Basketball star Brittney Griner released in Russia-US prisoner exchange

United Arab Emirates: American basketball player Griner returns to US

US basketball player Brittney Griner is seen on a plane in Abu Dhabi before departing for the United States. Credit: TASS/Sipa USA

US basketball star Brittney Griner is on her way home after being released from Russian detention in a prisoner exchange with a Russian arms dealer. And Volodomyr Zelensky has been named Time Magazine's 'Person of the Year', as Russia's President Vladimir Putin admits to targetting Ukraine's energy infrastructure.



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