Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed on Wednesday that one of the largest prisoner of war (POW) swaps between Ukraine and Russia has taken place.
In a post on X, Zelenskyy announced the return of 175 Ukrainian detainees from Russian captivity. Additionally, 22 more individuals were brought back through “measures beyond exchanges,” marking a significant step in efforts to reunite prisoners with their families amid ongoing tensions between the two nations.
The exchange highlights the continued importance of humanitarian negotiations as both sides seek to address the impact of the war on civilians and military personnel. Zelenskyy’s statement underscored the scale of the swap, emphasizing its significance in the broader context of the conflict.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has alleged that Russian missiles and drones contain tens of thousands of components sourced from Western companies, calling for stricter sanctions to block these supply chains.
The United States will provide Ukraine with intelligence on long-range energy infrastructure targets within Russia, two officials told Reuters on Wednesday (1 October), as it weighs whether to send Kyiv missiles that could be used in such strikes.
The Kremlin on Sunday dismissed warnings from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Russian officials should familiarise themselves with bomb shelters, saying Kyiv was losing the conflict and that its negotiating position was weakening.
On Friday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that reconnaissance drones had breached Ukrainian airspace, based on an initial military assessment indicating that they had flown from Hungary to survey the industrial capacity of areas along Ukraine’s western border.
Video from the USGS (United States Geological Survey) showed on Friday (19 September) the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupting and spewing lava.
At least eight people have died and more than 90 others were injured following a catastrophic gas tanker explosion on a major highway in Mexico City’s Iztapalapa district on Wednesday, authorities confirmed.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
Authorities in California have identified the dismembered body discovered in a Tesla registered to singer D4vd as 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who had been missing from Lake Elsinore since April 2024.
A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on 13 September with no tsunami threat, coming just weeks after the region endured a devastating 8.8-magnitude quake — the strongest since 1952.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is holding a one-on-one meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Dushanbe on Wednesday.
Colombian President Gustavo Pietro has said that the last boat bombed by the Trump led administration was a Colombian vessel carrying Colombian citizens.
Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "compelling and visionary oeuvre" that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art," according to the Swedish Academy.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, hailed their countries’ new trade deal during talks in Mumbai, with London unveiling £1.3 billion in new Indian investments and both leaders pledging deeper cooperation in technology and education.
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