My friend has cool stairs

and her hydrangea is in bloom

Russia and Belarus have a potato shortage. Prices jumped 166.5% over a year ago. 

The Russian major who ordered the bombing of Mariupol in 2022 was killed. A grenade went off while he was sitting on a bench, drinking. 

European Commission President Ursula von Der Leyden said Europe must increase defense spending and admit Ukraine into the EU.