Russia and Ukraine exchanged prisoners of war after UAE mediation in the first significant swap since August. Meanwhile, Russia says it has downed 12 Ukrainian missiles over the Belgorod region. DW has the latest.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said 200 people, including soldiers who fought at the Azovstal steelworks in the southern city of Mariupol, have been released from Russian captivity.
Ukraine has appealed for US-made F-16s to boost its air force as it fights off Russia’s invasion, but its pilots, who are largely used only to Soviet-era warplanes, need to learn to adapt to the more modern aircraft.
Poland’s foreign minister has urged the West to tighten sanctions on Moscow and give Kyiv long-range missiles as Russia escalates its airstrikes on its neighbor.
“We should respond to the latest onslaught on Ukraine in language that [Russian President Vladimir] Putin understands: by tightening sanctions so that he cannot make new weapons with smuggled components and by giving Kyiv long range missiles that will enable it to take out launch sites and command centers,” Radoslaw Sikorski wrote on the messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has called on Moscow and Kyiv to exercise restraint after recent attacks from both sides claimed civilian casualties
Regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov spoke of a “tense” situation in Belgorod, where Russia says Ukrainian attacks killed 25 civilians including five children on Saturday.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said 200 people, including soldiers who fought at the Azovstal steelworks in the southern city of Mariupol, have been released from Russian captivity.
Ukraine has appealed for US-made F-16s to boost its air force as it fights off Russia’s invasion, but its pilots, who are largely used only to Soviet-era warplanes, need to learn to adapt to the more modern aircraft.
Poland’s foreign minister has urged the West to tighten sanctions on Moscow and give Kyiv long-range missiles as Russia escalates its airstrikes on its neighbor.
“We should respond to the latest onslaught on Ukraine in language that [Russian President Vladimir] Putin understands: by tightening sanctions so that he cannot make new weapons with smuggled components and by giving Kyiv long range missiles that will enable it to take out launch sites and command centers,” Radoslaw Sikorski wrote on the messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has called on Moscow and Kyiv to exercise restraint after recent attacks from both sides claimed civilian casualties
Regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov spoke of a “tense” situation in Belgorod, where Russia says Ukrainian attacks killed 25 civilians including five children on Saturday.
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