Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls on the US to exercise its ‘power to force Russia into peace’.

Russia launches hours-long drone strike on Kyiv and Odesa

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The only tangible outcome of the Istanbul talks last week between Russia and Ukraine has been the exchange of prisoners of war (POWs), with a swap that began Monday for soldiers aged between 18 and 25.

Anastasia Nahorna waited in Ukraine’s Chernyhiv region to see if her husband – who has been missing for eight months – was among those being released in the latest prisoner exchange.