Another interest-rate cut highlights the narrowing path for the country’s central bank amid the strains of immense wartime spending.

KYIV/MOSCOW, April 24 (Reuters) - Ukraine and Russia conducted a prisoner of war swap on Friday, sending back 193 captured personnel each in an exchange both sides said was facilitated by the United States and the United Arab Emirates.

Russia added longer launch rails at a drone base to support newer variants of its Geran family of loitering munitions, satellite images show.

Russia said on Friday ⁠that ⁠it stood in solidarity ⁠with Cuba and would continue to provide humanitarian aid ​to the Communist‑run island republic, rejecting what it described as blackmail and threats ‌from Washington.

Prince Harry​ made an unannounced visit to Ukraine​ on Thursday to show his support for the country.

Russia has lost 1,323,460 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on April 24. The number includes 910 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, will set off Friday on a trip to Pakistan, Oman and Russia, state media in Tehran said, amid a push to end the conflict with the U.S. Previous talks in Pakistan with Washington failed earlier this month.

Europeans have to step up and defend their own interests because the U.S., China and Russia are now all “dead against” them, French President Emmanuel Macron warned on Friday. “We should not underestimate that this is a unique moment where a U.

Prince Harry appeared in Ukraine Thursday for an unannounced visit to support the country that has been under attack by Russia for more than four years, urge Russia to stop fighting, and call on the U.

The Centre said while some individuals were misled by unscrupulous agents, many had entered into "voluntary contracts" with Russian entities