Office of President of Ukraine: Chief of office Yermak met in Minsk with deputy chief of Administration of President of Russia Kozak

Joint Forces Operation: Russian forces attempted to enter Ukrainian positions at Novotoshkivske, attempt repelled. Body of 1 attacker left on the field

Joint Forces Operation: Russian forces after failed attempt to breakthrough the lines asked for ceasefire and Ukrainian side agreed due to International Humanitarian laws to allow to remove casualties from the field, but Russian side is now falsely accusing Ukraine in attack

Clashes near Novotoshkivske, Orihove, Krymske, Hutir Vilniy have ceased. 1 Ukrainian soldier killed, 4 wounded

Putin and Zelensky had a phone call congratulated each other with holidays, prisoners swap and new gas contract, also agreed to form new prisoners exchange list

Moldova and Gazprom extended natural gas supply contract - government

Joint Forces Operation Press Center: yesterday Russian forces opened fire 2 times. 1 Ukrainian soldier was wounded.

Naftogaz: Naftogaz, Gas Transit System Operator of Ukraine and Gazprom sign a package of agreements to ensure transit of Russian gas for the next five years

Ukraine has signed a gas transit contract with Russia for 5 years, expects to earn more than $7 Blns - Zelensky

Russia and Ukraine have signed all gas agreements, transit through Ukraine to the EU starting January 1 is secured - Miller of Gazprom

Ukrainian Cabinet has cancelled briefing on gas transit talks scheduled for today's evening

Freed @radiosvoboda contributor Stanislav Aseyev says he spent 28 out of 31 months of captivity in isolation, without receiving any correspondence. https://t.co/oAvIwbBynD —

Turkish military saved a Moldovan family held by ISIS in Syria and returned them to their homeland, per Turkish presidency. Moldovan President Dodon thanked Erdogan for his help to save the family. Dodon is in Ankara today

USSRoss finished her routine patrol of the Black Sea in accordance with the #MontreuxConvention.

Secretary Pompeo's Travel to Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Cyprus - United States Department of State

Ukrainians released today from captivity have arrived in Kyiv

Military aircraft with 76 exchanged Ukrainians swapped today on the way from Kharkiv to Kyiv

Russia brings more fire power to Black Sea: Russian Navy Project 1155 Northern Fleet Udaloy class destroyer, armed with SA-N-9 Gauntlet/Kinzhal & SS-N-14 Silex/Rastrub & 533mm torpedoes, Vice-Admiral Kulakov 626 transited Bosphorus en route to Sevastopol 14:30Z

List of 76 Ukrainians who were released during swap

Putin, Merkel hail Ukraine prisoner exchange as 'positive': Kremlin

Ukraine released 123 prisoners, authorities in occupied territories have released 77. The swap is over

In Vienna Ukraine and Russia have started the process of signing documents on gas transit

First 25 people have been returned to Ukraine

Authorities in occupied parts of Donetsk region: Ukraine is ready to hand over 87 prisoners, but 22 refused to be exchanged, 3 more have agreed to be exchanged but want to stay in Ukraine

5 ex-Berkut fighters accused of killing 48 & injuring 80 people on Instytutska Street in Kyiv on February 20, 2014, have also arrived at the checkpoint in the Donetsk region to take part in the exchange of prisoners, according to lawyer Ihor Varfolomeyev

First batch of prisoners released, with smartphones in their hands - they call relatives

One of released prisoners, Ukrainian woman in jacket with handmade Trident and "Ukraine is my country"

FORTE10 112048 USAF RQ4B Global Hawk UAV out of Sigonella, coming on station over Donbas region of eastern Ukraine for high-altitude surveillance mission. 0952z

Russian and Ukraine resume talks on natural gas transit in Vienna