A third Russian airfield was set ablaze by a drone strike, a day after Ukraine demonstrated an apparent new ability to penetrate hundreds of kilometers into Russia with attacks on two air bases.
* Russia and Ukraine said they exchanged 60 prisoners of war on each side in the latest such swap.
* Opposition representatives from five Russian regional councils urged President Vladimir Putin to end the partial military mobilization he announced in September to boost Moscow’s invasion force in Ukraine.* Twin strikes on air bases deep inside Russian territory have dealt Moscow a major reputational blow and raised questions about why its defenses failed, analysts said, as attention turned to the use of drones in the war between neighbors.
* Ukrainians astonished the world – and themselves – in 2022, withstanding an all-out military assault by a superpower meant to crush them within days. Now, with the war’s first winter setting in, it is Russia that is on the defensive, drafting in hundreds of thousands of reservists to protect remaining occupied territory – about a fifth of Ukraine.
* The United States and Russia accused each other of not being interested in Ukraine peace talks as calls grow at the United Nations for a ceasefire and diplomacy to end the war started by Moscow’s invasion nine months ago.
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