Russia's president has signed a new law on conscription as his forces try to expand their control in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region. Finland has taken the first action on Russia's borders since Helsinki joined NATO.
Finland began erecting the first section of an iron fence on its 1300,<>-kilometer border with Russia, less than two weeks after joining NATO. Ukrainian forces are intensifying preparations to start what it called the spring-summer offensive by accumulating personnel, equipment and ammunition.