Russia and Ukraine begin new prisoner exchanges as drone wars and frontline battles continue

Kyiv – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday that exchanges with new prisoners with Russia are underway. He said this will take place in several rounds of the “next days” and announced that Kiev received the first group of Russian prisoners.

The warring neighbor agreed to exchange news from another prisoner in direct negotiations that failed to make any significant progress in a broader relaxation Wars triggered by the ongoing full-scale invasion in Russia In 2022, Moscow launched a drone attack on the country’s most distant Ukrainian air force base.

“Today, the exchange begins and will continue several stages in the next few days,” Zelenskyy said on social media, adding: “What we are going back now are the injured, the injured, and the injured under 25.”

The Russian Defense Ministry said earlier on Monday that in the first phase between Moscow and Kiev in Ukraine, it had returned a group of prisoners (all under 25 years old) from Ukraine. Istanbul’s second round of negotiations.

The prisoner exchange is a lonely positive development from a direct negotiation in which the demands of both sides to stop fighting remain. On the front line about 600 miles in ground war, from the northern part of eastern Ukraine to the southern border, fighting has only intensified in recent weeks.

Moscow claimed it had acquired more ground in eastern Ukraine on Monday and last week’s retaliation for Kief’s bubble drone attack on Russian military aircraft last week after launching a large number of attack drones last week in retaliation for massive attack drones.

President Trump said last week that his Russian rival Vladimir Putin told him on the phone that Russia would retaliate against Ukrainian drone attacks, which was Kyiv claims to destroy 41 Russian bombers When they sat at four air bases.

As the battle continues, Russia launches a major drone strike against Ukraine

Moscow launched a record 479 drones in Ukraine, including the western part of the Rifandh, which was largely immune to attacks, Kief said on Monday.

Russia has launched an attack in Ukraine in recent weeks, and Kiev said the Kremlin had no intention of stopping its invasion for more than three years and was not serious about peace talks.

Moscow said its strike continued to retaliate against Ukraine’s bombers deep in Russia, including those in Siberia, which angered the Kremlin, on Monday.

The overnight Russian attack caused damage in several Ukrainian areas. There are no reports of people who died or suffered massive casualties.

“The enemy’s air strikes were recorded in 10 attractions,” the Ukrainian Air Force said.

Oleksandr Tretyak, mayor of the western city of Rivanen, called it the “largest attack” on the region since the war began.

Regional Governor Oleksandr Koval said 70 buildings, including private houses and nurseries, were damaged during the attack.

Russia said it targets airports near Dubno village in Rivanen area.

“This is one of the retaliatory strikes by the Kiev regime on the terrorist attacks on Russian military airports,” its defense ministry said.

Ukraine’s air force commander Yurii Ihnat said in an article on social media that the country’s U.S.-made Patriot air defense system has shot down all four Kinzhal Hypersonic missiles launched on the fighter jets, but it is not clear whether any drones or other Russian weapons may have hit the racks in the region. Ukrainian media has no reports of significant damage to the facility.

Ukraine also said it had launched its own night strike at an electronics factory, a Russian drone located in the city of Chiboskari, about 372 miles east of Musco.

Russian officials said the facility must temporarily suspend production after the attack.

Chuvashia Governor Oleg Nikolayev said in a telegram: “This morning, Ukraine tried to use drones in Chuvashia.

The Ukrainian army said the factory produced “Shahed antennas” (drone). Russia opens fire dozens of times a day in Ukrainian cities.

Russia said Ukrainian strike killed a man in the Kursk area of ​​its border on Monday. The strikes attacked the “cultural service center” in the Rielsky area and killed a 64-year-old man.