The Russian defence ministry says 150 prisoners were released on each side under the UAE-brokered deal.

Russia has found that expendable convict-soldiers can clear the way for regular troops, but these tactics come at a massive cost.

Russia and Ukraine exchanged over 300 prisoners of war on Monday in a swap facilitated by the United Arab Emirates, just ahead of New Year's

Trump has said he would end the war in Ukraine "within 24 hours" but Sergey Lavrov has poured cold water on plans to halt the fighting revealed in an interview.

In an interview with Russian state news agency TASS published Monday, Lavrov criticized what he said he understood Trump's plane to be. Here is how he phrased it, per an English t

Earlier reports from the Wall Street Journal indicated that Trump’s team is considering a plan to delay Ukraine’s NATO membership by at least 20 years in exchange for continued Western arms supplies and the deployment of European peacekeepers to monitor a ceasefire.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday rejected proposals floated by President-elect Trump’s allies to end the war in Ukraine, dealing a major setback for the incoming president’s hopes to freeze the conflict.