Dasha Litvinova

FILE – United States Vice-President JD Vance, second right, and United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio, third right, meet with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, third left, during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

Russia and US agree to work toward ending Ukraine war in a remarkable diplomatic shift

February 18, 2025 at 3:45 p.m.

Russia and the U.S. agreed Tuesday to start working toward ending the war in Ukraine and improving their diplomatic and economic ties, the two countries' top diplomats said after talks...

Reporter Evan Gershkovich is greeted on the tarmac by his mother, Ella Milman, as President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris look on at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., following his release as part of a 24-person prisoner swap between Russia and the United States, Aug. 1, 2024. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

Kremlin acknowledges intelligence operatives among the Russians who were freed in swap

August 2, 2024 at 11:28 a.m.

New details emerged Friday on the largest prisoner swap since the Cold War, with the Kremlin acknowledging for the first time that some of the Russians held in the West...

This photo combination shows Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, left, corporate security executive Paul Whelan, top right, and Russian opposition figure Ilya Yashin. (AP Photo)

Journalists, political activists and Kremlin critics. Here’s who’s in the massive prisoner swap between Russia and the West.

August 2, 2024 at 6:27 a.m.

The prisoners released by Russia include journalists, veteran political activists and those simply opposed to the war in Ukraine.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris greet reporter Evan Gershkovich at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., following his release as part of a 24-person prisoner swap between Russia and the United States, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

US and Russia complete biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history, freeing Gershkovich and Whelan

August 2, 2024 at 6:21 a.m.

The United States and Russia completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history on Thursday, with Moscow releasing Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and Michigan corporate security executive Paul...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy walks during the Summit on peace in Ukraine, in Obbürgen, Switzerland, Sunday, June 16, 2024. (Michael Buholzer/Keystone via AP)

The war between Russia and Ukraine is set to grind on as a diplomatic conference packs little punch

June 17, 2024 at 9:26 a.m.

Russia and Ukraine are set to remain locked in battle for the foreseeable future after an international gathering billed as a first step toward peace delivered no eye-catching diplomatic breakthrough...

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting at the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow, Russia, Friday, June 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Putin offers truce if Ukraine exits Russian-claimed areas and drops NATO bid. Kyiv rejects it

June 14, 2024 at 1:13 p.m.

Russian President Vladimir Putin promised Friday to “immediately” order a cease-fire in Ukraine and start negotiations if Kyiv began withdrawing troops from the four regions annexed by Moscow in 2022...

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