Russia and Ukraine swapped 190 prisoners of war on October 18 under an agreement completed with the help of the United Arab Emirates. The U.A.E. mediated the exchange, the country’s state news agency ...

Isabel van Brugen is a Newsweek Reporter based in Kuala Lumpur. Her focus is reporting on the Russia-Ukraine war. Isabel joined Newsweek in 2021 and had previously worked with news outlets including ...

Russia claims that a body exchange with Ukraine in the 6,000 for 6,000 format has already begun. This turned out to be false, according to Vladimir Rogov, head of the commission of Russia’s Public ...

The Wall Street Journal announced one of its reporters is being released from Russian custody as part of the biggest prisoner swap between Russia and Western countries since the Cold War. Journalist ...

CHERNIHIV REGION, Ukraine — Russia and Ukraine began a major prisoner exchange Friday, swapping hundreds of soldiers and civilians in the first phase of an exchange that was a moment of cooperation in ...

President Trump said Friday that Russia and Ukraine had carried out a large exchange of prisoners from their more than three-year war, while Ukrainian and Russian officials said the swap was ongoing ...

Ukraine and Russia have conducted a prisoner exchange involving 410 soldiers -- 205 from each side -- the latest in a series of swaps resulting from their ongoing war. The Russian Defense Ministry ...