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Ukraine on Wednesday carried out its biggest exchange of prisoners of war since Russia invaded, securing the release of 144 of its soldiers, including 95 who defended Mariupol's steelworkers, Ukraine's military intelligence agency said.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plans to declare, at the Group of Seven summit to be held in Germany from Sunday to Tuesday, that Japan will provide food assistance to developing countries facing a food crisis due to the impact of Russia’s armed aggression in Ukraine.

Amid a spiralling energy crisis brought on by the Russian invasion of Ukraine putting pressure on global fuel reserves, Pakistan’s energy minister has admitted that the country simply cannot compete with the buying power of European countries.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Sunday he will urge his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts to open room for dialogue during a peace-building mission to the countries because "war has to stop and the global food chains need to be reactivated".

European leaders on Thursday granted Ukraine the much-coveted status of official candidate to join their 27-nation union, in a bold geopolitical move hailed by Ukraine and the EU itself as a "historic decision"

Dmitry Muratov, the co-winner of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize and the editor of one of Russia's last major independent newspapers, auctioned off his Nobel medal on Monday for a record $103.5 million to aid children displaced by the war in Ukraine.

Amid a recent string of mass shootings in the United States, the City of Miami in collaboration with the Miami-Dade Police Department held a gun buyback event Saturday.

The United States said on Thursday it has not asked Russia about two U.S. citizens reported missing after travelling to Ukraine to fight against Russian forces and said there are reports of a third missing American.

The leaders of France, Germany, Italy, and Romania walked amid the ruined buildings of the Ukrainian town of Irpin on Thursday in a show of support which the Kyiv government hopes will be followed by concrete action to help it in the war with Russia.

Nicaragua's Congress renewed on Tuesday a decade-long decree allowing Russian forces to train in the Central American country, a decision criticized by the United States in light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday reiterated his calls to tighten sanctions on Russia and President Vladimir Putin as he addressed world leaders and senior defence officials at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.

Two Britons and a Moroccan who were captured while fighting for Ukraine could face the death penalty after pleading guilty in a court of one of Russia's proxies in eastern Ukraine, Russia's RIA news agency reported.