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Ukraine and Russia commence new prisoner of war exchange

Ukraine and Russia have started a new prisoners of war exchange, following the agreement reached at the second round of direct talks in Istanbul last Monday. Kyiv and Moscow agreed that the exchange would include young soldiers under 25 years old and those severely ill.

Euronews

Ukraine says latest POWs swap with Russia to go ahead after duelling words

Kyiv says agreed exchange with Moscow of captured soldiers, bodies will start ‘next week’ after delay accusations made.

Al Jazeera

After minerals deal, Trump approves arms to Ukraine, plays down peace plan

Trump has approved a $310m sale of F-16 parts and support, and told Russia and Ukraine to sort out their own ceasefire.

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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events – day 1,093

Here are the key developments on the 1,093rd day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Putin will agree Ukraine ceasefire in 2025, says spy chief as Trump sparks fury with Russia deal plan

The Russian president and Donald Trump are pushing ahead with controversial plans to try to reach a peace agreement for Ukraine

Evening Standard

Zelenskyy’s week from hell: shock in Ukraine as Trump abandons Kyiv

As the president and his officials rip up three years of US rhetoric on supporting Kyiv, Volodymyr Zelenskyy is walking an unenviable diplomatic tightrope

The Guardian - UK

Russia threatens Europe with strikes while gnawing at Ukraine’s east

Moscow threatens retaliation after the US allowed Ukraine to strike Russia, keeping alive its implied nuclear menace.

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Russia returns 500 dead soldiers to Ukraine as world leaders mull next steps

Russia has returned to Ukraine the bodies of 501 soldiers in what appears to be the biggest repatriation of war dead since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022

The Independent UK

Ukraine bans Telegram messenger app on state-issued devices because of Russian security threat

Ukraine has banned government officials, military personnel and other defense and critical infrastructure workers from installing the popular Telegram messaging app on state-issued devices

The Independent UK

Talk of Ukraine’s missile deal riles Russia; Kyiv vows to make more weapons

Ukrainian officials lay out plans for domestic defence industry as they await word from Western powers.

Al Jazeera

Zelensky orders purge of Ukraine’s state guard in wake of alleged assassination plots

The state security service (SBU) said last month that it had caught two guard service colonels accused of cooperating with Russia to plot the assassination of the Ukrainian president, military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov and other officials

The Independent UK

Putin is playing a game of thrones with his inner circle. And one man is rising in the shadows

Sergei Borisovich Korolev, the first deputy director of the FSB, is said by European officials to have emerged a winner behind the scenes in the Russian president’s recent Kremlin reshuffle. Kim Sengupta reports

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war: UK to expel Russian defence attache, who it claims is ‘undeclared military intelligence officer’ – as it happened

Several Russian diplomatic premises that UK believes have been used by Russian intelligence also closed

The Guardian - UK

Zelenskiy assassination plot foiled by security service, says Ukraine

Two Ukrainian colonels allegedly recruited by FSB to kill president as inauguration ‘gift’ for Vladimir Putin

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International Business Times

Ukraine Says Thwarted Russian-led Plot To Kill Zelensky

Ukraine said Tuesday it had unravelled a Russian plot to assassinate senior Ukrainian political and military figures, including President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Evening Standard

Two Russian agents 'caught plotting to kill Volodymyr Zelensky as gift for Putin' - security chiefs

The alleged plan was said to include taking Ukraine’s president hostage before executing him

The Guardian - UK

‘No choice’: Ukraine eyes Kerch bridge in Crimea for drone attack

Third attack on Kerch bridge between Russia and occupied Crimea ‘inevitable’, say Ukraine’s military intelligence

The Guardian - UK

Russian pilot who defected found dead in Spain, says Ukraine security agency

Maksim Kuzminov, who changed sides in secret operation, killed after allegedly moving to Alicante, reports suggest

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Al Jazeera

Russia and Ukraine exchange 100 prisoners each after UAE mediation

President Zelenskyy says a total of 3,135 Ukrainians were freed from Russian captivity and hopes exchanges continue.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine’s Zaluzhny touts drones as path to victory; Russia suffers strikes

In the past week of war, Ukraine strikes a missile corvette, an airfield and an oil refinery with missiles and drones.

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: Why Ukrainian military chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi is on the brink of being forced out

In today’s newsletter: After a week of speculation, Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he was ready to replace his military chief – why, and what now?

International Business Times

Budanov: Enigmatic Ukraine Spy Chief Behind Attacks Inside Russia

Enigmatic and unflappable, spy chief Kyrylo Budanov has built up a legendary reputation in Ukraine with a series of daring operations against Russia.

Al Jazeera

Is Zelenskyy planning to fire Ukraine’s popular top army commander?

Valerii Zaluzhnyi has been blamed for last year’s anticlimactic counteroffensive against Russian troops.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 707

As the war enters its 707th day, these are the main developments.

International Business Times

Ukraine Presses Russia For Proof Over POW Deaths

Ukraine on Saturday pressed Russia to provide proof that a military plane shot down earlier in the week had been carrying dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war, as it claimed.

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