Ukraine now controls 444 square miles of Russian territory.
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Ukraine’s week-old incursion into Russia has embarrassed Putin. How will it affect the war?
The swift incursion into the Kursk region has exposed Russia’s vulnerabilities and dealt a painful blow to the Kremlin.
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Top Ukrainian commander says his forces control 1,000 square kilometers of Russia’s Kursk region
Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi’s statement is the first public comment from a Ukrainian military official on the gains of the lightning incursion that has embarrassed the Kremlin.
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Zelensky indirectly acknowledges daring military incursion onto Russian soil
The exact aims of the operation remain unclear, and Ukrainian military officials have adopted a policy of secrecy – presumably to ensure its success.
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Russian opposition figure Ilya Yashin says he demanded not to be freed
Ilya Yashin, a longtime ally of the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, says he demanded not to be part of a prisoner exchange and was made to leave Russia against his will.
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Dissidents freed in prisoner swap vow to keep up fight against Putin, recount details of release
The historic trade was in the works for months and unfolded despite relations between Washington and Moscow being at their lowest point since the Cold War after Putin’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
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Things to know about the largest U.S.-Russia prisoner swap in post-Soviet history
Though Thursday’s deal involves the most well-known of the Americans held in Russia, there are still several others who remain detained including Travis Leake, Gordon Black, Marc Fogel and Ksenia Khavana.
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Russia relies on unwitting Americans to spread election disinformation, U.S. officials say
Tumultuous U.S. politics in recent weeks have prompted Russia, Iran and China to revise their propaganda playbook rapidly.
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Thousands in Ukraine honor soldiers killed in blast and urge government to get prisoners freed
Several thousand soldiers and civilians gathered at Kyiv’s Independence Square Sunday to commemorate the second anniversary of an explosion that killed more than 50 Ukrainians Russia held in the Olenivka prison barracks.
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F-16 fighter jets arrive in Ukraine but may not tip advantage against Russia
President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Ukraine needs more than 100 F-16s to combat Russia’s huge air force and has called the quantity of jets Ukraine is receiving ‘insufficient.’