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Ukraine, Russia swop 193 prisoners of war each in US, UAE-facilitated exchange

Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) react after a swap, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at an unknown location in Ukraine April 24, 2026. REUTERS/Anatolii Stepanov

Ukrainian commander sacked after troops left starving at front

Photos circulating online of Ukrainian soldiers left at the front since August 2025 without sufficient food or water supplies.

Germany launches spying probe into Signal attacks targeting MPs

Earlier this week Der Spiegel news outlet reported that Parliament speaker Julia Kloeckner’s Signal account had been compromised.

Germany’s Merz says no ‘immediate’ Ukraine EU membership, floats Kyiv joining meetings

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arriving for an informal meeting of the European Council in Nicosia, Cyprus, on April 24.

Russia vows to help Cuba withstand US 'blackmail and threats'

Buildings and street lights illuminate the night as Cubans this week began to reap the benefits of a recent 100,000 metric ton delivery of Russian oil, a temporary lifeline for the energy-starved nation and the first major shipment of oil to the island since the United States moved to cut off its fuel early this year, in Havana, Cuba, April 23, 2026. REUTERS/Norlys Perez

Russia says new EU sanctions will hurt developing countries

Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova attends a joint news conference of Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov following their meeting in Moscow, Russia April 3, 2026. Pavel Bednyakov/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Putin’s approval rating falls to lowest since before Ukraine war, state pollster says

FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council via a video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia, April 17, 2026. Sputnik/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Putin returns 'Iron Felix' Dzerzhinsky to Russia's spy school

FILE PHOTO: A new statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky nicknamed \"Iron Felix\", a Soviet revolutionary who founded the Soviet secret police following the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, rises above a public garden the day after an unveiling ceremony marking Dzerzhinsky's birthday anniversary in Omsk, Russia, September 12, 2025. REUTERS/Alexey Malgavko/File Photo

Forty years after nuclear disaster, Ukraine’s Chernobyl plant is haunted by war

An employee measures a radiation level next to the old sarcophagus covering the damaged fourth reactor, under the New Safe Confinement (NSC) structure at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv region, Ukraine April 22, 2026. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Stuffed toys in US capital symbolise displaced Ukrainian children

Each of the 20,000 stuffed teddy bears installed represent a Ukrainian child abducted by Russia since the start of the full-scale invasion.

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