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The British Defence Ministry says Russia has "almost certainly" established a major new ground force to support its war.

The United States and Russia have agreed to discuss a prisoner swap a day after a Russian court sentenced basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison for a drug offense.

Three ships left the Ukrainian ports of Chornomorsk and Odesa with about 58,000 tonnes of corn on Friday under a safe passage deal.

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will hold a bilateral meeting with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin in Sochi on Friday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of "barbarism" after a missile attack on the port of Odesa.

The Deputy Director-General of the European Commission's energy department, Matthew Baldwin, says the European Union is seeking additional gas supplies from Nigeria as the bloc prepares for a potential Russian supply cut.

Turkey says a deal reached with Russia to allow Ukraine to resume exports of grain through the Black Sea will be signed on Friday.

Ukraine has joined the US-aligned International Energy Agency (IEA) as an association country, the watchdog said, binding Kyiv closer to most Western countries which oppose Russia’s invasion.

Ukrainian officials have denounced the Russian missile strike on Vinnytsia, a city far behind the frontlines, which Kyiv said killed at least 23 people. Ukraine said Thursday's strike on Vinnytsia, a city of 370,000 people about 200 km…