Ukraine, has announced a hunger strike behind bars. The information was reported by the RusNews portal on Telegram on Tuesday.