Ukraine sealed a major prisoner swap with Russia, an exchange that included handing over a key ally of President Vladimir Putin in return for leading defenders of Mariupol under a deal facilitated in part by Turkey and Saudi Arabia.
Moscow and Kyiv have accused each other of shelling the Zaporizhzhia plant, the biggest atomic power station in Europe, which has been under Russian control since March.
View of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant during the Ukraine-Russia conflict outside Enerhodar, Ukraine s Zaporizhzhia region, 4 August, 2022. Ukraine s Interior Minister said that Ukraine must be prepared for any scenario at Zaporizhzhia, the Russian-controlled nuclear power plant. This includes evacuating civilians from the affected area. Russia and Ukraine-installed officials blamed one another for the […]