Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, American officials said.

Speculation is growing that the largest prisoner swap between Russia and the West since the Cold War is imminent, after multiple high-profile political prisoners disappeared from Russian prison cells.

Ukrainian president and his French counterpart speak by phone as Kyiv seeks key weapons and presses for late August meeting ...

U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich was among those freed from Russia Thursday as part of a massive prisoner swap, his employer, The Wall Street Journal, said. "Evan is free and on his way home," Wall ...

Two previous rounds delivered no progress apart from prisoner swaps. Russia launched 400 Shahed and decoy drones, as well as one ballistic missile, during the night, the Ukrainian air force said.