Russia announced on Tuesday that 265 Ukrainian soldiers had surrendered after staging a last stand at the besieged Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol, prompting Kiev to demand a prisoner exchange. After a weeks-long siege, Moscow took control of the strategic port city of Mariupol last month, but hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers remained holed up in underground … Read more
two military pilots caught by Moscow’s forces last month and held in Russia have been delivered, without giving details of their return said Ukraine on Thursday “Two Ukrainian pilots who were held captive by Russian occupiers were released,” Ukraine’s defense ministry said in a statement on social media. It recognized the men as Ivan Pepelyashko … Read more
MOSCOW: The Kremlin on Wednesday played down hopes of a breakthrough following peace talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegates in Istanbul a day earlier. “We cannot state that there was anything too promising or any breakthroughs,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “There is a lot of work to be done,” Peskov said. He added that … Read more
