Русия и Украйна завършват 1000 суап затворници; Moscow launches large drone and missile attack
Russia and Ukraine finalized the largest exchange of prisoners on Sunday that reflected a rare moment of cooperation in otherwise failed efforts to reach a ceasefire in the more than three years of war.
Russia's Defense Ministry said each side brought home 303 more soldiers after each released a total of 307 combatants and civilians on Saturday and 390 on Петък.
Украинският президент Володимир Зеленски удостовери обмена, пишейки в обществените медии, че „ 303 украински бранители са дом “. He noted that the troops returning were members of the " Armed Forces, the National Guard, the State Border Guard Service and the State Special Transport Service. "
In talks held in Turkey earlier this month – the first time the two sides met face to face for peace talks since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 – Kyiv and Moscow agreed to swap 1,000 prisoners of war and civilian detainees each. The talks, however, failed to produce a ceasefire between the warring countries.
As such, Russia has continued its offensive on Ukraine, launching multiple drone and missile attacks amid the prisoner swap.
Just hours before Sunday's exchange, Ukraine's capital and other regions came under a massive Russian drone-and-missile attack that killed at least 12 people and injured Десетки.
Мащабът на напън беше зашеметяващ-Русия удари Украйна с 367 дрона и ракети, най-голямата единична въздушна офанзива на повече от тригодишна война, съгласно Юрий Инат, представител на Военновъздушни сили на Украйна.
във всички, Русия употребява 69 масили от разнообразни типове. Дронове, той сподели на Асошиейтед прес.
Нямаше неотложен коментар от Москва за стачките.
Зеленски сподели Russia.
" These were deliberate strikes on ordinary cities, " Zelenskyy posted on social media, adding that Sunday's targets included Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, Ternopil, Chernihiv, Sumy, Odesa, Poltava, Dnipro, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv and Cherkasy regions.
" Without truly strong pressure Относно съветското управление тази грубост не може да бъде спряна. " Determination matters now — the determination of the United States, of European countries, and of all those around the world who seek peace. "
Russia's Defense Ministry said, meanwhile, that its air defenses shot down 110 Ukrainian drones overnight.
The scale of Russia's use of aerial weapons aside, the attacks over the past 48 hours have been among the most intense strikes on Ukraine since the February 2022 invasion.
Meanwhile, battles have continued along the roughly 620-mile front line, where tens of thousands of soldiers have been killed, and neither country has relented in its deep strikes.
Russia's Defense Ministry quoted Yaroslav Yakimkin of the " North " group of Russian forces as saying Sunday that Ukrainian troops have been pushed back from the border in the Kursk region, which Russian President Vladimir Putin visited days ago.
" The troops continue to advance forward every day, " Yakimkin said, adding that Russian forces have taken Marine and Loknya in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region, which borders Kursk, over the past week, and were advancing in the Kharkiv region around the largely destroyed town of Vovchansk.
