Newsweek's map below illustrates what territories Ukraine could swap with Russia after giving Moscow full control of Kursk, parts of which Ukraine's forces have seized. Newsweek reached out to the ...

The alleged road map suggests that a preliminary phone call ... April 20 alongside the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from the Russian region of Kursk Kyiv troops are currently partially holding.

Russia and Ukraine were part of the 15 Soviet republics that made up the Soviet Union. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine declared independence on August 24. The map below ...

Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...

Scroll through this map to show the areas under Russian control, as of 8pm GMT on Sunday. Russia seems intent on increasing its presence on the ground. Satellite images released late on Monday ...