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Archive image accompanying BelTA's report on the Russia-Ukraine prisoner exchange in Gomel

Russia Says It Exchanged 270 Prisoners of War With Ukraine

Russia says it returned 270 Ukrainian prisoners of war in exchange for 270 Russian servicemen on October 23. The returned Russians are in Belarus; the sources reviewed did not include Ukrainian confirmation

October 23, 2026

News

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a black shirt speaking from his office in Kyiv

Zelenskyy Says US Blocked Missile Intelligence; Bessent Calls It Reckless

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told NBC's "Meet the Press" that Washington blocked ballistic missile intelligence for three days before restoring it. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, asked why, said he did not know about

October 18, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen shake hands in front of Hungarian and EU flags

Magyar Lets Ukrainian Grain Cross Hungary but Doubts Zelensky Will Follow

Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar says there is "no obstacle" to Ukrainian grain crossing his country after Zelensky asked in Brussels. He also says the Ukrainian president is unlikely to attend Budapest's

October 18, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Ukrainian soldiers in body armor and helmets run along a dirt track beside a sunflower field in the Huliaipole district

Ukraine Says Russians Executed Two POWs, but Its Intercept Is Unreleased

Ukraine's Southern Forces Group says Russian soldiers were ordered to "take them out immediately" and executed two unarmed prisoners on the Huliaipole front. The radio intercept behind the claim is unpublished, the

October 18, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

An air defense vehicle fires, with a muzzle flash and smoke around its turret

Fire at St. Petersburg Oil Terminal as Russia Says It Downed 126 Drones

Pulkovo Airport moved passengers to safe locations and a fire broke out at the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal after a Ukrainian drone attack, TASS reported. The governor's drone count differs between TASS

October 18, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

A steelworker in a hard hat guides a ladle hook beside a glowing furnace opening in the open-hearth shop at Zaporizhstal

Moscow Says It Struck Zaporizhstal, a Steel Plant Its Owner Says Is Shut

Russia's Defense Ministry said it struck Zaporizhstal, a Kryvyi Rih metals plant, a transformer factory and a Zhytomyr substation overnight. Metinvest, the steelworks' owner, says production stopped in August, and Ukraine's Energy

October 17, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Vladimir Putin in military-style jacket speaks at a table with a microphone and Russian flag behind him at a Joint Force command post

Putin Puts Border Security Zone Beyond Talks as Generals Claim Dobropolye

Putin told commanders on Friday that Russia will not make its border security zone a subject of any peace talks with Ukraine, hours after generals reported capturing Dobropolye. Every figure comes from

October 16, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Pope Leo XIV raises his right hand in blessing at a clear lectern during the Sunday Angelus

Pope Leo Asks Putin for Oleshky Ceasefire; Kremlin Readout Never Says It

Pope Leo asked Putin for a ceasefire in Oleshky, the Holy See says, three days after his lung cancer surgery. The Kremlin's account of the same call never mentions one and says

October 16, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Distillation columns, pipe racks and chimneys of the Ryazan oil refinery behind a yellow Rosneft road sign under a grey sky

Ryazan Refinery Burns, Schools Shut, and Moscow Says Kyiv Never Paused

Schools and kindergartens in two districts of Ryazan stayed shut after a fire at the city's oil refinery, which the Russian Defence Ministry says Ukraine attacked with 69 drones and four Flamingo

October 16, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shakes hands with Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever at a European Council summit in Brussels

Europe Tells US Frozen Russian Assets Stay Put, but Not Who Spends Them

European leaders rejected a US proposal to place 200 billion euros in frozen Russian assets under Washington's control. Using the money for Ukraine still needs a consensus nobody has produced, and Zelensky

October 15, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Ukraine

Russia Says It Exchanged 270 Prisoners of War With Ukraine

Zelenskyy Says US Blocked Missile Intelligence; Bessent Calls It Reckless

Magyar Lets Ukrainian Grain Cross Hungary but Doubts Zelensky Will Follow

Ukraine Says Russians Executed Two POWs, but Its Intercept Is Unreleased

Fire at St. Petersburg Oil Terminal as Russia Says It Downed 126 Drones

Moscow Says It Struck Zaporizhstal, a Steel Plant Its Owner Says Is Shut

Putin Puts Border Security Zone Beyond Talks as Generals Claim Dobropolye

Pope Leo Asks Putin for Oleshky Ceasefire; Kremlin Readout Never Says It

Ryazan Refinery Burns, Schools Shut, and Moscow Says Kyiv Never Paused

Europe Tells US Frozen Russian Assets Stay Put, but Not Who Spends Them

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Russia Says It Exchanged 270 Prisoners of War With Ukraine