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In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with Chinese Foreign Minister at the Kremlin in Moscow on April 1, 2025. (Photo by Grigory SYSOYEV / POOL / AFP) (Photo by GRIGORY SYSOYEV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Vladimir Putin Announces ‘Easter Truce’ In Ukraine War Until End Of Sunday

Russian President Vladimir Putin declared an “Easter truce” in the ongoing war against Ukraine, stating that Moscow would pause “all military operations” until Monday.

US President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on April 9, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Russian-American Ballerina Ksenia Karelina Freed In Prisoner Swap After 12-Year Sentence

Russian-American ballerina Ksenia Karelina was released from Russian custody in a prisoner swap with the United States on Thursday morning.

Paul Whelan, a former US marine accused of espionage and arrested in Russia in December 2018, stands inside a defendants' cage as he waits to hear his verdict in Moscow on June 15, 2020. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)

Whelan Worried Biden Admin. Will Not Include Him In Potential Prisoner Swap With Russia

Prior Service Marine Paul Whelan stated that he is “extremely concerned” he will not be a part of any future prisoner swap between Russia and the Biden administration.

TOPSHOT - Freed US citizens Joseph Ryan Cristella (6th L), Eyvin Hernandez (7th L), Edgar Jose Marval Moreno (8th L) Jason Saad (9th L), Savoi Wright (10th L) and Jerrel Kenemore (8th R) pose for pictures upon arrival at Joint Base San Antonio Kelly Annex in San Antonio, Texas on December 20, 2023, after being freed amid a prisoner swap deal between the United States and Venezuela. The United States released an ally of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in exchange for 10 American detainees and a fugitive dubbed "Fat Leonard" in a sweeping prisoner swap deal between the rival governments December 20, 2023. US President Joe Biden made the "extremely difficult decision" to free Alex Saab, the onetime confidant of socialist leader Maduro, who is accused by the United States of money laundering for Caracas, US officials said. (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO / AFP) (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images)

Americans Freed In Prisoner Swap Return Home

Some of the Americans freed in the prisoner swap with Venezuela are back on U.S. soil.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 11: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at a joint press conference of the Quad Foreign Ministers meeting at the Park Hyatt on February 11, 2022 in Melbourne, Australia. The foreign ministers of Australia, the United States, Japan, and India are meeting to discuss the countries cooperation in areas including the economy, security, and the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)

Biden Admin Agrees To Prisoner Swap Deal With Iran, Releases $6B In Frozen Iranian Funds

The Biden Administration announced on Monday that they have agreed to a deal with Iran to swap prisoners and in exchange release $6 billion in frozen Iranian funds.