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Biden
OPINION: The Price of Freedom: Ethics and Implications of August 1 Prisoner Exchange
Thursday’s prisoner exchange, while it freed those illegally detained, it promoted hostage diplomacy, lacked transparency and raised concerns about the West’s commitment.
Aug. 3, 2024
Ukraine
Ukrainians Cautious After Russia-West Prisoner Swap - WP
Ukrainian officials have expressed anxiety about the possibility of secret negotiations between the West and Moscow, fearing they might be excluded from crucial discussions.
Aug. 3, 2024
Venezuela Set for New Protests after Maduro win Ratified
Post election stand-off in Venezuela and beyond intensifies.
Aug. 3, 2024
US
Russia Prisoner Swap: Turkey's Diplomatic Coup
Russia Prisoner Swap: Turkey's Diplomatic Coup
Aug. 3, 2024
British Intelligence
British Defence Intelligence Update Ukraine 3 August 2024
Latest from the British Defence Intelligence.
Aug. 3, 2024
Ukraine
‘Russia Started Its Attacks on Ukraine 20 Years Ago,’ Says Former EU Ambassador to Ukraine
Jose Manuel Pinto Teixeira served as EU Ambassador to Ukraine in Kyiv from 2008 to 2012. Kyiv Post interviewed the Portuguese diplomat about those crucial years and how they foreshadowed the war.
Aug. 3, 2024
US
OPINION: Putin Wants to Deal
What does renowned analyst Timothy Ash see as the main takeaways from this week’s Russia-West prisoner swap.
Aug. 3, 2024
Biden
Russia Abandons Missile and Military Equipment Transfer to Houthis Under Saudi Pressure
Russia allegedly considered providing weapons to the Houthis in response to the Biden administration permitting Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied arms on Russian soil.
Aug. 3, 2024
Poland
Efforts to Free Polish Journalist from Belarus Prison are Ongoing, says FM
The Polish foreign minister has said that efforts to free the Polish journalist held in Belarus are being “pursued separately” from the latest large-scale prisoner swap between Russia and the West.
Aug. 3, 2024
No Anthem, No Flag as Belarusian Wins Paris Olympics Gold
Athletes from Russia and ally Belarus are competing under a neutral banner after being banned from world sport following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Aug. 3, 2024
Europe
Eurotopics: Major Prisoner Swap - a Success?
The largest prisoner exchange between Western states and Russia since the end of the Cold War took place on Thursday.
Aug. 3, 2024
Putin
Exchanged Sleeper Agents' Kids Didn’t Know They Were Russian
The children of the Russian sleeper agents arrested in Slovenia, who were released as part of yesterday’s prisoner swap, only learned their true nationality on the plane to Moscow.
Aug. 3, 2024
War in Ukraine
Oil War: How Kyiv Outsmarted Hungary’s Viktor Orban
Ukraine has dealt a financial blow to Hungary’s leadership, but in doing so did not violate any points of its association agreement with the EU.
Aug. 3, 2024
War in Ukraine
ISW Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 02, 2024
War in Ukraine - Latest update, key takeaways and map from the Institute for the Study of War on August 02, 2024
Aug. 3, 2024
US
How Putin Might Gain or Lose From the Prisoner Swap
A total of 24 people were freed in Thursday's exchange -- 16 headed to the West and eight to Russia -- in the biggest prisoner swap deal since the Cold War.
Aug. 2, 2024
Ukraine
Kremlin Says Prisoner Deal 'Completely Different' From Ukraine
There were official talks between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators in 2022 in the weeks following the start of Russia's offensive but there have been none since then.
Aug. 2, 2024
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