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Russia hits Ukraine with its largest missile and drones attack of the war
At least four people were killed and 16 were injured in the attacks on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and itsoutlying areas on Saturday. Russia’s defence ministry said that it expected the exchange of Russian prisoners of war with Ukraine to continue as scheduled. The attack came on the third day of a planned prisoner swap between…
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The memoir about her captivity in Russia will be written byBrittney
Two-time Olympic gold-winning US basketball player Gillian Griner, who spent nearly 300 days in Russian custody after being detained in February 2022, has released her new book. “That day was…beginning of an unfathomable period in my life which only now am I ready to share,” she said in the news release. Griner was released in…
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Russia demanded that a spy held in Germany be freed.
US President Joe Biden said the government is in “close contact” with the family of Paul Whelan, an American man who has been detained in Russia since 2018. This comes after Russian authorities released American Brittney Griner and jailed Russian citizen Viktor Bout in a prisoner swap. The US is working to secure Whelan’s release,…