Trump says Russia and Ukraine have agreed to his request for a 3-day ceasefire starting Saturday and a prisoner swap.
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Officials say prominent journalist Andrzej Poczobut has been released from jail in Belarus in a swap with Poland that also saw a total of 10 people freed as the authoritarian leader of Belarus seeks improved relations with the West. Poczobut, a correspondent for the influential Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza and a leading figure among Belarus’ Polish minority, was serving eight years in prison in a case condemned as politically motivated. His 2021 arrest drew criticism and he was later awarded the European Union’s most prestigious human rights award, the Sakharov Prize. The swap is the latest in a series of U.S.-negotiated prisoner releases that have marked stronger relations between Washington and Minsk.
Belarus frees journalist Andrzej Poczobut in prisoner swap, a possible step in warming relations with the West.
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Russian drone and missile strikes on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro killed at least five people and wounded 46, authorities said Saturday.