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Ukraine accuses Hungary of taking 'hostage' bank staff carrying $40 mn

Ukraine accuses Hungary of taking 'hostage' bank staff carrying $40 mn

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha accused Hungary on Friday of taking "hostage" a group of Ukrainian bank employees who were reportedly transporting $40 million and nine kilograms of gold. Hungary is one of the few European countries to maintain close ties with Russia since its Ukraine

Ukraine, Russia free 200 POWs each

Ukraine, Russia free 200 POWs each

Ukraine and Russia each freed 200 prisoners of war on Thursday, the first part of an exchange that will see them swap 500 people each in total, officials said. The two sides agreed to the exchange during talks in Geneva last month, both sides said. Prisoner swaps are one of

Russia to free two Hungarian-Ukrainian POWs, Putin says

Russia to free two Hungarian-Ukrainian POWs, Putin says

Russia will free two Ukrainian-Hungarian nationals captured while fighting for Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday, after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban appealed for their release in a phone call. Ukraine accused the two countries of having "manipulated the sensitive issue of prisoners of war" and of

Russia loses key ally leader as Putin slams Khamenei 'cynical' killing

Russia loses key ally leader as Putin slams Khamenei 'cynical' killing

Bashar al-Assad, Nicolas Maduro and now Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In the last 18 months, Russian President Vladimir Putin has lost several key foreign allies -- and there is little that the Kremlin, bogged down in Ukraine, can do about it. Tehran has stood by as

Ukrainian, Slovak leaders to meet over oil pipeline dispute

Ukrainian, Slovak leaders to meet over oil pipeline dispute

The leaders of Ukraine and Slovakia agreed on Friday to hold a face-to-face meeting as they wrangle over a blocked pipeline that takes Russian oil to Slovakia and Hungary, officials said. Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico and his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban have accused Ukraine'

'Without ports, Ukraine will be destroyed': Odesa buckles under Russian bombs

'Without ports, Ukraine will be destroyed': Odesa buckles under Russian bombs

Looking out at the blue and yellow cranes towering over the Black Sea horizon, Viktor Berestenko worries about the relentless Russian bombardment of Odesa, Ukraine's southern port city. "It's war, every night," the head of the Inter Trans logistics company told AFP. The main

Belarus opposition leader fears her country could become Putin's 'consolation prize'

Belarus opposition leader fears her country could become Putin's 'consolation prize'

Exiled Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya told AFP in an interview that her country must not become a "consolation prize" for Russian President Vladimir Putin amid intense efforts to end the Ukraine war. Tikhanovskaya said it was crucial for Ukraine to win its battle but that Belarus, a