Ukraine brings back 150 POWs from Russian captivity in prisoner swap Ukraine strikes Russian oil facility, Buk air defense system overnight, military claims UK pledges $69 million to boost Ukraine's resilience,

The Kremlin on Wednesday labelled Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s demand for nuclear weapons as ‘bordering on madness’. Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov stated this while speaking to journalists in the Russian capital Moscow.

The president appears to have adopted a proposal first made last year that offers “strategic partners” such as the U.S. special access to Ukraine's glut of natural resources.