Russia, Ukraine swap 206 prisoners in exchange deal
Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 206 prisoners of war, said the Russian Defence Ministry.
Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 206 prisoners of war, said the Russian Defence Ministry.
India’s growing fuel demand and its call for increased oil output from OPEC+ reflect the country’s evolving energy needs.
While discussions over whether or not Ukrainian forces should be permitted to utilise weaponry provided by the West to launch attacks deeper into Russia go on, the Biden administration said it is getting ready to send a sizable aid package to Ukraine in the upcoming weeks.
Russia's central bank has increased its key interest rate from 18 per cent to 19 percent in an effort to curb inflation, the bank said in a statement on Friday.
Amid proactive diplomacy by India to bring Russia and Ukraine to the negotiating table, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval met his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu on the sidelines of the BRICS NSAs meeting in St Petersburg.
Nonetheless, the president also called on Ukraine's allies to supply the country with further military aid.
In the east, the focus of the recent Russian offensive, carrying women, children, elderly people and many with reduced mobility to safer territory in the west was the priority this week.
The view from Kiev is that even a limited cease-fire, forget an end to hostilities, presents two grave perils for Ukraine.
The push was aimed at positioning Russian forces for an assault on Soledar and Bakhmut and expanding Russian control to the west of the city of Donetsk, it added.
The 31-year-old Griner admitted possessing cannabis oil but told the court she made an "honest mistake". However, the court convicted her of smuggling and possessing narcotics, and gave her close to the maximum sentence recommended by prosecutors.
