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Sixty-three Russian prisoners of war were released as a result of a complex negotiation process with Ukraine, Russia's defence ministry reported on Saturday (February 4).

Right now, Russia and Ukraine are locked in fierce fighting in the embattled eastern city of Bakhmut. Debora Patta has more on the battle for Bakhmut and how technology is crucial to the fight.

Russian troops carried out a live-fire drill with its advanced T-90M tanks at a training ground in the Leningrad Region as countermeasure against the German approval of tank export to Ukraine, according to the country's defence ministry on Friday.

The New York Times' Ana Swanson joins Morning Joe to discuss her new report on how the Russian economy remains resilient after sweeping sanctions.

Human Rights Foundation's Garry Kasparov joins Morning Joe to discuss his latest Foreign Affairs piece on why he says Putin's regime is living on borrowed time.

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urges U.S. lawmakers to stay the course with aide to Ukraine.

Konstantin Yefremov, a Russian soldier who fled Russia after he was dismissed from the army for refusing to return to Ukraine, speaks with CNN's Erin Burnett about the "dire" conditions he experienced while fighting. #CNN #News

Russia launched deadly missile strikes targeting the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, killing at least three people, according to Ukraine. NBC News’ Raf Sanchez has more details on the ongoing conflict.

Ukraine’s government launched its most aggressive anti-corruption efforts since Russia’s invasion. A well-known billionaire and six former defense ministry officials are among dozens of officials targeted. That internal battle comes as the frontline with Russia heats up. Nick Schifrin spoke with Andriy Kostin, the man who's trying to ensure accountability for both corruption and war crimes.

RUSSIA is deploying new “robot tanks” in eastern Ukraine, it was claimed today.

“Prosecutors from Ukraine and the European Union are already working together,” said the European Commission President on a visit to Kyiv, where she also praised President Zelenskyy’s “impressive progress” towards E.U. membership.

Senior officials from the European Union, including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, have started arriving in Kyiv ahead of a historic Ukraine-EU summit taking place Friday. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab joined Anne-Marie Green on "CBS News Mornings" to discuss what the summit means for Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Thursday (February 2) for more punitive measures against Russia by the European Union and said he had discussed a new EU sanctions package with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that the US was directly involved in explosions that severely damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea last year.

Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has been moved to harsher conditions within the Russian penal system. His daughter, Dasha Navalnaya, tells CNN's Anderson Cooper about his serious health concerns. The CNN Film "Navalny" is available now on CNNgo and HBO Max.

A large social network that promotes anti-Western and pro-Kremlin ideas in French-speaking Africa has been discovered.

The Soufan Group's Colin Clarke and fmr. Spokesperson for the U.S. Mission to the U.N., Hagar Chemali, join Morning Joe to discuss Russia's mercenary Wagner Group being sanctioned by the U.S.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu describes his long relationship with President Joe Biden, the war in Ukraine and weighs in on former President Trump's list of accomplishments with Israel when he was in office.

The US says Russia is breaking the terms of a key nuclear arms control treaty. Meanwhile, Ukrainian soldiers say they are fighting waves of fighters from the notorious Wagner Group every day. CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports. #CNN #News

Rachel Maddow reports on Russia's new ban on Russian-language independent news outlet Meduza, which is already based outside of Russia, but is now illegal for Russians to contribute to or even speak to.

“More than 65,000” war crimes have been reported in Ukraine since the start of Russia’s invasion. Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin joins Andrea Mitchell to explain how Ukraine is planning on holding Russia accountable. “We need to document because we need Russia, as the country, and Russian representatives of Russian Armed Forces to be accountable for war crimes they committed," says Kostin. "This is not only for justice for the victims and survivors of these war crimes; this is for the sake of justice for the whole world, because this war is more of democracy against tyranny.”

ABC News’ Tom Soufi Burridge reports on the latest developments on Russia’s war in Ukraine.