Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed Russia’s ceasefire proposal as “an ultimatum” and renewed his call for direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to break the deadlock over the war, which has dragged on for nearly 3½ years

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A Ukrainian official says Russian forces have taken over four border villages in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region

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More than 200 Ukrainian POWs have died in Russian prisons since Moscow’s full-scale invasion three years ago

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President Zelenskyy said the first phase brought home 390 Ukrainians

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