Andriy Yermak, head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, has said that Ukraine returned another 20 soldiers as part of a prisoner swap.
The Russian war in Ukraine is now at the stage of the most serious escalation since February 2022.
French President Emmanuel Macron has said that Vladimir Putin must stop the war and respect the territorial integrity of Ukraine.
Ukraine has already received $1.3 billion of additional emergency financing from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
British Prime Minister Liz Truss is committed to visiting Ukraine as soon as possible, despite Russia’s large-scale missile attack on Ukrainian cities.
U.S. President Joe Biden does not believe his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will follow through on his nuclear threats and ultimately use nuclear weapons against Ukraine.
Pope Francis at his weekly general audience on Wednesday condemned Russia’s “relentless bombings” of Ukrainian cities and called on “those who have the fate of the war in their hands” to stop.
Over the past 48 hours, units of the anti-aircraft missile division shot down 9 out of 11 Shahed-136 drones launched by the Russian army.
The United States is expediting delivery of two National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) to Ukraine as quickly as possible.
Another prisoner swap has been carried out between Ukraine and Russia, and Ukraine has managed to bring back 32 more servicemen and the body of the Israeli citizen, Dmytro Fialka.
In the wake of the latest escalation on the part of Russia, Ukraine needs to be provided heavy weaponry and defense systems.