Ukraine Latest: Foreign Minister to Visit Iraq in Bid for Allies
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Some 130 Ukrainian POWs were returned by Russia over the Orthodox Easter weekend. Russia said Saturday that mercenaries in the Wagner group captured two districts of the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, where battles have raged for months.
China’s new defense minister, Li Shangfu, heads to Russia on Sunday in his first official foreign trip since being appointed in March. Li is expected to hold talks on global and regional security with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu during the visit.