Russia launched more than 1,600 drones and missiles over a 30-hour period, marking the most intense aerial attack since the beginning of the full-scale war in 2022. Ukrainian air defenses intercepted a significant portion,

By Thomas Peter and Olena Harmash KYIV/MOSCOW, May 15 (Reuters) - Russia and Ukraine swapped 205 prisoners of war each on Friday, part of an agreement linked to a three-day ceasefire earlier this month brokered by U.

Typical nighttime drone waves are giving way to massive attacks that last days, with the most recent bombardment involving over 1,500 drones.

Rescue workers ended search operations Friday at the devastated building, which was struck this week during Russia’s heaviest air attack on the Ukrainian capital this year.

Last month, Ukraine managed to liberate more land than Russia seized – the first time Moscow suffered a net loss of territory since Ukraine’s 2024 Kursk incursion.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said that Russia and Ukraine had a prisoner exchange on Thursday, each side releasing 205.

Thirty-four European states – along with Australia and Costa Rica – said Friday they would join a proposed special tribunal for Ukraine. The future legal body would allow Kyiv to prosecute Russia for a "crime of aggression" over its invasion.

The Ukrainian flag has been removed from outside Essex County Council's offices by the newly elected Reform UK administration. A second Union flag was instead put up in its place outside County Hall in Chelmsford on Friday.

A deal is taking shape for the U.S. and Ukraine to jointly develop and build weapons that have been at the forefront of the wars in both Ukraine and Iran.

The death toll from a Russian missile attack that flattened a Kyiv apartment building rose Friday to 24, including three teenagers, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said as he led the mourning for one of the deadliest attacks on the capital in the 4-year-old war.