Russia-Ukraine latest updates: Griner freed in prisoner swap

The US and Russia exchanged US basketball star Brittney Griner for Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer jailed in the US.

Bout Griner
Suspected Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, left, and US basketball player Brittney Griner were released during a prisoner swap between the US and Russia [File: Apichart Weerawong, left, and Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo]
By Edna Mohamed and Farah Najjar
Published On 8 Dec 2022

This live blog is now closed. Thank you for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war for Thursday, December 8: