Russia and Ukraine said they exchanged an unspecified number of sick and wounded prisoners of war on Tuesday under an agreement reached at peace talks last week in Turkey.

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Ukraine’s “Operation Spiderweb” against Russia is likely to force Turkey to consider both how to use mini drone swarms against adversaries and how to defend against them.

The European Union announced a new package of sanctions against Russia on Tuesday, saying that Moscow’s daily deadly attacks against Ukraine show that it is not interested in peace – despite recent diplomatic efforts.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was sending a Ukrainian delegation to Istanbul for another face-to-face with Russian representatives.

Delegations from Russia and Ukraine are in Turkey for their second round of direct peace talks in just over two weeks.

Ukraine’s security service released footage Wednesday of its attack on Russian war planes at multiple airbases across the country. In the span of a few hours on Sunday, nearly a third of Moscow’s strategic bomber fleet was destroyed or damaged with cheaply made drones sneaked into Russian territory, according to Ukrainian officials.

Discounts on Russian oil, which is supplied to India, have fallen to a record level. "Discounts on the Russian flagship Urals oil delivered to Indian ports in July reached the lowest level since 2022, as spot supplies declined," Reuters reports, citing traders.