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Russia and Ukraine swap 270 prisoners each, five once presumed dead
Ukraine says five freed people had been listed as dead after the 2022 Olenivka strike, while Moscow received 270 soldiers now staying in Belarus.
- Aug 23
Zelensky urges parliament to pass EU reforms amid interceptor shortages and Russian mobilization
Volodymyr Zelensky urged the Ukrainian parliament to unblock anti-corruption bills required for 28.3 billion euros in European Union loans, while warning that Russia plans to recruit 300,000 soldiers starting in September.
- Aug 18
German court sentences Ukrainian man to 15 months in Russian parcel tracking plot
The Higher Regional Court in Stuttgart sentenced a 30-year-old Ukrainian to 15 months in prison for scouting courier routes for Russian intelligence using test packages, while acquitting two co-defendants.
- Jul 23
Ukraine's Zelensky dismisses General Syrskyi, names Drapatyi as new army chief after street protests
President Zelensky dismissed General Oleksandr Syrskyi on Tuesday and appointed Major General Mykhailo Drapatyi, 43, as Ukraine's new commander-in-chief, following six days of rare wartime protests triggered by the earlier removal of reformist defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov.
- Jul 4
US envoys Witkoff and Kushner urge compromise in Kyiv after Moscow talks with Putin
US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Sunday following a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, urging both sides to compromise as the war threatens to continue into winter.
