As Ukraine mobilizes fighters for a spring counterattack and a commander warns that Russia is reinforcing its Bakhmut entrance line, leaked U.S. intelligence paperwork point out Kyiv is dealing with a shortfall of Western ammunition and air protection weapons. America is trying to find the supply of the paperwork that seem to element categorized details about Ukraine, Russia and different international locations.
Ukraine and Russia swapped prisoners Monday, all sides sending about 100 dwelling, as they’ve periodically all through the conflict.
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“Beforehand, officers might solely ship draft papers to folks’s houses. … However new guidelines have widened the scope of locations the place males might be stopped and questioned about their draft standing,” they write.
Martial regulation, in impact since final yr, prevents most males between the ages of 18 and 60 from leaving the nation. These exempt from the coverage embrace college students and caretakers of disabled dependents.
Siobhán O’Grady and Kostiantyn Khudov in Kyiv, Ukraine, contributed to this report.
