Russia and Ukraine successfully exchanged 103 prisoners of war each on Saturday in a deal brokered by the United Arab Emirates. Despite ongoing hostilities, the two nations have managed several POW swaps throughout the conflict, with this latest exchange following a similar deal just three weeks ago.

Kyiv is pushing Washington and London to lift a restriction on firing long-range weapons, sparking an alarming warning from Putin.

Moscow’s envoy to the UN has made the Kremlin’s red line clear

Kyiv and Moscow say military action is under way to retake Russian territory

The Defense Ministry says ten border settlements have been captured in the last 48 hours

The US, UK, France and Germany on Tuesday announced sanctions against Iran for supplying Russia with short-range ballistic missiles to use in its war in Ukraine. In a joint statement, the governments of France, Britain and Germany said they were coordinating a “strong response” with their European and international partners, including cancelling bilateral air agreements with Iran.

If invading Russians seize this vital transport hub, Ukraine could lose the entire Donetsk region.

Russia claimed on Sunday that its forces had taken full control of a town in eastern Ukraine as they advance on the strategically important city of Pokrovsk. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky again urged Kyiv's partners to give him more scope to use Western-supplied weapons against targets inside Russia.

Bill Burns calls Vladimir Putin a ‘bully’ whose ‘sabre-rattling’ should not always be taken literally

Kiev’s incursion in Kursk Region has failed to achieve its goal and may lead to a complete defeat, the Russian president has said

Russian troops are inching ever close to Ukraine’s eastern city of Pokrovsk, a vital logistical hub for Kyiv’s outgunned and outnumbered forces, leading some analysts to question the wisdom of a Ukrainian lightning offensive on Russian soil that was intended to distract Moscow from its Donbas push. 

Dmitry Kuleba has reportedly joined four former cabinet ministers who have already been dismissed by Vladimir Zelensky

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has pleaded for more missile systems and jet fighters to shield the country

Relations between Moscow and Ulaanbaatar are developing in all areas, the Russian leader has said

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed his air force chief after one of the country's F-16 fighter jets crashed while repelling a Russian air attack, killing the pilot, Oleksiy Mes. “We need to protect people. Protect personnel. Take care of all our soldiers,” Zelensky said in an address.

Mariana Bezuglaya believes the military may be hiding the true cause of the incident

The US-made jet reportedly crashed, killing the Western-trained pilot

Why Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, is in a French jail

Finland, as an immediate neighbor of Russia, expressed concern it could be attacked from their side 

Despite its overwhelming firepower, Russia has been unable for weeks to push Ukrainian troops back across the border, with the failure as much the result of priorities as a lack of personnel.