Russia and Ukraine complete 1,000 prisoners exchanges; Moscow launches large drone and missile attacks
Russia and Ukraine complete the largest prisoner exchange on Sunday Three years of war.
Russian Defense Ministry says each side releases 303 soldiers home on each person There were 307 combatants and civilians on Saturday and Friday 390.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the exchange and wrote on social media: “303 Ukrainian defenders are home.” He noted that the returning troops were “members of the armed forces, the National Guard, the National Border Force and the State Special Transport Force”.
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exist Talks held in Türkiye earlier this month – The first face-to-face peace negotiations between the two sides since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 – Kiev and Moscow agreed to exchange 1,000 prisoners of war and civilian detainees. However, negotiations failed to cease fire between warring countries.
Therefore, Russia continued its offensive against Ukraine, launching multiple drone and missile attacks during prisoner exchanges.
In the first few hours of Sunday’s exchange, Ukraine’s capital and other regions were attacked by huge Russian drones and inorganic attacks, killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens of people.
Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ihnat said the scale of the fierce attack was amazing – Russia hit Ukraine 367 drones and missiles, the largest one-time air attack in more than three years of war.
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He told the Associated Press that Russia has used a total of 69 missiles and 298 drones, including the Iran-designed Shah drone.
Moscow has no immediate comments on the strike.
Zelenskyy said Russia’s missiles and drones hit more than 30 cities and villages and urged Western partners to raise sanctions on Russia, a long-term demand for Ukrainian leaders, but it has not been achieved in a way that prevents Russia, despite warnings from the United States and Europe.
Zelenskyy posted on social media: “These are intentional blows to ordinary cities, adding that Sunday’s targets include Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, Ternopil, Ternopil, Chernihiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Odesa, Poltava, poltava, dnipro, Dnipro, Mykolaiv, Mykolaiv, Kharkarkiv, Kharkarkav, Kharkaskav, and Cherkasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherkashasy and Cherk
“This cruelty cannot be stopped without the real strong pressure on the Russian leader. Sanctions will certainly help,” Zelenskyy said. “The determination now is important – the determination of the United States, the European countries and all those seeking peace.”
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Meanwhile, Russia’s defense ministry said its air defense measures shot down 110 Ukrainian drones overnight.
In addition to the scale of Russia’s use of air weapons since the invasion in February 2022, the attacks in the past 48 hours were one of Ukraine’s most intense strikes.
Meanwhile, battle continued along the frontline of about 620 miles, where thousands of soldiers were killed and none of the nation was surrendered in a deep strike.
The Russian Defense Ministry quoted Yaroslav Yakimkin, a Russian troops from northern Russian troops, saying on Sunday that Ukrainian troops had rushed back from the borders of the Kursk region, which Russian President Vladimir Putin had visited a few days ago.
“The troops continue to move forward every day,” Yakimkin said, adding that the Russian army had occupied the Marines and Loknya in the northeastern Ukraine, which bordered Kursk in the past week, and advanced in the Kharkif region that destroyed most of the town of Wolfkansk.
