Russia and Ukraine complete 1,000 Swap of prisoners; Moscow launches a great attack of drones and missiles

Russia and Ukraine ended the greatest exchange of prisoners on Sunday that reflected a rare moment of cooperation in the failed efforts to reach a high fire in more than Three years of war.

The Russian Ministry of Defense said that each side brought 303 more soldiers to home after each released a Total of 307 fighters and civilians on Saturday and 390 on Friday.

The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, confirmed the exchange, writing on social networks that “303 Ukrainian defenders are at home.” He pointed out 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 The conversations held in Türkiye earlier this month -The first time that the two parties faced face to face for peace conversations from the large-scale invasion of Ukraine of Russia in February 2022-kyiv and Moscow agreed to exchange 1,000 prisoners of war and civil detainees each. However, conversations failed to produce fire between countries at war.

As such, Russia has continued its offensive in Ukraine, launching multiple attacks of drones and missiles amid the exchange of prisoners.

A few hours before Sunday exchange, the capital of Ukraine and other regions were under a massive attack of Russian drones and missiles who killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens.

The onslaught scale was impressive: Russia hit Ukraine with 367 drones and missiles, the largest war attack for more than three years, according to Yuriy Ihnat, a spokesman for the Ukraine Air Force.

In total, Russia used 69 missiles of various types and 298 drones, including Shahed drones designed by Iran, told News.

There were no immediate comments from Moscow about the strikes.

Zelenskyy said that Russian missiles and drones hit more than 30 cities and towns and urged Western partners to increase sanctions to Russia, a long -standing demand for the Ukrainian leader, but one that, despite the warnings to Moscow by the United States and Europe, has not materialized in ways to deter Russia.

“These were deliberate attacks in common cities,” Zelenskyy published on social networks, adding that Sunday’s objectives included kyiv, Zhytomyr, Khmelny, Ternaopy, Terny. Poltava, Dnipro, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv and Cherkasy Regions.

“Without a really strong pressure on Russian leadership, this brutality cannot be stopped. Sanctions will certainly help,” said Zelenskyy. “Determination matters now: the determination of the United States, European countries and everyone who is around the world looking for peace.”

Meanwhile, Russia’s Ministry of Defense said its air defenses knocked down 110 Ukrainian drones during the night.

Leaving aside the scale of the use of air weapons by Russia, the attacks in the last 48 hours have been among the most intense strikes of Ukraine since the invasion of February 2022.

Meanwhile, the battles have continued along the front line of approximately 620 miles, where tens of thousands of soldiers have been killed, and none of the countries have yielded on their deep strikes.

The Russian Ministry of Defense cited Yaroslav Yakimkin of the “Norte” group of Russian forces saying on Sunday that Ukrainian troops have been expelled from the border in the Kursk region, which Russian President Vladimir Putin visited days ago.

“The troops continue to advance every day,” said Yakimkin, adding that the Russian forces have taken Marine and Loknyya in the Sumy region of the Northeast of Ukraine, which limits with Kursk, during the past week, and advanced in the Kharkiv region in the city largely destroyed by Vovchansk.

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