Zelensky aide hits out at Putin’s negotiators after two sides agree prisoner swap - Zelensky says Russia and Ukraine agree to exchange 1,000 prisoners each, potentially rising to 1200

An aide to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Medinsky, claims he held a separate meeting with Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov in Istanbul, TASS reports. "There was a meeting. It played an important role in preparing the general negotiation session,

Though the knock-on effects are unclear, some military commentators have called the strike Russia's "Pearl Harbor." Hopes for direct peace talks, which resumed Monday, remain low.

Vladimir Putin has remained silent for over a day following a series of incidents in Russia. First, in the Bryansk and Kursk regions, railway bridges were blown up. Then, Russian strategic air force bases were subjected to an unprecedented strike by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

During the negotiations in Istanbul, Russia handed over its memorandum on ending the war to Ukraine. The document consists of two parts, states the head of the Russian delegation, aide to the Russian President,

Ukraine on Sunday committed a massive, "Pearl Harbor"-like drone strike on Russia so devastating that experts are expecting a furious reaction from Russian President Vladimir Putin. "We can expect a great deal of sound and fury from Moscow,

Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned President Donald Trump that Russian President Vladimir Putin was grabbing pieces of Ukraine all the way back in 2016.

Two U.S. senators are warning that Russian President Vladimir Putin is stalling on peace while preparing a fresh military offensive against Ukraine.

Sergei Chudinov, the second secretary of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Department of Linguistic Support and interpreter for Russian leader Vladimir Putin, was part of the Russian delegation at the negotiations in Istanbul,