10 prisoners of war from five countries, including the U.S. and U.K., have been released after being detained in Russian-held areas of Ukraine on Wednesday as part of a wider prisoner exchange between the warring countries in which several hundred Ukrainian soldiers were exchanged for Russian troops. UK says Putin’s call-up likely an admission Russia has exhausted supply of willing volunteers to fight in Ukraine. Finland says traffic at its eastern border with Russia “intensified” overnight after Putin announced a partial mobilization of the country’s military that will see 300,000 reservists sent to war.Read Long Article
