The Kremlin has approved new measures allowing citizens from Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria to gain Russian citizenship more easily. A new decree signed by President Vladimir Putin

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.

Russia tested a new long-range missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads, months after the last treaty with the U.S. expired.

Russian ⁠troops ​have taken ‌control ‌of ⁠the settlements ⁠of Borova and ​Kutkivka ​in Ukraine's ⁠Kharkiv region, ⁠the ⁠RIA state ​news agency ​reported ⁠on ⁠Saturday, citing the Defence Ministry. Reuters ⁠could not independently verify the battlefield ⁠reports.

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.

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,

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Yuri Ushakov, President Vladimir Putin's foreign affairs adviser, both confirmed the agreement for a three-day ceasefire and an exchange of prisoners.

Four years after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia is facing a spring of discontent.

Putin's trip follows shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to Beijing.