Moscow and Kiev have swapped 115 troops each in a prisoner exchange, the Russian Defense Ministry has said

Residents of eastern Ukraine's Pokrovsk resisted leaving home for months as fighting raged in the villages near the strategic Donbas city. But as Russian forces advance on the transport hub, many residents are now choosing to flee. FRANCE 24's Gulliver Cragg reports from Pokrovsk.

The Ukrainians must defend a critical front in their country’s east, including the city of Pokrovsk, while trying to press forward in western Russia.

Eleven UAVs have been downed in the vicinity of the Russian capital overnight, according to the Defense Ministry

Moscow’s forces have eliminated a large group of Ukrainian troops near the heavily-fortified town, the Defense Ministry has reported

President Volodymyr Zelensky wants to hold Russian territory as leverage in future talks. In Moscow, many doubt the strategy.

Kiev may have launched its Kursk incursion to provoke a drastic response by Moscow, President Alexander Lukashenko believes

All over the world, the old military rules are being broken, this has the potential to become very dangerous

The Ukrainian attack has already led to civilian casualties, the National Antiterrorism Committee has said

The attack on Kursk has led some Russians to call for a deeper military push into Ukraine.

Mali has accused Kiev of violating its sovereignty and supporting international terrorism

Ukraine reaches out to both Harris and Trump, either of whom could end up in office

Russia and the West need mutual security guarantees for the crisis to be resolved, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said

The US-led military bloc does not want to become directly involved in the Ukraine conflict, Jens Stoltenberg has claimed

Foreign Minister Wang Yi has responded to the military bloc’s claims that Beijing is shoring up Russia’s defense industry