Live updates on the situation between Russia and Ukraine: Griner has been sent to a penal colony
More than six months after Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of the neighbouring Ukraine, the two nations are engaged in a war for control of eastern and southern regions of Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has vowed to reclaim all Russian-occupied territory. His soldiers launched an operation in August. However, Putin ordered in September a mobilisation of reservists, which is anticipated to call up to 300,000 additional troops. The White House condemns the transfer of Griner to a prison camp. Brittney Griner, the WNBA star jailed in Russia, has been relocated to a correctional camp, a move that White House officials have condemned. "Every minute of Brittney Griner's unlawful detention in Russia is a minute too long," said White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre in a statement released early Wednesday morning. "While the Administration continues to fight relentlessly to achieve her release, the President has ordered the Administ...